1. Megargee, "Round Table Knights," 9. 

2.  “Stories of Old New York, The Manhattan Bank and De Soto Chop house,” New York Times, April 28, 1889. 20,  

3.  Ibid. 

4.  The listing for Pfaff’s cellar establishment is “Pfaff, Charles, 647 B’way” in the section labeled “Porter Houses.” See: Wilson’s Business Directory of New York City (New York: John F. Trow, 1861-62), 400. 

5. The Night Side of New York, 67-68. 

6.  Megargee, “Round Table Knights,” 9. 

7. “Stories of Old New York,” New York Times, 20.