Read the 1842-12-17 letter from J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Historical printed text from James A. Harrison, The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, volume XVII (1902). Catalog identity: RCL-406. The heading uses the checklist date; the transcription retains the historical edition’s dateline and wording. The edition may contain older readings, omissions or date assignments. This is a printed transcription, not a manuscript facsimile. Modern website corrections in double brackets and navigation are omitted. Independent word-by-word proofreading has not been completed. The source citation is 125. No matching date/correspondent identity was found in the published archive; known ambiguous matches were excluded.
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LOWELL TO POE.
Date
1842-12-17
Credits
J. R. Lowell (letter); James A. Harrison (1902 editor)
Publisher
Thomas Y. Crowell & Company
Published in
New York
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (electronic transcription of the 1902 edition)
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Local historical letter transcription — Harrison 1902
Historical printed text from James A. Harrison, The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, volume XVII (1902). Catalog identity: RCL-406. The heading uses the checklist date; the transcription retains the historical edition’s dateline and wording. The edition may contain older readings, omissions or date assignments. This is a printed transcription, not a manuscript facsimile. Modern website corrections in double brackets and navigation are omitted. Independent word-by-word proofreading has not been completed.
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Local historical letter transcription — Harrison 1902
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J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe — 1842-12-17
Historical printed text from James A. Harrison, The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, volume XVII (1902). Catalog identity: RCL-406. The heading uses the checklist date; the transcription retains the historical edition’s dateline and wording. The edition may contain older readings, omissions or date assignments. This is a printed transcription, not a manuscript facsimile. Modern website corrections in double brackets and navigation are omitted. Independent word-by-word proofreading has not been completed.
LOWELL TO POE.
[Scribner's Monthly, August, 1894.]
BOSTON, Decr 17, 1842. No. 4 Court St.
MY DEAR FRIEND, — I ought to have written to you before, but I have had so much to distract me, & so much to make me sick of pen & ink I could not. Your story of “The Tell-Tale Heart” will appear in my first number. Mr. Tuckerman (perhaps your chapter on Autographs is to blame) would not print it in the Miscellany,(1) & I was very glad to get it for myself. It may argue presumptuousness in me to dissent from his verdict. I should be glad to hear from you soon. You must send me another article, as my second number will soon go to press.
Wishing you all happiness I remain your true friend — torn to pieces with little businesses —”
[Signature cut out.]
Thomas Y. Crowell & Company. “J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe — 1842-12-17.” 1842-12-17. LOWELL TO POE.. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-2a356c95d171443397ebbd420e6b7afd. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-2a356c95d171443397ebbd420e6b7afd. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: James A. Harrison, The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, volume XVII (1902), jah17l06.htm, printed page anchor pg0125. Correspondence identifier RCL-406.
Historical letter text and 1902 printed edition are public domain in the United States. Modern navigation, website notes and the 2008 critical edition are not included.
