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 a preserved original manuscript or independent verification. These claims conflict with Herring’s published recollection of supplying a mahogany coffin; do not report either account as settled fact.
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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 a preserved original manuscript or independent verification. These claims conflict with Herring’s published recollection of supplying a mahogany coffin; do not report either account as settled fact.
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Download ↓Later accounts of Poe’s burial and commemoration, printed in1877 and1885 respectively. Read their scope, chronology and retrospective limitations separately; proximity in this archive is not independent corroboration.
Retrospective accounts with different emphases: Snodgrass describes the burial and absence of an outer coffin case; Moran describes coffin construction and claimed payment. These concern different features and do not independently corroborate each other.
Moran, John J. A Defense of Edgar Allan Poe. 1885. Selected coffin account and printed certificate, pp.76–77.
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