This exhibit introduces and reproduces the correspondence of artist Francis Davis Millet and writer Charles Warren Stoddard. Published originally on OutHistory in 2012. Updated in 2024.
In 1864, John William Sterling graduated from Yale College. About 1870, in his mid-twenties, Sterling met James Orville Bloss, who was three years younger. The two formed a relationship of almost 50 years and lived together in New York City for most…