James Frederick Otis to Edgar Allan Poe — June 11, 1836 (recipient attributed)
Read six local scans of James Frederick Otis’s June 11, 1836 letter, attributed to Poe as editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, with its surviving autograph material.
Autograph reverse — repository image 3 of 6Enlarge image ↗George Lunt autograph — repository image 2 of 6Enlarge image ↗Letter page 1 — repository image 1 of 6Enlarge image ↗Letter page 2 and attached autograph — repository image 5 of 6Enlarge image ↗Reverse with attached autograph — repository image 4 of 6Enlarge image ↗Reverse with Otis identification — repository image 6 of 6Enlarge image ↗
About this source
Writing from Washington on June 11, 1836, James Frederick Otis promises an article, discusses Thomas W. White and sends a set of writers’ autographs with comments for the Southern Literary Messenger. The repository does not name a recipient. The scholarly correspondence checklist identifies this as RCL-149b, a letter to Poe as the Messenger’s editor; that attribution is retained explicitly. The closing signature was cut away, and the surviving manuscript includes autograph material. This record preserves all six images supplied for Boston Public Library object commonwealth:6h444n24d in repository order. The local reading PDF embeds the exact JPEG streams. No full transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied. The letter text appears in repository images 1 and 5; the other images preserve reverse sides and autograph details.
Original publication
[James F. Otis], Washington, DC., autograph letter, 11 June 1836
Date
1836-06-11
Credits
James Frederick Otis (letter); Boston Public Library / Digital Commonwealth (images)
Where to find it
6 repository images
Reference collection
Boston Public Library, Rare Books Department
Collection reference
Rufus W. Griswold Papers, Box 12, Ms. Gris. 796
Matched repository manuscript Ms. Gris. 796, date, author and description to scholarly catalogue RCL-149b. Recipient attribution is stated, not presented as an address on the original. Prior holdings and source file hashes checked; all PDF image streams match the originals.
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Writing from Washington on June 11, 1836, James Frederick Otis promises an article, discusses Thomas W. White and sends a set of writers’ autographs with comments for the Southern Literary Messenger. The repository does not name a recipient. The scholarly correspondence checklist identifies this as RCL-149b, a letter to Poe as the Messenger’s editor; that attribution is retained explicitly. The closing signature was cut away, and the surviving manuscript includes autograph material. This record preserves all six images supplied for Boston Public Library object commonwealth:6h444n24d in repository order. The local reading PDF embeds the exact JPEG streams. No full transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied.
Writing from Washington on June 11, 1836, James Frederick Otis promises an article, discusses Thomas W. White and sends a set of writers’ autographs with comments for the Southern Literary Messenger. The repository does not name a recipient. The scholarly correspondence checklist identifies this as RCL-149b, a letter to Poe as the Messenger’s editor; that attribution is retained explicitly. The closing signature was cut away, and the surviving manuscript includes autograph material. This record preserves all six images supplied for Boston Public Library object commonwealth:6h444n24d in repository order. The local reading PDF embeds the exact JPEG streams. No full transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied.
Writing from Washington on June 11, 1836, James Frederick Otis promises an article, discusses Thomas W. White and sends a set of writers’ autographs with comments for the Southern Literary Messenger. The repository does not name a recipient. The scholarly correspondence checklist identifies this as RCL-149b, a letter to Poe as the Messenger’s editor; that attribution is retained explicitly. The closing signature was cut away, and the surviving manuscript includes autograph material. This record preserves all six images supplied for Boston Public Library object commonwealth:6h444n24d in repository order. The local reading PDF embeds the exact JPEG streams. No full transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied.
Letter page 2 and attached autograph — repository image 5 of 6
Writing from Washington on June 11, 1836, James Frederick Otis promises an article, discusses Thomas W. White and sends a set of writers’ autographs with comments for the Southern Literary Messenger. The repository does not name a recipient. The scholarly correspondence checklist identifies this as RCL-149b, a letter to Poe as the Messenger’s editor; that attribution is retained explicitly. The closing signature was cut away, and the surviving manuscript includes autograph material. This record preserves all six images supplied for Boston Public Library object commonwealth:6h444n24d in repository order. The local reading PDF embeds the exact JPEG streams. No full transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied.
Writing from Washington on June 11, 1836, James Frederick Otis promises an article, discusses Thomas W. White and sends a set of writers’ autographs with comments for the Southern Literary Messenger. The repository does not name a recipient. The scholarly correspondence checklist identifies this as RCL-149b, a letter to Poe as the Messenger’s editor; that attribution is retained explicitly. The closing signature was cut away, and the surviving manuscript includes autograph material. This record preserves all six images supplied for Boston Public Library object commonwealth:6h444n24d in repository order. The local reading PDF embeds the exact JPEG streams. No full transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied.
Reverse with attached autograph — repository image 4 of 6
Writing from Washington on June 11, 1836, James Frederick Otis promises an article, discusses Thomas W. White and sends a set of writers’ autographs with comments for the Southern Literary Messenger. The repository does not name a recipient. The scholarly correspondence checklist identifies this as RCL-149b, a letter to Poe as the Messenger’s editor; that attribution is retained explicitly. The closing signature was cut away, and the surviving manuscript includes autograph material. This record preserves all six images supplied for Boston Public Library object commonwealth:6h444n24d in repository order. The local reading PDF embeds the exact JPEG streams. No full transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied.
Reverse with Otis identification — repository image 6 of 6
Writing from Washington on June 11, 1836, James Frederick Otis promises an article, discusses Thomas W. White and sends a set of writers’ autographs with comments for the Southern Literary Messenger. The repository does not name a recipient. The scholarly correspondence checklist identifies this as RCL-149b, a letter to Poe as the Messenger’s editor; that attribution is retained explicitly. The closing signature was cut away, and the surviving manuscript includes autograph material. This record preserves all six images supplied for Boston Public Library object commonwealth:6h444n24d in repository order. The local reading PDF embeds the exact JPEG streams. No full transcription or handwriting OCR is supplied.
“James Frederick Otis to Edgar Allan Poe — June 11, 1836 (recipient attributed).” 1836-06-11. [James F. Otis], Washington, DC., autograph letter, 11 June 1836. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-de47db1d7ddf4262a6b6f618b8dac708. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-de47db1d7ddf4262a6b6f618b8dac708. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: James Frederick Otis to the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger (identified as Edgar Allan Poe), June 11, 1836. Boston Public Library, Rufus W. Griswold Papers, Box 12, Ms. Gris. 796; Digital Commonwealth commonwealth:6h444n24d; RCL-149b.
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