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Revised Check List of
the Correspondence of Edgar Allan Poe
(Part II: 1838-1841)


    Scroll down, or select date: 1838 . 1839 . 1840 . 1841
 

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~~~ 1838 ~~~
1838 - before July 19 RCL#176a
J. K. Paulding (Washington?) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Paulding, 19 July 1838: ". . . in one portion of your note you did me wrong . . ." (It is possible that Paulding's letter was in reply to a yet earlier one written to him by Poe but now unrecorded.)  (New CL item.)
1838 - July 19 (letter text) RCL#176b
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. K. Paulding (Washington?). Yale University Library Gazette (April 1959) 30:150, item 29 (F); L (1966) 2:681 and L (1974) 517-518. MS-fragment at PP (Gimbel). (L66-77a // CL66-176a.)
1838 - before September 4 RCL#177 .
N. C. Brooks (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Brooks, 4 Sept. 1838: "I duly received your favor with the $10." (CL41-[A7]; CL48-177.)
1838 - September 4  (letter text) RCL#178 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to N. C. Brooks (Baltimore). Ingram 1:154-155; H (Works), 17:44-45; L (1948) 1:111-113; see also unidentified Baltimore Gazette newspaper clipping (n.d.) At ViU (Ingram, item 490). MS unlocated. (L48-78 // CL41-157; CL48-178.)
1838 - September 11  (letter text) RCL#178a
Poe (Philadelphia) to John C. Cox (Philadelphia). MS in the collection of “The California Collector.” (New CL item.)

~~~ 1839 ~~~

1839 - February 19 RCL#179 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Harper & Brothers (NY). Cited in Harper & Brothers to Poe, 20 Feb. 1839: "Your favour of the 19th has been recd. . . ." (CL48-179.)
1839 - February 20 (letter text) RCL#180 .
Harper & Brothers (NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL48-180.)
1839 - before April (?) RCL#181 .
J. L. O’Sullivan (NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). Implied in Aristidean (Oct. 1845) 1:318: " 'The Haunted Palace' . . . was originally sent to O'Sullivan of the 'Democratic Review,' and by him rejected.". (A preceding letter from Poe to Sullivan is also possible.) (CL48-181.)
1839 - before May 11 (?) RCL#182 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to W. E. Burton (Philadelphia). Implied in Burton to Poe, 11 May 1839. (CL41-158; CL48-182 and CL48-[181a].)
1839 - May 10 [11] (letter text) RCL#183 .
W. E. Burton (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:726; H (Works) 17:45-46; W (1909) 1:202-203; Quinn p. 278. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-159; CL48-183 and CL48-[181b].)
1839 - May 11-30 RCL#184 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to W. E. Burton (Philadelphia). Cited in Burton to Poe, 30 May 1839: "I am sorry that you thought necessary to send me such a letter as your last." (CL41-160; CL48-184.)
1839 - May 30 (letter text) RCL#185 .
W. E. Burton (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). W (1909) 1:240-242; Quinn, pp. 279-281, 280 (F). MS at MB (Griswold).  [Griswold prints this letter, with alterations, G (Memoir) 3:xvi.] (CL41-161; CL48-185.)
1839 - June 10 (letter text) RCL#186 .
E. B. Fisher (Pittsburgh) to Poe (Philadelphia). Am. Art Assoc. sale, 16-17 Dec. 1929, item 287; Heartman & Canny, pp. 219-220 (from a transcript made by T. O. Mabbott prior to 16-17 Dec. 1929). SP $125 (1929). MS at PP (Gimble). (CL41-162; CL48-186.)
1839 - June 26 RCL#187 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to N. C. Brooks (Baltimore). (Letter lost, but envelope is at NN.) (CL48-187.)
1839 - July 4  (letter text) RCL#188 .
W. E. Burton (NY) to Poe [?] (Philadelphia). Poe Log, p. 265 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL48-188.)
1839 - July 5 RCL#189 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to E. B. Fisher (Pittsburgh). Cited in Fisher to Poe, 9 July 1839: "Your favor of the 5th inst. . . ." (CL41-163; CL48-189.)
1839 - July 9 (letter text) RCL#190 .
E. B. Fisher (Pittsburgh) to Poe (Philadelphia). Heartman & Canny, pp. 220-221. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-164; CL48-190 and CL48-[192a].)
1839 -  before July 14 (?) RCL#191 .
G. Poe (Mobile, AL) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to G. Poe, 14 July 1839: "I did not receive your letter until a few days ago . . ." (CL48-191.)
1839 - July 14  (letter text) RCL#192 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to G. Poe (Mobile, AL). NY Genealogical and Biographical Record (Jan. 1907) 38:55-69 (excerpts); L (1948) 1:113 and L (1966) 2:682-686 (from transcript of the MS, at Vi.). MS at PP (Gimble) (purchased at auction from Sotheby’s in Nov. 1986). (L48-79 // CL48-192.)
1839 - July-August RCL#193 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to P. P. Cooke (Charlestown, VA). Cited in Cooke to Poe, 16 Sept. 1839: "I received your friendly letter a long time ago . . ." (CL41-165; CL48-193.)
1839 - August 6 RCL#194 .
J. B. Jones (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Jones, 8 Aug. 1839: "I have just received your favor of the 6th . . . " (CL48-194.)
1839 - August 8  (letter text) RCL#195 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. B. Jones (Baltimore). Collector (Nov. 1945) 58:185-187; Parke-Bernet sale (private collector, Washington), 25 Feb. 1947, item 239 (F of page 1); L (1948) 1:113-114 [see also L (1966) 2:686]. MS at TxU-Hu. SP $1300 (1947); $850 (1948). (L48-80 // CL48-195.)
1839 - after September 1 (?) RCL#196 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to W. Irving (Newburg, NY) (with Sept. issue of Burton’s Gent’s Mag.). Implied in Irving to Poe, 6 Nov. 1839: "The magazines you were so kind to send me . . . " (CL41-[A8]; CL48-196.)
