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Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-11-18
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Historical letter date: 1831-11-18. Source edition: Mary Newton Stanard, Edgar Allan Poe Letters Till Now Unpublished, 1925, letter twenty-seven. This is repository machine OCR of the printed transcription; spelling and recognition errors remain. Consult the accompanying local scan excerpt and manuscript facsimile. No matching letter identity was found in the published Crypt inventory. This is a reproduction from a printed edition, not a newly acquired autograph manuscript.
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- Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-11-18
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- 1831-11-18
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- Poe (letter); Mary Newton Stanard (1925 editor)
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- J. B. Lippincott Company
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- Philadelphia and London
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Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-11-18
Historical letter date: 1831-11-18. Source edition: Mary Newton Stanard, Edgar Allan Poe Letters Till Now Unpublished, 1925, letter twenty-seven. This is repository machine OCR of the printed transcription; spelling and recognition errors remain. Consult the accompanying local scan excerpt and manuscript facsimile.
[Source scan page 327]
LETTER NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
Bait :
Nov r : 1 8. 1831,
My dear Pa,
I am in the great eft distress and have no other friend
on earth to apply to except yourself if you refuse to
help me I know not what I shall do. I was arrested
eleven days ago for a debt which I never expected to
have to pay, and which was incurred as much on Hy'?
account as on my own about two years ago.
I would rather have done anything on earth than
apply to you again after your late kindness but indeed
I have no other resource, and I am in bad health and
unable to undergo as much hardships as formerly or I
never would have asked you to give me another cent.
If you will only send me this one time $80, by
Wednesday next, I will never forget your kindness and
generosity. if you refuse God only knows what I shall
do, & all my hopes & prospedts are ruined forever
Yours affectionately
E A Poe
I have made every exertion but in vain
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J. B. Lippincott Company. “Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-11-18.” 1831-11-18. Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-11-18. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-1bf9ed72ff584837b2499056464b3448. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-1bf9ed72ff584837b2499056464b3448. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: Mary Newton Stanard, editor, Edgar Allan Poe Letters Till Now Unpublished (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, 1925), letter twenty-seven. Repository scan pages 327–330.
The source edition was published in 1925 and is public domain in the United States.
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