1845-02-08

The Raven — Alexandria Gazette, 1845-02-08

Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.

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A front-page printing of The Raven in the Miscellaneous column, headed “From the American Review for February.” The poem begins in column 4 and continues at the top of column 5. All 18 stanzas are included; this record does not claim first publication.

Date
1845-02-08
Credits
Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
Publisher
Alexandria Gazette
Where to find it
1 original newspaper page; Image PDF: 2 page(s); Text PDF: 3 page(s)
Reference collection
Library of Congress, Chronicling America

AI-assisted transcription visually checked by Codex against all 18 stanzas in this scan; no independent human proofread. Newspaper line wraps, spacing, type emphasis, quotation marks and punctuation regularized for reading. Edition wording retained; the scan remains authoritative for exact typography and faint punctuation. Complete headings and all printed stanzas included; column continuations rejoined.

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Image PDF

Complete poem columns cropped in reading order; JPEG quality 95 at original pixel dimensions, no contrast adjustment.

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Original scan — full newspaper page

Unmodified received PDF preserved; acquisition date unknown.

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Text PDF

AI-assisted transcription visually checked by Codex against all 18 stanzas in this scan; no independent human proofread. Newspaper line wraps, spacing, type emphasis, quotation marks and punctuation regularized for reading. Edition wording retained; the scan remains authoritative for exact typography and faint punctuation. Complete headings and all printed stanzas included; column continuations rejoined.

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Citation & reuse

Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Raven.” Alexandria Gazette, 1845-02-08, p. 1, col(s). 4–5. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.

Public domain newspaper published in 1845. Library of Congress Chronicling America rights statement reviewed.

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