Edgar Allan Poe to Isaac Lea — Before May 27, 1829
View local scans of Poe’s Before May 27, 1829 correspondence to Isaac Lea. Includes all supplied repository images and a local reading PDF. The letter is undated; the scholarly checklist assigns it to before May 27, 1829. The date is a latest possible bound, not an exact writing date. It is distinct from the 1841 reply by Lea and Blanchard already held.
Local archival images of the Before May 27, 1829 correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to Isaac Lea. Catalogue identity RCL-028. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 2, Folder 2. All 4 image(s) listed for this repository object are preserved at their supplied resolution. The reading PDF embeds the same JPEG bytes without cropping or altering the writing. Original JPEG downloads are also retained. Dates and correspondent identities follow the scholarly checklist and repository catalogue; assigned dates are not necessarily written on the document. The letter is undated; the scholarly checklist assigns it to before May 27, 1829. The date is a latest possible bound, not an exact writing date. It is distinct from the 1841 reply by Lea and Blanchard already held. No full text transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied in this record. Read the original images for wording, signatures, corrections and addresses.
Original publication
Letter to Isaac Lea
Date
Before May 27, 1829
Credits
Edgar Allan Poe (historical correspondence); Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin (source images)
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Reference collection
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Collection reference
MS-03283; Box 2, Folder 2
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Local archival images of the Before May 27, 1829 correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to Isaac Lea. Catalogue identity RCL-028. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 2, Folder 2. All 4 image(s) listed for this repository object are preserved at their supplied resolution. The reading PDF embeds the same JPEG bytes without cropping or altering the writing. Original JPEG downloads are also retained. Dates and correspondent identities follow the scholarly checklist and repository catalogue; assigned dates are not necessarily written on the document. The letter is undated; the scholarly checklist assigns it to before May 27, 1829. The date is a latest possible bound, not an exact writing date. It is distinct from the 1841 reply by Lea and Blanchard already held. No full text transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied in this record. Read the original images for wording, signatures, corrections and addresses. Each embedded JPEG stream was verified byte-for-byte against the source image.
Local archival images of the Before May 27, 1829 correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to Isaac Lea. Catalogue identity RCL-028. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 2, Folder 2. All 4 image(s) listed for this repository object are preserved at their supplied resolution. The reading PDF embeds the same JPEG bytes without cropping or altering the writing. Original JPEG downloads are also retained. Dates and correspondent identities follow the scholarly checklist and repository catalogue; assigned dates are not necessarily written on the document. The letter is undated; the scholarly checklist assigns it to before May 27, 1829. The date is a latest possible bound, not an exact writing date. It is distinct from the 1841 reply by Lea and Blanchard already held. No full text transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied in this record. Read the original images for wording, signatures, corrections and addresses.
Local archival images of the Before May 27, 1829 correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to Isaac Lea. Catalogue identity RCL-028. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 2, Folder 2. All 4 image(s) listed for this repository object are preserved at their supplied resolution. The reading PDF embeds the same JPEG bytes without cropping or altering the writing. Original JPEG downloads are also retained. Dates and correspondent identities follow the scholarly checklist and repository catalogue; assigned dates are not necessarily written on the document. The letter is undated; the scholarly checklist assigns it to before May 27, 1829. The date is a latest possible bound, not an exact writing date. It is distinct from the 1841 reply by Lea and Blanchard already held. No full text transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied in this record. Read the original images for wording, signatures, corrections and addresses.
Local archival images of the Before May 27, 1829 correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to Isaac Lea. Catalogue identity RCL-028. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 2, Folder 2. All 4 image(s) listed for this repository object are preserved at their supplied resolution. The reading PDF embeds the same JPEG bytes without cropping or altering the writing. Original JPEG downloads are also retained. Dates and correspondent identities follow the scholarly checklist and repository catalogue; assigned dates are not necessarily written on the document. The letter is undated; the scholarly checklist assigns it to before May 27, 1829. The date is a latest possible bound, not an exact writing date. It is distinct from the 1841 reply by Lea and Blanchard already held. No full text transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied in this record. Read the original images for wording, signatures, corrections and addresses.
Local archival images of the Before May 27, 1829 correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to Isaac Lea. Catalogue identity RCL-028. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 2, Folder 2. All 4 image(s) listed for this repository object are preserved at their supplied resolution. The reading PDF embeds the same JPEG bytes without cropping or altering the writing. Original JPEG downloads are also retained. Dates and correspondent identities follow the scholarly checklist and repository catalogue; assigned dates are not necessarily written on the document. The letter is undated; the scholarly checklist assigns it to before May 27, 1829. The date is a latest possible bound, not an exact writing date. It is distinct from the 1841 reply by Lea and Blanchard already held. No full text transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied in this record. Read the original images for wording, signatures, corrections and addresses.
“Edgar Allan Poe to Isaac Lea — Before May 27, 1829.” Before May 27, 1829. Letter to Isaac Lea. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-683aacb5fbde4e26a97545a4b28ef7d6. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-683aacb5fbde4e26a97545a4b28ef7d6. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: Edgar Allan Poe, Letter to Isaac Lea, 1829 May. Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 2, Folder 2; catalogue RCL-028; digital object p15878coll102/150.
Repository rights statement: No Copyright — United States (NoC-US 1.0). Source credited to the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