1839 - September 5 RCL#197 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Heath (Richmond) (with Sept. issue of Burton’s Gent’s Mag.). Cited in Heath to Poe, 12 Sept. 1839: "Since the receipt of yours of the 5th inst. . . ." (CL41-166; CL48-197.)
1839 - before September 11  RCL#197a
Snodgrass (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia) (with an issue of the St. Louis Commercial Bulletin containing a favorable notice of Poe). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 11 Sept. 1839: "I have to thank you for your friendly attention in forwarding the St. Louis 'Bulletin' . . ." (New CL item.)
1839 - September 11  (letter text) RCL#198 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore). NY Herald (27 March 1881); H (Works) 17:69-70 (excerpts); Bixby pp. 6-7 (F); W (1909) 1:218-221; Americana (July 1940) 34:415-419; L (1948) 1:115-117. MS in Wm. Self Collection (formerly in the collection of T. O. Mabbott); transcript by W. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 13), recording portions of text lost in the damaged MS. SP $45 (1921); $1500 (1976). (L48-81 // CL41-167; CL48-198.)
1839 - September 12  (letter text) RCL#199 .
J. E. Heath (Richmond) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) ns 26:583; H (Works) 17:47-48; W (1909) 1:205-208. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-168; CL48-199.)
1839 - September 16  (letter text) RCL#200 .
P. P. Cooke (Charlestown, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:49-51; W (1909) 1:208-212. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-169; CL48-200, CL48-[199a] and CL48-[199b].)
1839 - before September 21 (letter text) RCL#201 .
W. Irving (Newburg, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). A brief excerpt from the letter was quoted in the "advertisements" included in volume II of Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840); cited in Poe to Cooke, 21 Sept. 1839: "Beside me is now lying a letter from Washington Irving in which he speaks with enthusiasm of . . . 'The Fall of the House of Usher' . . ." (CL41-173 and CL41-[A16]; CL48-201.)
1839 - before September 21 (?) RCL#202 .
I. D’Israeli (England) to Poe (Philadelphia). Implied in Poe to P. P. Cooke, 21 Sept. 1839: "With the single exception of D'Israeli, I have had communication with no other person . . ." (CL48-202.)
1839 - September 21  (letter text) RCL#203 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to P. P. Cooke (Charlestown, VA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:726-729 (with many errors); H (Works) 17:51-54; W (1909) 1:212-216; L (1948) 1:117-119 and L (1966) 2:686-688. MS at MH-H. (L48-82 // CL41-170; CL48-203.)
[1839 - September 22 - November 5] RCL#204 .
[Poe to W. Irving. Moved to RCL-209a.]
1839 - September 22 - December 18 (?) RCL#205 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to P. P. Cooke (Charlestown, VA). Implied by Cooke to Poe, 19 Dec. 1839. (CL48-205.)
1839 - before September 28 RCL#206 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia). Implied in Lea & Blanchard to Poe, 28 Sept. 1839. (CL41-171; CL48-206 and CL48-[205a].)
1839 - September 28  (letter text) RCL#207 .
Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). W (1909) 2:375-376. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-172; CL48-207.)
1839 - before October 7 RCL#208 .
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 7 Oct. 1839: "I recd your kind letter . . ." (CL41-[A9]; CL48-208.)
1839 - October 7  (letter text) RCL#209 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore). NY Herald (27 March 1881); H (Works) 17:71 (excerpts); Americana (July 1940) 34:419-420; Quinn, p. 291; L (1948) 1:120-121. MS presumed lost; transcript by W. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 14). (L48-83 // CL41-174; CL48-209.)
1839 - October 12  (letter text) RCL#209a
Poe (Philadelphia) to W. Irving (Newburg, NY). Am. Lit. (Nov. 1952) 24:360-362. L (1966) 2:688-690. Library of H. B. Martin, Sotheby’s sale cat., Jan. 30-31, 1990, item 2221 (F of first page). Sale cat. of the 19th Century Shop (Baltimore), 1992, item 75 (F). Quoth the Raven, Selections from the S. J. Tane Edgar Allan Poe Collection, 1997, pp. 42-43 (F). MS in S. J. Tane Collection (formerly in the collection of H. B. Martin). Photostat of MS at DLC. SP $5600 (1963). (L66-83a // CL41-724 and CL41-[A15]; CL48-204; CL66-209a.)
1839 - October 16  (letter text) RCL#210 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia) (with MS of Tomlin’s “The Manuscript Story of ‘Theodoric of the Amali’”). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-175; CL48-210.)
1839 - before October 30 RCL#211 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia). Implied by Lea & Blanchard to Poe, 30 Oct. 1839. (CL41-[A10]; CL48-211.)
1839 - October 30 (letter text) RCL#212 .
Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). W (1909) 2:376. (CL41-176; CL48-212.)
1839 - November 1-2 RCL#213 .
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 11 Nov. 1839: "I was much pleased this morning by the reception of two letters from you -- one of which . . . has been lying perdu . . . for some 10 days . . ." (along with CL-215). (CL41-[A11]; CL48-213.)
1839 - November 6 (letter text) RCL#214 .
W. Irving (Newburg, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). Philadelphia Saturday Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 3 (excerpt); Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:726; H (Works) 17:54; W (1909) 1:216-217; Letters of Washington Irving, 4 vols, edited by R. M Aderman, H. L. Kleinfield and J. S. Banks (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978-1982) 3:24-25. (Cited in Bangs & Co. sale, 11 April 1896, item 57.) (CL41-177; CL48-214.)
1839 - before November 11 RCL#215 .
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 11 Nov. 1839 (along with CL-213). (CL41-[A12]; CL48-215.)
1839 - November 11  (letter text) RCL#216 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore). Bixby, pp. 24-25 (F); Americana (July 1940) 34:420-423; L (1948) 1:121-122 [see also L (1966) 2:690]. MS at TxU-Hu. (L48-84 // CL41-178; CL48-216.)
1839 - November 15 RCL#217 .
J. B. Boyd (Cincinnati) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Boyd, 25 Dec. 1839: ". . . your flattering request of November the fifteenth . . ." (CL48-217.)
1839 - November 17  (letter text) RCL#218 .
