Edgar Allan Poe to John Hamilton Mackenzie — 1843 (fragment; date uncertain)
View local scans of Poe’s 1843 (date uncertain) correspondence to John Hamilton Mackenzie. Includes all supplied repository images and a local reading PDF. Surviving letter fragment with the opening and date missing. The repository dates it not before April 22, 1843, while the older scholarly checklist reports an alternative before March. The precise date and the Mackenzie identification remain uncertain; no exact month is asserted.
Local archival images of the 1843 (date uncertain) correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to John Hamilton Mackenzie. Catalogue identity RCL-432. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 2, Folder 12. All 1 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. Surviving letter fragment with the opening and date missing. The repository dates it not before April 22, 1843, while the older scholarly checklist reports an alternative before March. The precise date and the Mackenzie identification remain uncertain; no exact month is asserted. 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 John Hamilton Mackenzie
Date
1843 (date uncertain)
Credits
Edgar Allan Poe (historical correspondence); Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin (source images)
Where to find it
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Reference collection
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Collection reference
MS-03283; Box 2, Folder 12
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Local archival images of the 1843 (date uncertain) correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to John Hamilton Mackenzie. Catalogue identity RCL-432. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 2, Folder 12. All 1 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. Surviving letter fragment with the opening and date missing. The repository dates it not before April 22, 1843, while the older scholarly checklist reports an alternative before March. The precise date and the Mackenzie identification remain uncertain; no exact month is asserted. 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 1843 (date uncertain) correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to John Hamilton Mackenzie. Catalogue identity RCL-432. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 2, Folder 12. All 1 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. Surviving letter fragment with the opening and date missing. The repository dates it not before April 22, 1843, while the older scholarly checklist reports an alternative before March. The precise date and the Mackenzie identification remain uncertain; no exact month is asserted. 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 John Hamilton Mackenzie — 1843 (fragment; date uncertain).” 1843 (date uncertain). Letter to John Hamilton Mackenzie. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-b1751c8623d142c684e6ff17d68b37e8. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-b1751c8623d142c684e6ff17d68b37e8. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: Edgar Allan Poe, Letter to John Hamilton Mackenzie, Not before 1843 April 22. Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 2, Folder 12; catalogue RCL-432; digital object p15878coll102/95.
Repository rights statement: No Copyright — United States (NoC-US 1.0). Source credited to the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
