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The Raven — Arkansas State Gazette, 1845-02-17
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
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An 1845 newspaper printing of The Raven, preceded by an appreciative notice credited to Willis’ Evening Mirror. The introduction and poem begin in column 4; the final two stanzas continue at the top of column 5. The introductory claim about advance publication belongs to the reprinted notice; this record does not claim first publication.
- Date
- 1845-02-17
- Credits
- Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
- Publisher
- Arkansas State 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. The complete introductory notice credited to Willis’ Evening Mirror is transcribed. Its unusual wording “imaginary lift” is retained as printed.
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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. The complete introductory notice credited to Willis’ Evening Mirror is transcribed. Its unusual wording “imaginary lift” is retained as printed.
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Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Raven.” Arkansas State Gazette, 1845-02-17, p. 3, col(s). 4–5. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.
Public domain US newspaper published in 1845. Library of Congress Chronicling America rights statement reviewed.
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