E. B. Fisher (Mt. Pleasant, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Bangs sale, 11 April 1896, item 110. (CL41-179; CL48-218.)
1839 - before November 20 RCL#219 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia). Cited in Lea & Blanchard to Poe, 20 Nov. 1839: "We have your note of today . . ." (CL41-180 and CL41-[A13]; CL48-219 and CL48-[217a].)
1839 - November 20  (letter text) RCL#220 .
Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). W (1909) 1:225. (CL41-181; CL48-220.)
1839 - December 6  (letter text) RCL#221 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. C. Cox (Philadelphia). Anderson Galleries sale (Manning), 1-3 Feb. 1926, part 2, item 514 (F). L (1948) 1:122-123. MS unlocated. SP $500 (1926). (L48-85 // CL41-182; CL48-221.)
1839 - December 9  (letter text) RCL#222 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to E. L. Carey & A. Hart (Philadelphia). L (1948) 1:123-124. MS at NN (Berg). (L48-86 // CL48-222.)
1839 - [December] 12  (letter text) RCL#223 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) (with two copies of Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque). NY Herald (27 March 1881); H (Works) 17:71 (excerpts); W (1909) 1:222; Americana (July 1940) 34:423; L (1948) 1:124-125. MS unlocated; transcript by W. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 15). (L48-87 // CL41-183; CL48-223.)
1839 - December 16 RCL#224 .
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 19 Dec. 1839: "I presume that upon the 16th (the date of postmark of your last letter . . ." (CL41-[A14]; CL48-224.)
1839 - December 19  (letter text) RCL#225 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore). NY Herald (27 March 1881); H (Works) 17:71-72 (excerpts); W (1909) 1:237-239; Americana (July 1940) 34:423-425; L (1948) 1:125-126. MS unlocated; transcript by W. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 16). (L48-88 // CL41-184; CL48-225.)
1839 - December 19  (letter text) RCL#226 .
P. P. Cooke (Charlestown, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Philadelphia Saturday Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, cols. 4-5 (excerpts); Phillips 1:617 (excerpts); Poe Log, p. 283. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-185; CL48-226.) (A manuscript by Poe at NN also quotes excerpts from this letter, apparently in hope of using the praise as part of the advertisements in a new edition of the Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque.)
1839 - December 25  (letter text) RCL#227 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. B. Boyd (Cincinnati). Am. Art Assoc. sale, 20-21 April 1921, part 3, item 494 (F). L (1948) 1:126-127. MS at NN (Berg). (L48-89 // CL48-227.)

~~~ 1840 ~~~

1840 - before January 20  (RCL#228) RCL#228 .
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 20 Jan. 1840. (CL41-[A17]; CL48-228.)
1840 - January 20  (letter text) RCL#229 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore). NY Herald (27 March 1881); H (Works) 17:73 (excerpts, undated); W (1909) 1:239-240 (erroneously dated 21 Jan.); Americana (July 1940) 34:425-428; L (1948) 1:127-128. MS unlocated; transcript by W. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 17). (L48-90 // CL41-186; CL48-229 and CL48-[229a].)
1840 - January 23 RCL#229a
J. C. Passmore (Lancaster, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to Passmore, 14. Feb. 1840: ". . . your favor of the 23d Jan. . . ."
1840 - February 14  (letter text) RCL#229b
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. C. Passmore (Lancaster, PA.)
1840 - before February 29 RCL#230 .
J. K. Mitchell (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Mitchell, 29 Feb. [1840]: "It gives me great pleasure to accept your invitation . . ." (CL41-734; CL48-230 and CL48-[830s].)
1840 - [February 29]   (letter text) RCL#231 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. K. Mitchell (Philadelphia). Morley sale, 19 May 1941, item 289 (F). L (1948) 1:128. MS unlocated. (L48-91 // CL41-726; CL48-231 and CL48-[830i].)
1840 - March 24 RCL#232 .
Hiram Haines (Petersburg, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Haines, 24 April 1840: ". . . I have only just received your kind letter of March 24th . . ." (CL41-187; CL48-232.)
1840 - April 24  (letter text) RCL#233 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Hiram Haines (Petersburg, VA). Americana (Jan 1942) 36:70-71; Quinn, pp. 273-274; L (1948) 1:128-129. MS at ViRP. (L48-92 // CL41-188; CL48-233.)
1840 - before April 27 RCL#233a
R. S. Houghton (University of Vermont) to Poe (Philadelphia) (with an article titled “John á Combe . . .”). Cited in Poe to Houghton, 27 April, 1840: "Your clever article was duly received . . .[and] your request . . . that we should notice its reception . . ." (CL74-233a.)
1840 - April 27  (letter text) RCL#233b
Poe (Philadelphia) to R. S. Houghton (University of Vermont). L (1966) 2:691; L (1966) 2:691 and L (1974) 518-519. MS at PP (Gimbel). (L66-92a // (CL74-233b.)
1840 - May 30 (?) [Saturday] RCL#234 .
W. E. Burton (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Burton, 1 June 1840: "I find myself at leisure . . . to notice your very singular letter of Saturday . . ." (CL41-190; CL48-234 and CL48-[234a].)
1840 - June 1  (letter text) RCL#235 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to W. E. Burton (Philadelphia) (apparently a draft). H (Works) 1:163-167 (misdated as 1839); Quinn, pp. 297-300; L (1948) 1:129-133. MS unlocated; transcript by Wm. Rouse at ViU (Ingram, item 18). (L48-93) (CL41-191; CL48-235.)
1840 - after June 1 RCL#236 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to W. E. Burton (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 17 June 1840: ". . . upon his [Mr. Burton's] receiving my letter of resignation . . ." (This letter may be the final form of CL-235.) (CL48-236.)
1840 - June 4 [3]  (letter text) RCL#237 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to John Neal (NY; forwarded to Portland, ME) (with a prospectus of the Penn. Mag.). Portland Daily Advertiser (26 April 1850) 20:2; Neal, Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869), p. 256; H (Works) 17:86; Parke-Bernet Galleries sale, 6-8 Nov. 1944, item 549 (F); L (1948) 1:137 [see also L (1966) 2:691 and L (1974) 519-520]. MS at TxU-Hu. SP $1500 (1947); $800 (1948). (L48-94 // CL41-237; CL48-237 and CL48-[290b].)
