William Mitchell Gillespie to Edgar Allan Poe — [ca. 1834–1857] (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe
A primary-source collection documenting Edgar Allan Poe through preserved magazine and newspaper printings, illustrated editions, correspondence, and related literary records. Spanning his lifetime appearances alongside later editions and reception, each record is cataloged with its original scans, publication details, and known limitations for close study and comparison.
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William Gilmore Simms to Edgar A. Poe — July 30, 1846 (letter)
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William Evans Burton to Edgar Allan Poe — May 30, 1839 (letter)
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William Evans Burton to Edgar Allan Poe — May 10, 1839 (letter)
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William Evans Burton to [Edgar Allan Poe?] — July 4, 1839 (letter)
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William Davis Gallagher to Edgar Allan Poe — March 10, 1841 (letter)
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Thomas Willis White to Edgar Allan Poe — September 29, 1835 (letter)
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Thomas Willis White to Edgar Allan Poe — January 17, 1837 (letter)
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Thomas Roderick Dew to Edgar Allan Poe — October 31, 1836 (letter)
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Thomas Roderick Dew to Edgar Allan Poe — October 17, 1836 (letter)
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Thomas Holley Chivers to Edgar Allan Poe — April 4, 1847 (letter)
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Thomas Holley Chivers to Edgar Allan Poe — February 21, 1847 (letter)
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Thomas Holley Chivers to Edgar Allan Poe — September 9, 1845 (letter)
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Thomas Holley Chivers to Edgar Allan Poe — August 6, 1844 (letter)
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Thomas Holley Chivers to Edgar Allan Poe — October 30, 1845 (letter)
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Thomas Holley Chivers to Edgar Allan Poe — September 24, 1844 (letter)
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Thomas Holley Chivers to Edgar Allan Poe — May 15, 1844 (letter)
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Thomas Holley Chivers to Edgar Allan Poe — August 27, 1840 (letter)
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Thomas Holley Chivers to Edgar Allan Poe — September 26, 1842 (letter)
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Thomas Holley Chivers to Edgar Allan Poe — July 12, 1842 (letter)
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Susan Archer (Talley) Weiss to Edgar A. Poe — November 29, 1848 (letter)
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S. Maupin to Edgar Allan Poe — September 30, 1840 (letter)
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Rufus Wilmot Griswold to Edgar Allan Poe — January 14, 1845 (letter)
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Robert Tyler to Edgar Allan Poe — March 31, 1843 (letter)
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Richard Henry (Hengist) Horne to Edgar Allan Poe — April 27, 1844 (letter)
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Richard Henry (Hengist) Horne to Edgar Allan Poe — May 17, 1845 (letter)
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Richard Henry (Hengist) Horne to Edgar Allan Poe — April 16, 1844 (letter)
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Philip Pendleton Cooke to Edgar Allan Poe — August 4, 1846 (letter)
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Philip Pendleton Cooke to Edgar Allan Poe — December 19, 1839 (letter)
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Philip Pendleton Cooke to Edgar Allan Poe — September 16, 1839 (letter)
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Nathaniel Parker Willis to Edgar Allan Poe — November 30, 1841 (letter)
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Nathaniel Parker Willis to Edgar Allan Poe — [1846?] (letter)
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Nathaniel Parker Willis to Edgar Allan Poe — [1845?] (letter)
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Nathaniel Beverley Tucker to Edgar Allan Poe — December 5, 1835 (letter)
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Mrs. Anna Cora (Ogden) Mowatt Ritchie to Edgar Allan Poe — [ca. 1834–1857] (letter)
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Mary Elizabeth (Moore) Hewitt Stebbins to Edgar A. Poe — December 22, 1845 (letter)
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Mary Elizabeth (Moore) Hewitt Stebbins to Edgar A. Poe — [May 29, 1845?] (letter)
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Mary Elizabeth (Moore) Hewitt Stebbins to Edgar A. Poe — March 21, 1845 (letter)
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Mary Elizabeth (Moore) Hewitt Stebbins to Edgar A. Poe — March 15, 1845 (letter)
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Mary Elizabeth (Moore) Hewitt Stebbins to Edgar A. Poe — [November 10, 1845?] (letter)
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Lydia Howard (Huntley) Sigourney to Edgar Allan Poe — June 11, 1836 (letter)
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Lydia Howard (Huntley) Sigourney to Edgar A. Poe — April 23, 1836 (letter)
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Lea and Blanchard to Edgar Allan Poe — September 28, 1839 (letter)
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Lea and Blanchard to Edgar Allan Poe — [August 16, 1841?] (letter)
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Laughton Osborn to Edgar Allan Poe — November 12, 1845 (manuscript copy)
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Joseph Hopkinson to Edgar Allan Poe — January 25, 1841 (letter)
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John Tomlin to Edgar Allan Poe — August 9, 1843 (letter)
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John Tomlin to Edgar Allan Poe — April 30, 1841 (letter)
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John Tomlin to Edgar Allan Poe — October 29, 1841 (letter)
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John Tomlin to Edgar Allan Poe — February 23, 1844 (letter)
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John Tomlin to Edgar Allan Poe — July 2, 1843 (letter)
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John Tomlin to Edgar Allan Poe — March 13, 1841 (letter)
