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Complete written face of Poe’s July 17, 1846 letter to John Bisco, photographed while mounted and supplied by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, September 29, 2022, lot 5. Poe asks Bisco to visit attorney E. L. Fancher about Thomas Dunn English’s attacks. All writing, including the date and signature, is visible. Tears, old repairs, discoloration and the mounting edge are retained. No reverse or unmounted view was supplied. The preserved JPEG is embedded unchanged in the PDF. The reading text was transcribed directly from the visible manuscript, with normalized line breaks and superscripts. This is a digital reproduction, not possession or independent authentication of the autograph. Modern auction commentary and the separate photograph of the framed display are not reproduced.
Original publication
Edgar Allan Poe to John Bisco — July 17, 1846
Date
1846-07-17
Credits
Edgar Allan Poe; John Bisco
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1 written face
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Private collection; image supplied by Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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Complete written face of Poe’s July 17, 1846 letter to John Bisco, photographed while mounted and supplied by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, September 29, 2022, lot 5. Poe asks Bisco to visit attorney E. L. Fancher about Thomas Dunn English’s attacks. All writing, including the date and signature, is visible. Tears, old repairs, discoloration and the mounting edge are retained. No reverse or unmounted view was supplied. The preserved JPEG is embedded unchanged in the PDF. The reading text was transcribed directly from the visible manuscript, with normalized line breaks and superscripts. This is a digital reproduction, not possession or independent authentication of the autograph. Modern auction commentary and the separate photograph of the framed display are not reproduced.
Complete written face of Poe’s July 17, 1846 letter to John Bisco, photographed while mounted and supplied by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, September 29, 2022, lot 5. Poe asks Bisco to visit attorney E. L. Fancher about Thomas Dunn English’s attacks. All writing, including the date and signature, is visible. Tears, old repairs, discoloration and the mounting edge are retained. No reverse or unmounted view was supplied. The preserved JPEG is embedded unchanged in the PDF. The reading text was transcribed directly from the visible manuscript, with normalized line breaks and superscripts. This is a digital reproduction, not possession or independent authentication of the autograph. Modern auction commentary and the separate photograph of the framed display are not reproduced.
Reading text transcribed from the manuscript image
Complete written face of Poe’s July 17, 1846 letter to John Bisco, photographed while mounted and supplied by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, September 29, 2022, lot 5. Poe asks Bisco to visit attorney E. L. Fancher about Thomas Dunn English’s attacks. All writing, including the date and signature, is visible. Tears, old repairs, discoloration and the mounting edge are retained. No reverse or unmounted view was supplied. The preserved JPEG is embedded unchanged in the PDF. The reading text was transcribed directly from the visible manuscript, with normalized line breaks and superscripts. This is a digital reproduction, not possession or independent authentication of the autograph. Modern auction commentary and the separate photograph of the framed display are not reproduced.
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Reading text transcribed from the manuscript image
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Edgar Allan Poe to John Bisco — July 17, 1846
Complete written face of Poe’s July 17, 1846 letter to John Bisco, photographed while mounted and supplied by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, September 29, 2022, lot 5. Poe asks Bisco to visit attorney E. L. Fancher about Thomas Dunn English’s attacks. All writing, including the date and signature, is visible. Tears, old repairs, discoloration and the mounting edge are retained. No reverse or unmounted view was supplied. The preserved JPEG is embedded unchanged in the PDF. The reading text was transcribed directly from the visible manuscript, with normalized line breaks and superscripts. This is a digital reproduction, not possession or independent authentication of the autograph. Modern auction commentary and the separate photograph of the framed display are not reproduced.
New-York
July 17. 1846
My Dear Mr Bisco,
You will confer a very great favor on me by stepping in, when you have leisure, at the office of E. L. Fancher, Attorney-at-Law, 33 John St. Please mention to him that I requested you to call in relation to Mr English. He will, also, show you my Reply to some attacks lately made upon me by this gentleman.
Cordially yours.
Poe
Mr John Bisco.
“Edgar Allan Poe to John Bisco — July 17, 1846.” 1846-07-17. Edgar Allan Poe to John Bisco — July 17, 1846. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-bcb8ba004ca448078738fc5462653d80. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-bcb8ba004ca448078738fc5462653d80. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: Edgar Allan Poe to John Bisco, July 17, 1846. RCL-647. Nate D. Sanders Auctions, September 29, 2022, lot 5.
Poe’s 1846 text is public domain. The faithful manuscript reproduction is preserved as supplied; modern auction commentary is excluded.