1840 - early June (?) 1840 - early 1841  (letter text) RCL#237a
Poe (Philadelphia) to –? (–?) (with a prospectus of the Penn Mag., now separated or lost). MS-fragment (four lines) in Charles Hamilton Autographs, cat. no. 46, 10 Dec. 1970, item 246. L (1974) 520. MS unlocated. SP $1400 (1970). (L48-94a // CL74-237a.)
1840 - June 8  (letter text) RCL#238 .
John Neal (Portland, ME) to Poe (Philadelphia). NY Times Book Review (17 June 1917), p. 233; Allen 2:898; “John Neal to Edgar A. Poe” (Ysleta, TX: Edwin B. Hill, 1942) p. 2. (CL41-192; CL48-238 and CL48-237a.)
1840 - June 9 RCL#238a
A. S. Cummings (Gettysburg) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to A. S. Cummings, 4 July 1840: "Your letter of June the ninth . . ." (New CL item.)
1840 - June 12 RCL#239 .
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 17 June 1840: "Yours of the 12th was duly received . . ." (CL41-193; CL48-239.)
1840 - June 17  (letter text) RCL#240 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) (with a prospectus of the Penn Mag.). NY Herald (27 March 1881); H (Works) 17:73-75; W (1909) 1:248-251 (misdated as 1841); Americana (July 1940) 34:428-431; L (1948) 1:137-139. MS unlocated; transcript by W. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 19). (L48-95 // CL41-194 and CL41-240; CL48-240 and CL48-[292a].)
1840 - June 26 RCL#241 .
C. W. Thomson (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Thomson, 28 June 1840: ". . . your note of the 26th . . ." (CL48-241.)
1840 - June 28  (letter text) RCL#242 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to C. W. Thomson (Philadelphia) (with a prospectus of the Penn Mag.). Heartman & Canny, p. 40; L (1948) 1:139-140. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). (L48-96 // CL48-242.)
1840 - July 4  (letter text) RCL#242a
Poe (Philadelphia) to A. S. Cummings (Gettysburg) (with a prospectus of the Penn Mag., now lost). E. A. Poe Review (Fall 2001) 2:28. MS in Susan J. Tane Collection (purchased through eBay on May 24, 2001). (Formerly in the collections of Rev. B. W. Tomlinson, and Stewart and Foster F. Claycomb.) (New CL item.)
1840 - July 28 RCL#243 .
Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Wm. Poe, 15 [14] Aug. 1840: ". . . your welcome letter of the 28th July . . ." (CL41-195; CL48-243.)
1840 - August 14-15 (?) RCL#244 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Robert Poe (Augusta, GA) (with a prospectus for the Penn Mag.). Implied in Poe to Wm. Poe, 15 [14] Aug. 1840: "I will write . . . to your brother Robert . . ." (CL41-198; CL48-244.)
1840 - August 15 [14]  (letter text) RCL#245 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA) (with a prospectus for the Penn Mag.). H (Works) 17:55-57; L (1948) 1:140-143 [see also L (1966) 2:691]. MS at CSmH (HM 24220); notarized transcript by Wm. T. Poe in Vi. (Formerly in the collections of Mrs. W. Y. Dill and E. J. Wendell, sold 19 May 1905, item 365). (L48-97 // CL41-197; CL48-245 and CL48-[246a].)
1840 - August 15  (letter text) RCL#246 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Washington Poe (Macon, GA) (with a prospectus for the Penn Mag.). Gill, p. 114 (F); W (1909) 1:335 (misdated as 1842); L (1948) 1:143-144. MS unlocated. (L48-98 // CL41-199 and CL41-322; CL48-246, CL48-[244a] and CL48-[385a].)
1840 - August 18  (letter text) RCL#247 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Lucian Minor (Charlottesville, VA). Am. Art Assoc. sale, 30-31 Jan. 1923, item 491 (F); Parke-Bernet Gallery sale (private collector, Washington) 1-2 Dec. 1947, item 368 (F); L (1948) 1:144-145 [see also L (1966) 2:692]. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in collection of Charles C. Hart). SP $100 (1922); $1100 (1947); $800 (1948). (L48-99 // CL41-200; CL48-247.)
1840 - August 20  (letter text) RCL#248 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. B. Boyd (Cincinnati). L (1948) 1:145-146. MS at PHi. (L48-100 // CL41-201; CL48-248.)
1840 - ca. August 20 RCL#249 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to T. H. Chivers (NY) (with a prospectus for the Penn Mag.). Cited in Chivers to Poe, 27 Aug. 1840: "I received your letter this evening . . ." (CL41-202; CL48-249.)
1840 - August 27 (letter text) RCL#250 .
T. H. Chivers (NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). Wm. Griswold, Some Passages from the Correspondence of R. W. Griswold (1898), pp. 44-47; H (Works) 1:190-191; Chase & Parks, 1:7-11. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-204; CL48-250.)
1840 - ca. August-September RCL#251 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. Tomlin (Jackson TN). Implied by Poe to Tomlin, 16 Sept. 1840. (CL48-251.)
1840 - before September 16 RCL#252 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Tomlin, 16 Sept. 1840: "Your kind letter . . .has only this moment reached me . . ." (CL48-252.)
1840 - September 16  (letter text) RCL#253 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) (written on a prospectus for the Penn Mag.). Bookman (May 1897) 5:213 (F); H (Works) 17:57-58 (and the prospectus on 17:58-61); L (1948) 1:146-147. MS at CSmH (HM 24209). (L48-101 // CL41-205; CL48-253.)
1840 - September 30 (letter text) RCL#254 .
S. Maupin (Richmond) to Poe (Philadelphia). PMLA (Sept. 1964) 79:509. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL48-254.)
1840 - October 2 RCL#255 .
P. Earle (Frankford, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Earle, 10 Oct. 1840: "Your kind letter, dated the 2d inst. . . ." (CL48-255.)
