Edgar Allan Poe to Lucy Dorothea Henry — June 20, 1843
Read Edgar Allan Poe’s June 20, 1843 letter to Lucy Dorothea Henry answering her request for an autograph. A complete local reading checked against the signed Poe Museum manuscript.
Independent local reading of the complete signed manuscript face displayed by the Poe Museum, object 465.c (online record 610, image 1002). Poe responds to a request for an autograph, referring to a March 26 letter to his sister. The manuscript explicitly gives Philadelphia, June 20, 1843 and names Miss Lucy D. Henry. Punctuation and line wrapping are normalized; the abbreviated closing Yr. Mo. Ob. St. means Your most obedient servant. Public text only; no locally held facsimile, reverse or companion manuscript is claimed.
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Edgar Allan Poe to Lucy Dorothea Henry — June 20, 1843
Date
1843-06-20
Credits
Edgar Allan Poe; Crypt of Echoes (independent reading)
Published in
Philadelphia
Where to find it
1 written manuscript face represented in reading
Reference collection
The Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia
Collection reference
465.c; online object 610; RCL-442
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Complete local reading — Poe to Lucy Dorothea Henry, June 20, 1843
Independent local reading of the complete signed manuscript face displayed by the Poe Museum, object 465.c (online record 610, image 1002). Poe responds to a request for an autograph, referring to a March 26 letter to his sister. The manuscript explicitly gives Philadelphia, June 20, 1843 and names Miss Lucy D. Henry. Punctuation and line wrapping are normalized; the abbreviated closing Yr. Mo. Ob. St. means Your most obedient servant. Public text only; no locally held facsimile, reverse or companion manuscript is claimed.
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Complete local reading — Poe to Lucy Dorothea Henry, June 20, 1843
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Edgar Allan Poe to Lucy Dorothea Henry — June 20, 1843
Independent local reading of the complete signed manuscript face displayed by the Poe Museum, object 465.c (online record 610, image 1002). Poe responds to a request for an autograph, referring to a March 26 letter to his sister. The manuscript explicitly gives Philadelphia, June 20, 1843 and names Miss Lucy D. Henry. Punctuation and line wrapping are normalized; the abbreviated closing Yr. Mo. Ob. St. means Your most obedient servant. Public text only; no locally held facsimile, reverse or companion manuscript is claimed.
Philadelphia
June 20, 1843.
Dear Madam,
It gives me pleasure to comply with the very flattering request contained in your letter to my sister of March 26th.
With the Highest Respect
I am, Madam,
Yr. Mo. Ob. St.
Edgar A. Poe
Miss Lucy D. Henry.
Source: The Poe Museum, online object 610, catalogue number 465.c, image 1002. Original formerly in the Lucy Dorothea Henry autograph album. Checklist RCL-442. Reading visually checked November 8, 2026.
“Edgar Allan Poe to Lucy Dorothea Henry — June 20, 1843.” 1843-06-20. Edgar Allan Poe to Lucy Dorothea Henry — June 20, 1843. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-bd26515b1c904ec183ed60e9f58751b5. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-bd26515b1c904ec183ed60e9f58751b5. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: Edgar Allan Poe to Lucy Dorothea Henry, Philadelphia, June 20, 1843. The Poe Museum, object 465.c, online object 610, image 1002. Correspondence checklist RCL-442.
Underlying 1843 manuscript by Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849); independent visual reading prepared by Crypt of Echoes. Source credit: The Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia, object 465.c. The museum’s modern catalogue commentary, transcription and photograph are not redistributed.
