1. Ibid. 

2. New York Times, “Stories of Old New York, The Manhattan Bank and De Soto Chop house,” April 28, 1889. 20, http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/hnpnewyorktimes/. 

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