1840 - October 10  (letter text) RCL#256 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to P. Earle (Frankford, PA) (with a prospectus of the Penn Mag.). Memoirs of Pliny Earle, M. D., edited by F. B. Sanborn (Boston, 1898) pp. 147-148; L (1948) 1:147. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). (L48-102 // CL48-256; CL66-256.)
1840 - October 10 RCL#256a
R. H. Stoddard (NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Stoddard, 6 Nov. 1840: ". . . I have only this moment received your letter of the 10th ult. . . ." (CL66-256a.)
1840 - [November 6]  (letter text) RCL#257 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to R. H. Stoddard (NY). Yale University Library Gazette (April 1959) 30: item 41 (facsimile between 164 and 165); L (1948) 1:147 (partial); L (1966) 2:692-693. MS in the Susan J. Tane Collection. (Formerly in the H. B. Martin Collection, sold Jan. 30-31, 1990). SP $340 (1924). (L48-103 // CL41-206 and CL41-209; CL48-257, CL48-[260a] and CL48-[830k].) (Sold May 11, 1906, Jan. 10, 1908 and Nov. 11, 1924.)
1840 - November 6 RCL#258 .
F. W. Thomas (St. Louis) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Thomas, 23 Nov. 1840: "I only received yours of the 6th about an hour about . . ." (CL41-[A18]; CL48-258.)
1840 - November 22 (letter text) RCL#259 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:61-62. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-207; CL48-259.)
1840 - November 23  (letter text) RCL#260 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (St. Louis). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:731; H (Works) 17:62-64; W (1909) 1:262-264. L (1948) 1:148-149. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). SP $20 (1896); $1200 (1929). (L48-104 // CL41-208; CL48-260.)
1840 - December 7 RCL#261 .
L. J. Cist (Cincinnati) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Cist, 30 Dec. 1840: "Your letter of the 7th . . ." (CL48-261.)
1840 - December 7   (letter text) RCL#262 .
F. W. Thomas (St. Louis) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:65-67. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-210; CL48-262.)
1840 - December 30  (letter text) RCL#263 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to L. J. Cist (Cincinnati). L (1948) 1:150;  Library of H. B. Martin, Sotheby’s sale cat., Jan. 30-31, 1990, item 2223 (F). MS unlocated (formerly in the H. B. Martin Collection.) (L48-105 // CL41-211; CL48-263.)
1840 - December 31  (letter text) RCL#264 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore). W (1909) 1:266-267; L (1948) 1:150-151. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 20). (L48-106 // CL41-212; CL48-264 and CL48-353a.)

~~~ 1841 ~~~

1841 - ca. January 1 RCL#265 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to N. C. Brooks (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 17 Jan. 1841: "I made to the Hon. N. C. Brooks A. M. a request . . . he did not reply . . ." (CL41-[A19]; CL48-265.)
1841 - January 2 (letter text) RCL#265a
W. B. Wood (?) to Poe (Philadelphia). (Wm. Burke Wood was a Philadelphia theater manager; see Thomas, p. 186 and Poe Log, p. 316.)  MS at PHi. (CL66-265a.)
1841 - January 6  (letter text) RCL#265b
Poe (Philadelphia) to Nicholas Biddle (Philadelphia). L (1966) 2:693-695. MS in Charles J. Biddle Collection. (L66-106a // CL66-265b.)
1841 - before January 17 RCL#266 .
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 17 Jan. 1841: "Your letters are always welcome . . . and your last letter especially so . . ." (CL41-[A20]; CL48-266.)
1841 - January 17  (letter text) RCL#267 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) (with a prospectus of the Penn Mag.). NY Herald (27 March 1881); W (1885) p. 142; H (Works) 17:75-78; W (1909) 1:267-271; Bixby, pp. 14-15 (F); Americana (July 1940) 34:431-435; L (1948) 1:151-153. MS at NN (Berg); transcript by W. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 22). (L48-107 // CL41-213; CL48-267.)
1841 - January 22  (letter text) RCL#268 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to R. T. Conrad (Philadelphia) (with a prospectus of the Penn Mag.). Heartman & Canny, pp. 47-48; L (1948) 1:153-155. MS at NNPM. SP $230 (1924). (CL41-214; CL48-268.)
1841 - ca. January 22 (?) RCL#269 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Judge J. Hopkinson (Philadelphia). Implied in Hopkinson to Poe, 25 Jan. 1841. (CL41-215; CL48-269 and CL48-[269a].)
1841 - January 25  (letter text) RCL#270 .
Judge J. Hopkinson (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). Poe Log, p. 318. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-216; CL48-270.)
1841 - February 8 RCL#270a
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited by Poe on his “Memoranda” list of subscribers and contributors to the Penn/Stylus. (See Friends, p. 17, item 196. Tomlin’s letter contained the name of at least one subscriber, Edmund Tate, Perryville, Perry Co., MO, as noted on Poe’s list.) (New CL item.)
1841 - March 7 (letter text) RCL#271 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:81-82. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-217; CL48-271.)
1841 - March 8 RCL#272 .
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 1 April 1841: ". . . yours is dated March 28 . . ." (CL41-218; CL48-272.)
1841 - March 10  (letter text) RCL#273 .
W. D. Gallagher (Cincinnati) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-219; CL48-273.)
1841 - before March 12 RCL#273a
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN). (This letter is a supposition, based on the contents of Tomlin’s March 12, 1843 letter to Poe and the reasonable presumption that Poe would certainly have replied to Tomlin’s Feb. 8, 1841 letter. Poe appears to have told Tomlin that he was putting his Mag. plans on hold.) (New CL item.)
1841 - March 12 (letter text) RCL#274 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia) (misdated by Tomlin as March 13). H (Works) 17:82-83. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-220; CL48-274 and CL48-[274a].)
1841 - March 30 RCL#274a
Thomas Wyatt (New Brunswick, N.J.) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Wyatt, 1 April 1841: "I received your letter yesterday morning . . ." (CL74-274a.)
