Edgar Allan Poe and John Lyle to Governor and Council of Virginia — 1824-11-17
Read the 1824-11-17 letter from Edgar Allan Poe and John Lyle to Governor and Council of Virginia locally. Joint request by John Lyle and Edgar Allan Poe on behalf of the Richmond Junior Volunteers to retain arms. Both signatures are retained in the reading.
Local historical letter reading from the Poe Society’s manuscript-text page, with modern correction glosses and website material excluded. The scholarly checklist documents an early printed witness in Calendar of Virginia State Papers, 1892, volume 10, page 518. This record preserves the electronic letter text, not a scan of that printed witness or the autograph. Joint request by John Lyle and Edgar Allan Poe on behalf of the Richmond Junior Volunteers to retain arms. Both signatures are retained in the reading. Typography is simplified. The transcription has not been independently proofread word by word.
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Edgar Allan Poe and John Lyle to Governor and Council of Virginia — 1824-11-17
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1824-11-17
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Edgar Allan Poe and John Lyle
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (historical letter transcription)
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Local historical letter reading from the Poe Society’s manuscript-text page, with modern correction glosses and website material excluded. The scholarly checklist documents an early printed witness in Calendar of Virginia State Papers, 1892, volume 10, page 518. This record preserves the electronic letter text, not a scan of that printed witness or the autograph. Joint request by John Lyle and Edgar Allan Poe on behalf of the Richmond Junior Volunteers to retain arms. Both signatures are retained in the reading. Typography is simplified. The transcription has not been independently proofread word by word.
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Edgar Allan Poe and John Lyle to Governor and Council of Virginia — 1824-11-17
Local historical letter reading from the Poe Society’s manuscript-text page, with modern correction glosses and website material excluded. The scholarly checklist documents an early printed witness in Calendar of Virginia State Papers, 1892, volume 10, page 518. This record preserves the electronic letter text, not a scan of that printed witness or the autograph. Joint request by John Lyle and Edgar Allan Poe on behalf of the Richmond Junior Volunteers to retain arms. Both signatures are retained in the reading. Typography is simplified. The transcription has not been independently proofread word by word.
To his Excellency the Governor & Council of Virga
Gentlemen
At the request of the members of the Richmond Junior Volunteers we beg leave to solicit your permission for them to retain the arms which they lately were permitted to draw from the armory. We are authorized to say that each Individual will not only pledge himself to take proper care of them, but we ourselves will promise to attend strictly to the order in which they are kept by the Company —
We have the honor to be Gentlemen Your Mo. Obt Servts John Lyle Capt R J V Edgar A. Poe Lieut
Richmond 17th Novr 1824
“Edgar Allan Poe and John Lyle to Governor and Council of Virginia — 1824-11-17.” 1824-11-17. Edgar Allan Poe and John Lyle to Governor and Council of Virginia — 1824-11-17. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-4580fe261d9445c2b841dd1fc4d14d13. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-4580fe261d9445c2b841dd1fc4d14d13. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: Edgar Allan Poe and John Lyle to Governor and Council of Virginia, 1824-11-17. Scholarly catalogue RCL-003. Early publication: Calendar of Virginia State Papers, 1892, volume 10, page 518.
Underlying nineteenth-century letter documented as published before 1931; public domain in the United States. Modern commentary and editorial correction glosses excluded.
