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Bibliographic Information
Thomas, Lately. Delmonico's: A Century of Splendor. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967.
Type: book ; Genre: history, biography
Abstract
Thomas relates the history of the Delmonico family and the rise of their restaurant empire.
People Mentioned in this Work
- Booth, Edwin [pages: 168]
- Mentions Booth's Theater in New York City.
- Brady, James Topham [pages: 124-25, 219]
- Brady frequented the Delmonico's restaurant on Chamber's Street.
- Curtis, George William [pages: 153]
- Curtis is mentioned in relation to the New York Historical Society.
- Daly, Augustin [pages: 218]
- Daly and other producers ate at the Delmonico's at Madison Square.
- Delmonico, Charles Constant [pages: 51, 76, 80, 81, 84-86, 121, 122, 124-25, 129, 131-32, 133, 153, 154, 157-58, 161, 164, 172, 185-86, 187, 195, 199-200, 201-202, 203-208, 294, 209]
- When female members of the press decided to hold their own meetings (after being excluded from the New York Press Club meetings), Delmonico allowed them to use a private room at Delmonico's on 14th St. (139-40).
- Greeley, Horace [pages: 113-114, 124, 139]
- Greeley frequented the Delmonico's restaurant on Chamber's Street (124).
He presided over a dinner held at Delmonico's for Charles Dickens, which cost about $3000
Greeley refused to preside over a meeting of the New York press club unless female members of the press were allowed to attend. - Hall, Abraham Oakey [pages: 124]
- Hall frequented the Delmonico's restaurant on Chamber's Street.
- Wallack’s Lyceum (Theater) [pages: 168]
- Mentions that Wallack's was presenting "The Almighty Dollar" (168).
- Willis, Nathaniel Parker [pages: 57]
- Willis often dined at Delmonico's: "At another table might be Nathaniel Parker Willis, scribbler of newspaper gossip" (57).
