1849-11-14

Annabel Lee — Washington Telegraph, 1849-11-14

Posthumous newspaper printing of Annabel Lee with its introductory notice, page 4, column 1. All six stanzas included.

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Evidence of the poem’s posthumous circulation and contemporary reception. The introductory claim that it was Poe’s last poem is the newspaper’s claim, not an independently established fact. The introduction spells Poe’s middle name “Allen”; retained as printed.

Date: 1849-11-14
Credits: Edgar Allan Poe (poem author); unsigned newspaper introduction
Publisher: Washington Telegraph
Where to find it: 1 original newspaper page; Image PDF: 1 page; Text PDF: 2 pages
Reference collection: Library of Congress, Chronicling America

AI-assisted transcription visually checked by Codex against every line of the poem and introductory notice; no separate human proofread. Line wraps, spacing, type emphasis and quotation marks regularized; edition wording retained. Scan is authoritative for typography and faint punctuation.

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