Anne Charlotte Lynch to Edgar Allan Poe — June 25, 1845
Read Anne Charlotte Lynch’s June 25, 1845 note asking Edgar Allan Poe to deliver a poem to John Keese for The Opal. A complete local reading checked against the Poe Museum manuscript, distinct from her invitation signed Friday morning 27.
Independent local reading of the complete written face of the letter in the Poe Museum’s Lucy Dorothea Henry Album, object 466.15.g (online record 3819, image 4029). The manuscript is headed My dear Mr Poe and signed Anne C Lynch. Its bottom-left date reads Wed. 25.; June 1845 is supplied by correspondence checklist RCL-544d and is consistent with Wednesday, June 25, 1845. The museum catalogue gives the year 1845. Lynch asks Poe to pass a poem to John Keese for the 1846 Opal. This distinct June 25 letter is not the already-held invitation signed Friday morning 27. Line wrapping and punctuation are normalized in this reading. The public file is searchable text only; no locally held facsimile, reverse or enclosed poem is claimed.
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Anne Charlotte Lynch to Edgar Allan Poe — June 25, 1845
Date
1845-06-25
Credits
Anne Charlotte Lynch; Crypt of Echoes (independent reading)
Published in
New York
Where to find it
1 written manuscript face represented in reading
Reference collection
The Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia
Collection reference
466.15.g; online object 3819; RCL-544d
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Complete local reading — Lynch to Poe, June 25, 1845
Independent local reading of the complete written face of the letter in the Poe Museum’s Lucy Dorothea Henry Album, object 466.15.g (online record 3819, image 4029). The manuscript is headed My dear Mr Poe and signed Anne C Lynch. Its bottom-left date reads Wed. 25.; June 1845 is supplied by correspondence checklist RCL-544d and is consistent with Wednesday, June 25, 1845. The museum catalogue gives the year 1845. Lynch asks Poe to pass a poem to John Keese for the 1846 Opal. This distinct June 25 letter is not the already-held invitation signed Friday morning 27. Line wrapping and punctuation are normalized in this reading. The public file is searchable text only; no locally held facsimile, reverse or enclosed poem is claimed.
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Complete local reading — Lynch to Poe, June 25, 1845
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Anne Charlotte Lynch to Edgar Allan Poe — June 25, 1845
Independent local reading of the complete written face of the letter in the Poe Museum’s Lucy Dorothea Henry Album, object 466.15.g (online record 3819, image 4029). The manuscript is headed My dear Mr Poe and signed Anne C Lynch. Its bottom-left date reads Wed. 25.; June 1845 is supplied by correspondence checklist RCL-544d and is consistent with Wednesday, June 25, 1845. The museum catalogue gives the year 1845. Lynch asks Poe to pass a poem to John Keese for the 1846 Opal. This distinct June 25 letter is not the already-held invitation signed Friday morning 27. Line wrapping and punctuation are normalized in this reading. The public file is searchable text only; no locally held facsimile, reverse or enclosed poem is claimed.
My dear Mr Poe,
I take the liberty of sending you the poem for Mr Keese. If you will be so kind as to give it him you will oblige me. Mr Tuckerman promised to call for it but has not done so. Will you ascertain if Mr Keese wishes the poem for the Opal for 1846? I wrote him a note but he has not answered it.
Very truly yours
Anne C Lynch
Wed. 25.
Source: The Poe Museum, online object 3819, catalogue number 466.15.g, image 4029. Original in the Lucy Dorothea Henry Album. Checklist RCL-544d. Reading visually checked November 8, 2026.
“Anne Charlotte Lynch to Edgar Allan Poe — June 25, 1845.” 1845-06-25. Anne Charlotte Lynch to Edgar Allan Poe — June 25, 1845. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-b0213909afd44043b24a5d99384e4a4b. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-b0213909afd44043b24a5d99384e4a4b. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: Anne Charlotte Lynch to Edgar Allan Poe, Wednesday, June 25, 1845. The Poe Museum, Lucy Dorothea Henry Album, object 466.15.g, online object 3819, image 4029. Correspondence checklist RCL-544d. Day and month supplied by the checklist; manuscript reads Wed. 25. and museum catalogue supplies 1845.
Underlying 1845 manuscript by Anne Charlotte Lynch (1815–1891); independent visual reading prepared by Crypt of Echoes. Source credit: The Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia, Lucy Dorothea Henry Album, object 466.15.g. The museum’s modern catalogue commentary, transcription and photograph are not redistributed.