1841 - April 1  (letter text) RCL#275 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore). NY World (3 April 1881); Baltimore American (4 April 1881); NY Herald (4 April 1881); H (Works) 1:158-161; W (1909) 1:252-256; Americana (July 1940) 34:435-438; L (1948) 1:155-158 [see also L (1966) 2:695]. MS unlocated. [Clippings of the three newspapers articles are at ViU (Ingram, items 804, 806 and 807.] (L48-109 // CL41-224; CL48-275.)
1841 - April 1 RCL#276 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Cited in Thomas to Poe, 11 May 1841: "Yours of April 1st I duly received . . ." (CL41-225; CL48-276.)
1841 - April 1  (letter text) RCL#276a
Poe (Philadelphia) to Thomas Wyatt (New Brunswick, N.J.). Am. Lit. (Jan. 1971) 42:468-469. [Noted in L (1974) 521.] MS at TxU-Hu. (L74-109a // CL74-276a.)
1841 - April 15 RCL#277 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN). Cited in Tomlin to Poe, 30 April 1841: "Your letter of the 15th instant . . ." (CL41-226; CL48-277.)
1841 - April 21  (letter text) RCL#278 .
S. D. L. [Sylvanus D. Lewis?] (Stonington, CT) to Poe (Philadelphia). Graham’s Mag. (Aug. 1841) 19:36; H (Works) 14:124-125. [Represents many such letters.] (CL48-278.)
1841 - April 30  (letter text) RCL#279 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-227; CL48-279.)
1841 - May 1  (letter text) RCL#280 .
C. W. Thomson (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-228; CL48-280.)
1841 - May 3  (letter text) RCL#281 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to H. W. Longfellow (Cambridge, MA). Samuel Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Final Memorials (1887), pp. 13-14 (partial); Quinn, pp. 316-317; L (1948) 1:158-159. MS at MH-H. (L48-110 // CL41-229; CL48-281.)
1841 - before May 8  (letter text) RCL#282 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to R. W. Griswold (Philadelphia). L (1948) 1:159-160. MS at TxU-Hu. [See also, L (1948) 2:489-491.] (L48-111 // CL41-221; CL48-282 and CL48-[830f].)
1841 - May 11 (letter text) RCL#283 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). (dated 11 April; postmarked 11 May).  Philadelphia Saturday Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 4 (excerpt); Poe Log, pp. 325-326. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-230; CL48-283 and CL48-[276a].)
1841 - May 19 (letter text) RCL#284 .
H. W. Longfellow (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Philadelphia Saturday Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 3 (excerpt); Samuel Longfellow, Life of Longfellow (1891) 1:390-391; Quinn, p. 317; Letters of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Andrew Hilen, 6 vols. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966-1982) 2:302; Poe Log, p. 326. MS unlocated (formerly in Robert H. Dodd collection, sold 22 Nov. 1918). (CL41-231 and CL41-733; CL48-284 and CL48-[830r].)
1841 - May 20 (letter text) RCL#285 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:731 (incomplete); H (Works) 17:84-85; W (1909) 1:289. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-232; CL48-285 and CL48-[290a].)
1841 - May 26 RCL#286 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Cited in Thomas to Poe, 29 [28] May 1841: "Yours of the 26th . . . I received yesterday . . ." (CL41-233; CL48-286.)
1841 - May 29 [28]   (letter text) RCL#287 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-236; CL48-287.)
1841 - before May 29 (?) RCL#288 .
R. W. Griswold (Boston) to Poe (Philadelphia). Implied in F. W. Thomas to Griswold, 8 June 1841 (Passages from the Correspondence and Other Papers of R. W. Griswold, ed. W. M. Griswold, Cambridge, [MA: W. M. Griswold, 1898], p. 66). (CL41-234; CL48-288 and CL48-[286b].)
1841 - [May 29]  (letter text) RCL#289 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to R. W. Griswold (Boston). Griswold (preface) 3:v (misdated as March 29); Modern Language Notes (May 1943) pp. 399-396; L (1948) 1:160-161; L (1948) 1:facing p. 96 (F). This MS letter is in two pieces: one at MB; the other (Poe’s “Memo”) on loan at ViRP. (L48-112 // CL41-222 and CL41-223; CL48-289, CL48-[274b], CL48-[274c] and CL48-[274d].)
1841 - ca. May 29  - June 7 RCL#290 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Cited in Thomas to Griswold, 8 June 1841: "My friend Edgar A. Poe . . . wrote me the other day . . ." (Passages from the Correspondence of R. W. Griswold, p. 66; Poe Log, pp. 328-329). (CL41-235; CL48-290 and CL48-[286a].)
1841 - before June 8 RCL#290a
Poe (Philadelphia) to R. W. Griswold (Boston). Implied in Thomas to Griswold, 8 June 1841: "He [Poe] also stated to me that he had replied to you . . ."  (Passages from the Correspondence of R. W. Griswold, p. 66; Poe Log, pp. 328-329). (This seems not to be the same letter as CL-289.)
1841 - June 11-12 RCL#291 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Cited in Thomas to Poe, 14 June 1841: "Owing to indisposition . . . I did not receive your letter . . . until yesterday . . ." (CL41-238; CL48-291 and CL48-290c.)
1841 - June 14 (letter text) RCL#292 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-239; CL48-292.)
1841 - June 21 (letter text) RCL#293 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Washington Irving (Tarrytown, NY). NY Times, 12 Jan. 1930, part 2, p. 4; L (1948) 1:161-163. MS at ViU (Barrett) (formerly in the collection of Mrs. Sherburne Prescott). (L48-113 // CL41-242; CL48-293 and CL48-[803g].)
1841 - June [21]  (letter text) RCL#294 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore; forwarded to Washington). W (1909) 1:280-282; Quinn, pp. 318-320; L (1948) 1:163-166. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 23). (L48-114 // CL41-241; CL48-294 and CL48-[300a].)
1841 - June 22  (letter text) RCL#295 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to H. W. Longfellow (Cambridge, MA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:729; H (Works) 17:86-88; W (1909) 1:277-280; L (1948) 1:166-168. MS at MH-H. (L48-115 // CL41-243; CL48-295.)
