Edgar Allan Poe to James Herron — 1842-06 (fragment)
View local scans of Poe’s 1842-06 correspondence to James Herron. Includes all supplied repository images and a local reading PDF. This is a surviving manuscript fragment, not an intact letter. It is a separate document from the June 30, 1842 Herron letter.
Local archival images of the 1842-06 correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to James Herron. Catalogue identity RCL-367. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 1, Folder 40. All 2 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. This is a surviving manuscript fragment, not an intact letter. It is a separate document from the June 30, 1842 Herron letter. 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 James Herron
Date
1842-06
Credits
Edgar Allan Poe (historical correspondence); Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin (source images)
Where to find it
2
Reference collection
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Collection reference
MS-03283; Box 1, Folder 40
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Local archival images of the 1842-06 correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to James Herron. Catalogue identity RCL-367. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 1, Folder 40. All 2 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. This is a surviving manuscript fragment, not an intact letter. It is a separate document from the June 30, 1842 Herron letter. 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 1842-06 correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to James Herron. Catalogue identity RCL-367. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 1, Folder 40. All 2 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. This is a surviving manuscript fragment, not an intact letter. It is a separate document from the June 30, 1842 Herron letter. No full text transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied in this record. Read the original images for wording, signatures, corrections and addresses.
Local archival images of the 1842-06 correspondence from Edgar Allan Poe to James Herron. Catalogue identity RCL-367. Source: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 1, Folder 40. All 2 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. This is a surviving manuscript fragment, not an intact letter. It is a separate document from the June 30, 1842 Herron letter. 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 James Herron — 1842-06 (fragment).” 1842-06. Letter to James Herron. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-d50176d9b1ba406dacc8ba4fa1b4312c. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-d50176d9b1ba406dacc8ba4fa1b4312c. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: Edgar Allan Poe, Letter to James Herron, 1842 June. Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Box 1, Folder 40; catalogue RCL-367; digital object p15878coll102/170.
Repository rights statement: No Copyright — United States (NoC-US 1.0). Source credited to the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
