Publication history and source boundaries

The project’s base text is the March 31, 1849 newspaper printing. Earlier forms belong beside it as separate versions. They should not be silently substituted for the 24-line base poem.

1. 1827 — Imitation
   Earlier form; not the 1849 poem. Original 1827 scans 033–034 are included.
2. 1829 — To —— ——
   Earlier form. Reading transcription only; an original 1829 scan was not acquired.
3. 1831 — Tamerlane — section XXIV
   Excerpt from the end of Tamerlane. Reading transcription only; an original 1831 scan was not acquired.
4. circa 1849 — For Annie — manuscript version
   15-line manuscript version headed For Annie; distinct from Poe’s separate longer poem with the same title. The included image is a 1909 printed facsimile, not the physical manuscript.
5. 1849-03-31 — A Dream within a Dream
   Recommended project base text. Complete newspaper page included; the whole issue is not included.
6. circa late summer 1849 — To —— — reported Examiner text
   Reported proof-sheet text, not a verified surviving original proof scan. The precise 1849 date is uncertain; source pages use August or September. Keep the 1911 witness separate from the claimed 1849 origin.
7. 1850 — A Dream within a Dream
   Posthumous reprint. Complete volume included.

Differences to preserve

The handwriting facsimile’s heading must not be confused with the separate longer poem “For Annie,” also published in 1849.

What this kit does not claim

The 1849 newspaper file is a full page, not the full issue. The 1829 and 1831 entries are transcriptions without original scans. The Examiner witness is supplied through a later edition, not as a verified original proof. This is a core documentary set, not an exhaustive collection of every historical reprint.

Publication-history reference: Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (external citation). The historical texts and local scans above are the material to use for reader-facing pages; modern reference-site commentary has not been copied into the kit.