1831-12-29

Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-12-29

Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-12-29 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan for uncertain words.

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Historical letter date: 1831-12-29. Source edition: Mary Newton Stanard, Edgar Allan Poe Letters Till Now Unpublished, 1925, letter thirty. This is repository machine OCR of the printed transcription; spelling and recognition errors remain. Consult the accompanying local scan excerpt and manuscript facsimile. No matching letter identity was found in the published Crypt inventory. This is a reproduction from a printed edition, not a newly acquired autograph manuscript.

Original publication: Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-12-29
Date: 1831-12-29
Credits: Poe (letter); Mary Newton Stanard (1925 editor)
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Published in: Philadelphia and London
Where to find it: 4
Reference collection: The Valentine (historical manuscript collection); Internet Archive (1925 edition scan)

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Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-12-29 Historical letter date: 1831-12-29. Source edition: Mary Newton Stanard, Edgar Allan Poe Letters Till Now Unpublished, 1925, letter thirty. This is repository machine OCR of the printed transcription; spelling and recognition errors remain. Consult the accompanying local scan excerpt and manuscript facsimile. [Source scan page 341] LETTER NUMBER THIRTY Baltimore Dec: 29 th 1831 Dear Sir Nothing but extreme misery and distress would make me venture to intrude myself again upon your notice If you knew how wretched I am I am sure that you would relieve me No person in the world I am sure, could have undergone more wretchedness than I have done for some time paft and I have indeed no friend to look to but yourself and no chance of extricating myself without your assistance. I know that I have no claim upon your generosity and that what little share I had of your affe&ion is long since forfeited, but, for the sake of what once was dear to you, for the sake of the love you bore me when I sat upon your knee and called you father do not forsake me this only time and god will remember you accordingly E A Poe 305

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J. B. Lippincott Company. “Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-12-29.” 1831-12-29. Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-12-29. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-765e31af92c847f6a425057ae4710a3b. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-765e31af92c847f6a425057ae4710a3b. Accessed [date].

Catalogue citation: Mary Newton Stanard, editor, Edgar Allan Poe Letters Till Now Unpublished (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, 1925), letter thirty. Repository scan pages 341–344.

The source edition was published in 1925 and is public domain in the United States.

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