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John Tomlin to Edgar Allan Poe — December 12, 1841 (letter)
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John Tomlin to Edgar Allan Poe — September 10, 1843 (letter)
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John Tomlin to Edgar Allan Poe — December 1, 1841 (letter)
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John Tomlin to Edgar Allan Poe — March 1, 1843 (letter)
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John Pendleton Kennedy to Edgar Allan Poe — February 9, 1836 (letter)
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John Pendleton Kennedy to Edgar Allan Poe — December 22, 1834 (letter)
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John Pendleton Kennedy to Edgar Allan Poe — September 19, 1835 (letter)
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John Pendleton Kennedy to Edgar Allan Poe — December 1, 1845 (letter)
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John Nelson McJilton to Edgar Allan Poe — [August 13, 1841] (note)
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John Henry Hopkins to Edgar Allan Poe — May 15, 1848 (letter)
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James Kirke Paulding to Edgar Allan Poe — March 17, 1836 (letter)
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James Ewell Heath to Edgar Allan Poe — September 12, 1839 (letter)
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Harper and Brothers to Edgar Allan Poe — February 20, 1839 (letter)
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Harper and Brothers to Edgar Allan Poe — [June 19, 1836] (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — July 7, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — November 6, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — August 30, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — August 3, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — September 29, 1845 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — May 29, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — March 27, 1843 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — February 26, 1842 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — August 24, 1846 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — November 23, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — September 22, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — May 21, 1843 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — May 21, 1842 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — May 20, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — September 2, 1844 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — July 19, 1841, Ewing cryptogram copy
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — July 19, 1841, covering letter
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — October 14, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — June 14, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — January 13, 1842 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — May 12, 1845 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — October 10, 1844 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — November 10, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — July 10, 1845 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — December 10, 1844 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — July 1, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — March 7, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — April 11, 1841 (letter)
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Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe — December 7, 1840 (letter)
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Elizabeth Fries (Lummis) Ellet to [Edgar Allan Poe] — [December 1845] (letter)
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Elizabeth Fries (Lummis) Ellet to Edgar Allan Poe — [December 16, 1845] (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to John P. Kennedy — June 7, 1836 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to John P. Kennedy — January 22, 1836 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to John P. Kennedy — September 11, 1835 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to John P. Kennedy — February 11, 1836 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Mrs. Maria Clemm — August 29, 1849 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Frederick W. Thomas — May 4, 1845 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to John P. Kennedy — June 1841 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to James Russell Lowell — June 20, 1843 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — June 22, 1841 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Frederick W. Thomas — September 21, 1842 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Frederick W. Thomas — November 19, 1842 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Thimotheus Whackemwell [John N. McJilton] — August 11, 1841 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to R. W. Griswold — May 29, 1841 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Frederick W. Thomas — February 25, 1843 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Frederick W. Thomas — March 16, 1843 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to R. W. Griswold — October 26, 1845 (note)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Louis A. Godey — July 16, 1846 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Samuel D. Craig — October 24, 1844 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to John P. Kennedy — October 26, 1845 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to R. W. Griswold — [September 28, 1845?] (note)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Jane Ermina Locke — March 10, 1847 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to R. W. Griswold — February 24, 1845 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to R. W. Griswold — April 19, 1845 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to R. W. Griswold — January 16, 1845 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to John P. Kennedy — March 15, 1835, dinner invitation and loan
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Edgar Allan Poe to John P. Kennedy — [March 15, 1835], school position
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Edgar Allan Poe to Frederick W. Thomas — February 14, 1849 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Thomas W. White — May 30, 1835 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Thomas W. White — June 22, 1835 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to Thomas W. White — June 12, 1835 (letter)