1841 - June 24  (letter text) RCL#296 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Fitz-Greene Halleck (NY). H (Works) 17:89-91; L (1948) 1:168-170. MS at CSmH (HM 24210) (formerly in the collection of F. R. Halsey). (L48-116 // CL41-244; CL48-296.)
1841 - June 24 RCL#297 .
Washington Irving (Tarrytown, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). Docketed on Poe to Irving, 21 June 1841: "answd June 24th." (CL48-297.)
1841 - after June 24  (letter text) RCL#297a
F. Halleck (NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). Philadelphia Saturday Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 3 (excerpt). (New CL item.)
1841 - June 26  (letter text) RCL#298 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. R. H. Stoddard (NY: W. J. Widdleton, 1880), pp. xcii-xciv; H (Works) 17:91-92 (excerpt); L (1948) 1:170-171. MS at NN. (L48-117 // CL41-245; CL48-298 and CL48-[321a].)
1841 - June RCL#299 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to W. C. Bryant (NY). Implied in Poe to Irving, 21 June 1841, and known letters to other people listed in his statement. (CL41-246; CL48-299.)
1841 - ca. June 21  (letter text) RCL#300 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. F. Cooper (Cooperstown, NY [?]). Stan V. Henkels’ cat. 698, 21-22 March 1893, item 1212 (reprinted in Thomas, pp. 234-236, where it is given the date of ca. June 21.) MS unlocated. (CL41-247; CL48-300.)
1841 - June RCL#301 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. K. Paulding (NY). Implied in Poe to Irving, 21 June 1841, and known letters to other people listed in his statement. (CL41-248; CL48-301.)
1841 - June RCL#302 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to N. P. Willis (NY). Implied in Poe to Irving, 21 June 1841, and known letters to other people listed in his statement. (CL41-249; CL48-302.)
1841 - July 1   (letter text) RCL#303 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia) (with a cryptogram from Dr. Frailey). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:731; H (Works) 17:92-93; W (1909) 1:291-292. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-250; CL48-303.)
1841 - July 4   (letter text) RCL#304 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. R. H. Stoddard (NY: W. J. Widdleton, 1880), pp. xcii-xciv; H (Works) 17:93-94; W (1909) 1:292-293; Parke-Bernet Galleries sale (Author’s Club), 1-2 Dec. 1947, item 369 (F of one page); L (1948) 1:171-174 [see also L (1966) 2:695]. [The MS has but two pages; the single line on page three is repeated in Thomas to Poe, 7 July 1841; see H (Works) 17:94.]  MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of the Author’s Club, NY). SP $700 (1948). (L48-118 // CL41-251 and CL41-A21; CL48-304.)
1841 - July 6  (letter text) RCL#305 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Graham’s Mag. (Aug. 1841) 19:96; Philadelphia Saturday Museum (4 March 1843) p. 1 col. 9; Ingram 1:198-199; H (Works) 14:136-137; H (1903) 2:461-462. (CL41-252; CL48-305.)
1841 - before July 7 RCL#306 .
Wm. Landor [H. B. Wallace] (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Landor, 7 July 1841: "I duly received both your notes . . ." (the other note is CL-307). (CL41-254; CL48-306.)
1841 - before July 7 RCL#307 .
Wm. Landor [H. B. Wallace] (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). [A second letter.] Cited in Poe to Landor, 7 July 1841 (see CL-306). (CL41-255; CL48-307 and CL48-[307a].)
1841 - July 7   (letter text) RCL#308 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Wm. Landor [H. B. Wallace] (Philadelphia). [See Thomas, pp. 928-929.] L (1948) 1:174. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). (Formerly in the collections of G. W. Childs and Drexel Institute, sold 17-18 Oct. 1944, item 201.) (L48-119 // CL41-253; CL48-308.)
1841 - July 7 (letter text) RCL#309 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:94-95. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-256; CL48-309.)
1841 - July 10 RCL#310 .
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 12 July 1841: "I have this moment received yours of the 10th . . ." (CL41-A22; CL48-310.)
1841 - July 12   (letter text) RCL#311 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore). NY Herald (27 March 1881); H (Works) 17:78-79; W (1909) 1:283-285; Americana (July 1940) 34:438-440; L (1948) 1:175-177. MS at NNPM (MA 644-13); transcript by W. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 24). SP $375 (1911). (L48-120 // CL41-257; CL48-311.)
1841 - before July 15 (?) RCL#312 .
E. St. J. (?) to Poe (Philadelphia) (with a cryptogram). Implied in Graham’s Mag. (Aug. 1841) 19:96: "E. St. J. will observe his cipher . . ." (CL48-312.)
1841 - July 17-18 (?) RCL#313 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Implied by Thomas to Poe, 19 July 1841. (CL41-258; CL48-313 and CL48-[312a].)
1841 - July 19 (letter text) RCL#314 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-259; CL48-314.)
1841 - July-August RCL#315 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Thomas to Poe, 30 Aug. 1841: "I write you that I saw Kennedy . . ." (CL41-260; CL48-315 and CL48-[314a].)
1841 - August 10 (letter text) RCL#316 .
Timotheus Whackemwell [J. N. McJilton (?)] (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia) (with a cryptogram). H (Works) 14:138 (see 17:100 and CL 317; see also L (1948) 1:179 and note). [Fragment quoted in Graham’s Mag. (Oct. 1841) 19:192.] (CL41-261; CL48-316 and CL48-[317b].)
1841 - August 11  (letter text) RCL#317 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Timotheus Whackemwell [addressed to J. N. McJilton] (Baltimore). H (Works) 17:100; L (1948) 1:177. MS at MB (Griswold). (L48-121 // CL41-262; CL48-317.)
1841 - August 13  (letter text) RCL#318 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia). The Library of G. W. Childs, described by F. W. Robinson (1882) pp.13-14; Murders in the Rue Morgue, Facsimile of the MS (Philadelphia: G. Barrie, 1895) (F); H (Works) 17:101; W (1909) 1:294-295; Parke-Bernet Galleries cat. (Drexel), 17-18 Oct. 1944, item 201 (F); L (1948) 1:178. MS at TxU-Hu. (Formerly in G. W. Childs and Drexel  Institute Collections.) SP $3000 (1944); $2750 (1954). (L48-122 // CL41-263; CL48-318.)
