There Edgar Poe gave the first reading of "The Raven" before it was printed.

Ole Bull, who knew her then, was a life-long friend to her.

Fanny Kemble, Bryant, Halleck, Willis were all devoted friends.
After her marriage to Professor Vincenzo Botta, nephew of the historian Botta, and their taking a house in Thirty-seventh Street, she gathered around her table the most interesting and distinguished men and women of the day, and the "Saturday Evenings" were continued with increasing crowds.

She had a most expressive face and beautiful blue eyes.

Never one of the prodigious talkers, dressed most quietly, she was just herself, a sweet-faced, sincere woman, and was blessed with an atmosphere and charm that were felt by all.
At one of her breakfasts I recollect Emerson, who often visited there, Bryant, Bayard Taylor, and Grace Greenwood.