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Edgar Allan Poe to John P. Kennedy — November 1834 (letter)
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E. Burke Fisher to Edgar Allan Poe — July 9, 1839 (letter)
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Daniel Bryan to Edgar Allan Poe — August 4, 1842 (letter)
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Daniel Bryan to Edgar Allan Poe — June 27, 1842 (letter)
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Daniel Bryan to Edgar Allan Poe — July 26, 1842 (letter)
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Daniel Bryan to Edgar Allan Poe — May 13, 1842 (letter)
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Daniel Bryan to Edgar Allan Poe — July 11, 1842 (letter)
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Charles West Thomson to Edgar Allan Poe — May 1, 1841 (letter)
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Charles Anthon to Edgar Allan Poe — November 2, 1844 (letter)
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Charles Anthon to Edgar Allan Poe — June 1, 1837 (letter)
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Arch Ramsay to Edgar Allan Poe — November 30, 1846 (letter)
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Arch Ramsay to Edgar Allan Poe — April 14, 1847 (letter)
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Anne Charlotte (Lynch) Botta to Edgar Allan Poe — [1848?] (letter)
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Abijah M. Ide Jr. to Edgar Allan Poe — February 26, 1846 (letter)
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Abijah M. Ide Jr. to Edgar Allan Poe — [March 23, 1844] (letter)
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Abijah M. Ide Jr. to Edgar Allan Poe — June 20, 1845 (letter)
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Abijah M. Ide Jr. to Edgar Allan Poe — November 2, 1843 (letter)
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Abijah M. Ide Jr. to Edgar Allan Poe — February 16, 1845 (letter)
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Abijah M. Ide Jr. to Edgar Allan Poe — October 1, 1843 (letter)
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Abijah M. Ide Jr. to Edgar Allan Poe — June 1, 1845 (letter)
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Biographical notes concerning Edgar Allan Poe and John Allan (undated)
Unsigned biographical notes discuss the Allan family and recount a childhood anecdote about Poe.
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George W. Eveleth to Griswold or Poe (satirical address), April 3, 1852
Eveleth contrasts accounts of Poe’s criticism and satirizes purported spirit communication with Poe.
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Nathaniel Parker Willis to Rufus W. Griswold, June [1854]
Willis explains that he has retained no Poe material, discusses family information, and apologizes for an eye ailment.
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Heritage of American Humor — The Grotesque Corner (1961)
A radio essay about the strange and grotesque in American humor, using two Edgar Allan Poe stories as central examples.
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Edgar Allan Poe to Washington Irving, October 12, 1839
Poe asks Irving for an opinion of William Wilson and permission to quote his favorable response in connection with Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque.
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Edgar Allan Poe to Philip Pendleton Cooke, April 16, 1846
Poe discusses magazine payments, The Raven, his proposed literary profiles, and a request for Cooke to extend James Russell Lowell’s biographical sketch.
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Edgar Allan Poe to Rufus W. Griswold, June 28, 1849
Poe asks Griswold to replace the notice of Sarah Anna Lewis in The Female Poets of America.
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William Wilson - Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, October 1839
First magazine publication of Edgar Allan Poe's 'William Wilson.'
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The Fall of the House of Usher - Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, September 1839
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher.'
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Graham's Magazine, April 1841
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' - the first modern detective story.
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Hans Phaall (The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall) - Southern Literary Messenger, June 1835
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'Hans Phaall' (later 'The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall').
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Berenice - Southern Literary Messenger, March 1835
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'Berenice,' in its original uncut 1835 text.
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Morella - Southern Literary Messenger, April 1835
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'Morella.'
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The Tell-Tale Heart - The Pioneer, January 1843
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'The Tell-Tale Heart.'
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Life in Death - Graham's Magazine, April 1842
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'Life in Death,' later revised as 'The Oval Portrait.'
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The Mask of the Red Death - Graham's Magazine, May 1842
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'The Mask of the Red Death' (later 'The Masque of the Red Death').
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A Defense of Edgar Allan Poe — coffin account excerpt (1885)
Moran’s retrospective account, published36years after Poe’s death. Describes a poplar coffin and prints a certificate dated December10,1881 attributed to undertaker Frederick T. Nemuth. The printed certificate is not ...
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Edgar Allan Poe: A Memorial Volume — burial and monument excerpt (1877)
Elliott’s retrospective account of the 1849 burial, presented during the 1875 monument dedication and printed in 1877. Reports attendance, reinterment and damage to a proposed grave marker. The text’s January20 birth ...
