Cor. Inter-Ocean A tribute to Emerson, The Californian, Vol. 2, no. 6, Nov. 1892
"Mr. Whittier spoke of Oliver Wendell Holmes and himself as the only two left of the literary circle in Boston which the world has recognized as the light of American letters-Longfellow, Bryant, Lowell, Emerson, Holmes and himself . . .
"He spoke of the Transcendental Club, and when I ventured surprise that he wasn't a regular attendant, he replied . . . I have met Helen Hunt Jackson there [Whittier's home] and many delightful people . . ."