1846-04-16

Edgar Allan Poe to Philip Pendleton Cooke, April 16, 1846

Poe discusses magazine payments, The Raven, his proposed literary profiles, and a request for Cooke to extend James Russell Lowell’s biographical sketch.

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The repository dates this letter to April 16, 1846. The manuscript heading reads April 16 — 42; that visible date is preserved in the transcription. Two supplied manuscript images are retained.

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1846-04-16
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Shapell Manuscript Foundation
Collection reference
Shapell Manuscript Collection 458

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Edgar Allan Poe to Philip Pendleton Cooke, April 16, 1846 — Complete page-image PDF

Original downloaded JPEG bytes retained; a page-image PDF assembled without cropping and an AI-checked reading edition supplied. The repository dates this letter to April 16, 1846. The manuscript heading reads April 16 — 42; that visible date is preserved in the transcription. Two supplied manuscript images are retained.

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Edgar Allan Poe to Philip Pendleton Cooke, April 16, 1846 — Source page 1 — preserved JPEG

Original downloaded JPEG bytes retained; a page-image PDF assembled without cropping and an AI-checked reading edition supplied. The repository dates this letter to April 16, 1846. The manuscript heading reads April 16 — 42; that visible date is preserved in the transcription. Two supplied manuscript images are retained.

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Edgar Allan Poe to Philip Pendleton Cooke, April 16, 1846 — Source page 2 — preserved JPEG

Original downloaded JPEG bytes retained; a page-image PDF assembled without cropping and an AI-checked reading edition supplied. The repository dates this letter to April 16, 1846. The manuscript heading reads April 16 — 42; that visible date is preserved in the transcription. Two supplied manuscript images are retained.

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Edgar Allan Poe to Philip Pendleton Cooke, April 16, 1846. Shapell Manuscript Foundation. Shapell Manuscript Collection 458

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