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Poe’s Grave in Baltimore — Lynn Roby Meekins, July–August 1898
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described. Distinguish the 1849 burial from...
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Buried Edgar A. Poe — Rev. Clemm recollection, May 9, 1894
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described. Distinguish the 1849 burial from...
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Poe’s Burial and Grave — May Garrettson Evans, February 26, 1893
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described. Distinguish the 1849 burial from...
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Unveiling and dedication of the Poe monument — New York Herald, November 18, 1875
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described. Distinguish the 1849 burial from...
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Walt Whitman at the Poe Funeral — Evening Star, November 18, 1875
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described. Distinguish the 1849 burial from...
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Dedication of the Poe monument — Baltimore Sun, November 18, 1875
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described. Distinguish the 1849 burial from...
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The Facts of Poe’s Death and Burial — J. E. Snodgrass, March 1867
A retrospective eyewitness account, written about eighteen years after the burial. Contains conflicting chronology, a mistaken Baltimore birthplace and disputed funeral details. Its claims are evidence of Snodgrass’s ...
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Henry Herring on Poe’s burial — letter dated October 9, 1865
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described.
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John J. Moran to Maria Clemm — November 15, 1849
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described.
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Neilson Poe to Maria Clemm — October 11, 1849
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described.
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Poe death notice — Semi-Weekly Union, October 9, 1849
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described.
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Death of Edgar A. Poe — Baltimore Patriot, October 8, 1849
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described.
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Death of Edgar A. Poe — Baltimore Sun, October 8, 1849
Historical account relating to Edgar Allan Poe’s death, burial or later commemoration. Preserved as a research lead; a transcription does not independently verify the events described.
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The Purloined Letter - The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1845
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'The Purloined Letter.'
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Eleonora - The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1842
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'Eleonora.'
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The Cask of Amontillado - Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book, November 1846
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'The Cask of Amontillado.'
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The Raven — Alexandria Gazette, 1845-02-08
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
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The Raven — Indiana State Sentinel, 1845-05-08
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
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The Raven — The Polynesian, 1849-05-26
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
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The Raven — Arkansas State Gazette, 1845-02-17
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
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The Raven — The Martinsburg Gazette, 1845-02-27
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
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The Raven — The Cadiz Sentinel, 1845-04-09
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
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The Raven — Lynchburg Virginian, 1849-10-01
Complete newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, with all 18 stanzas.
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The Raven — Lewisburg Chronicle, and the West Branch Farmer, 1849-11-28
Complete newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, with all 18 stanzas.
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Death of Edgar A. Poe — obituary signed Ludwig — New-York Daily Tribune, 1849-10-09
Contemporary newspaper notice of Edgar Allan Poe’s death. The full two-column obituary includes the poem Annabel Lee and the signature Ludwig.
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Notice of Edgar Allan Poe’s death — Litchfield Enquirer, 1849-11-08
Contemporary newspaper notice of Edgar Allan Poe’s death.The brief unsigned item reports a death date and circumstances that are not verified by this record.
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Annabel Lee — Washington Telegraph, 1849-11-14
Posthumous newspaper printing of Annabel Lee with its introductory notice, page 4, column 1. All six stanzas included.
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Annabel Lee — The Mountain Sentinel, 1849-11-22
Posthumous newspaper printing of Annabel Lee with its introductory notice, page 4, column 1. All six stanzas included.
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The Raven — Vermont Phoenix, 1845-02-28
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, on page 1, columns 2–3. All 18 poem stanzas are present.
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The Raven — The Cecil Whig, 1849-10-20
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, on page 1, columns 2–3. All 18 poem stanzas are present.
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The Raven — Percy Hemus (1913), Sides A & B
Percy Hemus recites Poe’s “The Raven” with piano accompaniment by Gladys Craven. Listen to both sides of the Victor recording.
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The Raven — Harper & Brothers edition illustrated by Gustave Doré
Historical illustrated edition of Poe’s poem, including Doré’s illustrations and Edmund C. Stedman’s accompanying comment.
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Raven — Kaufmann & Strauss tobacco advertising print
Chromolithographic advertising label using a raven and the refrain “Quoth the Raven: Nevermore.”
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“Letter About Edgar Poe” — Democrat and Sentinel
Newspaper reprint headed “Letter About Edgar Poe,” marked as originating in the Home Journal. Preserved as a later historical recollection.
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The Philosophy of Composition — Graham’s Magazine
Poe’s essay explaining his account of composing “The Raven,” preserved in the original periodical issue.
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