Read the 1836-02-20 letter from Carey & Lea to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally preserved historical transcription. The surviving letter-book text is printed in the historical appendix without a closing signature. The referenced enclosure is not included. This record preserves the available letter-book reading, not an autograph manuscript.
Historical letter reading from George E. Woodberry, The Life of Edgar Allan Poe: Personal and Literary, volume II (1909). Catalogue identity RCL-123. The surviving letter-book text is printed in the historical appendix without a closing signature. The referenced enclosure is not included. This record preserves the available letter-book reading, not an autograph manuscript. This is a later printed transcription, not a manuscript facsimile or a modern critical text. Historical wording and source errors are retained; modern editorial apparatus is omitted. The reading has not been independently proofread word by word.
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Carey & Lea to Edgar Allan Poe — 1836-02-20
Date
1836-02-20
Credits
Carey & Lea (letter); George E. Woodberry (historical edition)
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Published in
Boston and New York
Reference collection
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (electronic transcription of historical edition)
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Local historical letter transcription — Woodberry 1909
Historical letter reading from George E. Woodberry, The Life of Edgar Allan Poe: Personal and Literary, volume II (1909). Catalogue identity RCL-123. The surviving letter-book text is printed in the historical appendix without a closing signature. The referenced enclosure is not included. This record preserves the available letter-book reading, not an autograph manuscript. This is a later printed transcription, not a manuscript facsimile or a modern critical text. Historical wording and source errors are retained; modern editorial apparatus is omitted. The reading has not been independently proofread word by word.
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Local historical letter transcription — Woodberry 1909
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Carey & Lea to Edgar Allan Poe — 1836-02-20
Historical letter reading from George E. Woodberry, The Life of Edgar Allan Poe: Personal and Literary, volume II (1909). Catalogue identity RCL-123. The surviving letter-book text is printed in the historical appendix without a closing signature. The referenced enclosure is not included. This record preserves the available letter-book reading, not an autograph manuscript. This is a later printed transcription, not a manuscript facsimile or a modern critical text. Historical wording and source errors are retained; modern editorial apparatus is omitted. The reading has not been independently proofread word by word.
February 20, 1836.
EDGAR A. POE, Esq., Richmond, Va., — I received your letter this morning, having no knowledge of the MS. mentioned. I applied to Mess. Carey & Hart, who handed over the enclosed which I transmit agreeably to your directions and wish it safe to hand.
Houghton Mifflin Company. “Carey & Lea to Edgar Allan Poe — 1836-02-20.” 1836-02-20. Carey & Lea to Edgar Allan Poe — 1836-02-20. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-1f8b52ac0b3f4a8dbb8843748e0011d0. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-1f8b52ac0b3f4a8dbb8843748e0011d0. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: George E. Woodberry, The Life of Edgar Allan Poe: Personal and Literary, volume II (1909). w1909220.htm. Catalogue RCL-123.
Historical letter and 1909 printed edition are public domain in the United States. Modern editorial apparatus excluded.
