Poe introduces the poet Estelle Anna Lewis to Annie Richmond, recalling his Lowell lecture. Read the complete written face in a locally hosted 1935 facsimile and checked searchable text.
The complete written face is reproduced on page 127 of the American Art Association, Anderson Galleries sale catalogue of April 24–25, 1935 (sale 4175, lot 252). The original manuscript is catalogued at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Gimbel Collection. The letter is dated only October 1848; no day is supplied. The catalogue describes a Locker-Lampson ownership signature on the reverse, which is not pictured. This local PDF extracts the full printed page, preserving its image streams unchanged. The full source catalogue is retained privately for provenance. The searchable reading was checked directly against the facsimile, with normalized line breaks and expanded superscripts. The manuscript reads “my late lecture” and “need scarcely have”; the catalogue quotation below it has different wording. Poe’s signature and the recipient inscription are included. The original manuscript has not been physically examined.
Original publication
Edgar Allan Poe to Annie Richmond — October 1848
Date
1848-10
Credits
Edgar Allan Poe; American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (1935 facsimile); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (source scan)
Publisher
American Art Association, Anderson Galleries
Published in
Fordham, New York (letter); New York (1935 facsimile)
Where to find it
1 written face; catalogue page 127
Reference collection
Free Library of Philadelphia, Gimbel Collection (manuscript); Metropolitan Museum of Art (source catalogue)
Collection reference
RCL-729; sale 4175, lot 252
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The complete written face is reproduced on page 127 of the American Art Association, Anderson Galleries sale catalogue of April 24–25, 1935 (sale 4175, lot 252). The original manuscript is catalogued at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Gimbel Collection. The letter is dated only October 1848; no day is supplied. The catalogue describes a Locker-Lampson ownership signature on the reverse, which is not pictured. This local PDF extracts the full printed page, preserving its image streams unchanged. The full source catalogue is retained privately for provenance. The searchable reading was checked directly against the facsimile, with normalized line breaks and expanded superscripts. The manuscript reads “my late lecture” and “need scarcely have”; the catalogue quotation below it has different wording. Poe’s signature and the recipient inscription are included. The original manuscript has not been physically examined.
The complete written face is reproduced on page 127 of the American Art Association, Anderson Galleries sale catalogue of April 24–25, 1935 (sale 4175, lot 252). The original manuscript is catalogued at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Gimbel Collection. The letter is dated only October 1848; no day is supplied. The catalogue describes a Locker-Lampson ownership signature on the reverse, which is not pictured. This local PDF extracts the full printed page, preserving its image streams unchanged. The full source catalogue is retained privately for provenance. The searchable reading was checked directly against the facsimile, with normalized line breaks and expanded superscripts. The manuscript reads “my late lecture” and “need scarcely have”; the catalogue quotation below it has different wording. Poe’s signature and the recipient inscription are included. The original manuscript has not been physically examined.
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Edgar Allan Poe to Annie Richmond — October 1848
The complete written face is reproduced on page 127 of the American Art Association, Anderson Galleries sale catalogue of April 24–25, 1935 (sale 4175, lot 252). The original manuscript is catalogued at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Gimbel Collection. The letter is dated only October 1848; no day is supplied. The catalogue describes a Locker-Lampson ownership signature on the reverse, which is not pictured. This local PDF extracts the full printed page, preserving its image streams unchanged. The full source catalogue is retained privately for provenance. The searchable reading was checked directly against the facsimile, with normalized line breaks and expanded superscripts. The manuscript reads “my late lecture” and “need scarcely have”; the catalogue quotation below it has different wording. Poe’s signature and the recipient inscription are included. The original manuscript has not been physically examined.
Fordham — Oct — 48.
My very dear friend —
This note will be handed you by Mrs Stella Anna Lewis, of whose poetic genius you will remember I spoke so much at length in my late lecture at Lowell. But I need scarcely have alluded to this: — she is, no doubt, well known to you through her works; and I feel assured that you have but to know her personally to be as proud of her friendship as, unquestionably, she must and will be of your own.
Forever the most sincere of your friends
Edgar A. Poe.
Mrs N. L. Richmond
American Art Association, Anderson Galleries. “Edgar Allan Poe to Annie Richmond — October 1848.” 1848-10. Edgar Allan Poe to Annie Richmond — October 1848. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-1a00c48150604f3b808a175f6e0547de. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-1a00c48150604f3b808a175f6e0547de. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: Edgar Allan Poe to Annie Richmond, October 1848. RCL-729. Facsimile in First Editions, Association Books, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts and Other Important Items, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, April 24–25, 1935, sale 4175, page 127, lot 252.
Historical manuscript facsimile published in New York in 1935, in sale catalogue 4175, page 127. No copyright notice was found in the catalogue cover, title and publication pages or its searchable text. The reproduced page is treated as public domain in the United States on that publication basis. Source scan: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, digitized by Internet Archive. Modern scholarly text and commentary are not republished.
