(83) Page 349.—Mrs. Joseph Rodman Drake, wife of the poet, and daughter of Henry Eckford, the celebrated ship-builder, of New York.
(84) Page 349.—Miss Eliza McCall, a young lady of many accomplishments, and a charming singer, who was much admired by Halleck and Drake. Both the poets wrote songs for her. The beautiful lines by the former, “The world is bright before thee,” were written for Miss McCall, and Drake’s “Yes, Heaven protect thee,” and “Though fate upon this faded flower,” were also inscribed to the same young lady.
(85) Page 352.—Doctor David Hosack.—See previous notes.
(86) Page 352.—The college was originally a stable, on the walls of which a wag of a student inscribed these lines:
“Once a stable for horses,
Now a college for asses.”
(87) Page 352.—William Hamersley, Professor of Clinical Medicine, whose almost universal remedy for the cure of pulmonary consumption and heart disease was digitalis. Hence his sobriquet.
(88) Page 352.—Dr. Macnevan.—See note to “Fanny,” page 373.
(89) Page 352.—Dr. Samuel L. Mitchill.—See previous notes.
(90) Page 354.—Baron Von Hoffman. The New-York Evening Post, of June 12, 1823, says: “Baron Von Hoffman of Sirony, who used to serenade our ladies with the Tyrolese air so merrily, under their windows in Broadway, a year or two ago, and one day took French leave of them all, now shows away as one of the ‘nobility and persons of distinction in Dublin.’”—Vide also note to the Croakers, No. 53.
(91) Page 354.—James Burnham kept a famous hostelry on the Bloomingdale road, still extant. Few New Yorkers of the past fifty years are unacquainted with “Burnham’s,” which was for many years as well known and popular as Cato’s, already referred to in another note.
(92) Page 355.—Carlo, the Baron’s colored groom.
(93) Page 357.—The North Dutch Church.—The only fane at the State capital that could then boast of two spires.
(94) Page 359.—The “Court of Death,” which the Common Council of New York pronounced an effort of uncommon genius, deserving the patronage of an enlightened public.