1841 - August 13   (letter text) RCL#319 .
J. N. McJilton (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:100 (undated). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-264; CL48-319.)
1841 - August 14   (letter text) RCL#320 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to H. H. Weld (NY). Dial (16 Jan. 1908) 44:32-33 (from MS). L (1948) 1:179-180. MS unlocated (formerly in the collection of Mrs. A. H. Heulings). (L48-123 // CL48-320.)
1841 - August 16  (letter text) RCL#321 .
Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:101-102 (where it is dated 11 Aug.); W (1909) 1:295-296. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-265; CL48-321 and CL48-[317a].)
1841 - August 30 RCL#322 .
L. J. Cist (Cincinnati) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Cist, 18 Sept. 1841: "I have only this moment received your letter of the 30th ult. . . ." (CL48-322.)
1841 - August 30   (letter text) RCL#323 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia) (with a cryptogram from Mr. Young and a letter from Dr. Frailey to Thomas). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:732 (incomplete); H (Works) 17:102-103; W (1909) 1:293-294. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-266; CL48-323 and CL48-[323a].)
1841 - late August RCL#324 .
R. W. Griswold (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Thomas, 1 Sept. 1841: "Griswold left a note for me at the office, the other day . . ." (CL41-267; CL48-324 and CL48-[324a].)
1841 - September 1   (letter text) RCL#325 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Am. Art Assoc., 11-12 March 1930, item 284 (F). L (1948) 1:180-181 [see also L (1966) 2:695]. MS at ViU (Barrett) (formerly in the collection of Mrs. Sherburne Prescott). SP $1300 (1930). (L48-124 // CL41-268; CL48-325.)
1841 - September 3   (letter text) RCL#326 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:95-100 (misdated as 3 Aug.). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-269; CL48-326 and CL48-[315a].)
1841 - September 6 RCL#327 .
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Snodgrass, 19 Sept. 1841: ". . . in reply to yours of Sep. 6. . . ." (CL41-[A23]; CL48-327.)
1841 - September 9 RCL#328 .
Richard Bolton (Pontotoc, MS) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Bolton to Poe, 4 Nov. 1841: "On the ninth of September . . . my solution was mailed (postage paid) addressed to the 'editor'." (CL41-[A24]; CL48-328.)
1841 - September 18    (letter text) RCL#329 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to L. J. Cist (Cincinnati). Benet J. Beyer cat. (n. d.) item 364 (F); Anderson Galleries sale, 17 Jan. 1927, item 321. L (1948) 1:181-182. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). SP $1100 (1927). (Letter is misdated  as Sept. 21 by Quinn, p. 342n.) (L48-125 // CL41-270; CL48-329 and CL48-[331a].)
1841 - September 19   (letter text) RCL#330 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore). NY Herald (27 March 1881); H (Works) 17:80 (excerpts); W (1909) 1:285-287; Bixby, pp. 20-21 (F); Americana (July 1940) 34:441-442; L (1948) 1:183-184. MS at CSmH (HM 21865); transcript by W. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 25). (L48-126 // CL41-271; CL48-330.)
1841 - September 20 RCL#331 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Cited in Thomas to Poe, 22 Sept. 1841: "Yours postmarked the 20th . . ." (CL41-272; CL48-331.)
1841 - September 22   (letter text) RCL#332 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Phillips 1:681. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-273; CL48-332.)
1841 - September 24   (letter text) RCL#332a
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Am. Lit. (Nov. 1952), 24:363-364; L (1948); L (1966) 2:696. MS at TxU-Hu. (L66-126a // CL66-332a.)
1841 - September 27 RCL#332b
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Docketed on Poe to Thomas, 24 Sept. 1841: "answered 27th." (CL41-274; CL66-332b.)
1841 - October 14   (letter text) RCL#333 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-275; CL48-333.)
1841 - October 27   (letter text) RCL#334 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Am. Lit. (March 1934) 6:66-68 (from a copy); L (1948) 1:184-185. MS unlocated (formerly in the collection of Dr. Thomas R. Boggs). (L48-127 // CL41-276; CL48-334.)
1841 - October 29   (letter text) RCL#335 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). Poe Log, p. 346. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-277; CL48-335.)
1841 - [October] RCL#336 .
[Poe to N. P. Willis. Moved to CL-343a.]
1841 - [October - November]  RCL#337 .
[N. P. Willis to Poe. Moved to CL-344a.]
1841 - November 4   (letter text) RCL#338 .
Richard Bolton (Pontotoc, MS) to Poe (Philadelphia). Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal, 15 Nov. 1925 [a copy at ViU (under Poe Miscellany, 18 Nov. 1841)]; Poe Log, p. 347 (excerpt). (CL41-280; CL48-338.)
1841 - November 6    (letter text) RCL#339.
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia) (a note on a letter from Henry Marie Brackenridge to Thomas, 6 Nov. 1841). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-281; CL48-339.)
1841 - before November 8   (letter text) RCL#340 .
W. B. Tyler (–?) to Poe (Philadelphia). Graham’s Mag. (Dec. 1841) 19:306-307. (CL48-340.)
1841 - November 8-9 RCL#341 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Cited in Thomas to Poe, 10 Nov. 1841: "This morning I received yours . . ." (CL41-282; CL48-341.)
1841 - November 10   (letter text) RCL#342 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (Hartford, CT). Gordon S. Haight, Mrs. Sigourney (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930), p. 118 (F); L (1948) 1:186. MS at CtHi. (L48-128 // CL41-283; CL48-342.)
1841 - November 10  (letter text) RCL#343 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Phillips, 1:685. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-284; CL48-343.)
1841 - November 10 RCL#343a
Poe (Philadelphia) to N. P. Willis (Glenmary, NY).  Cited in Willis to Poe, 13 Nov. 1841: "Your letter of the 10th . . ." (CL41-278; CL48-336; CL74-343a.)
1841 - November 13 RCL#344 .
Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (Hartford, CT) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Sigourney, 16 Nov. 1841: "I hasten to reply to yours of the 13th . . ." (CL41-A25; CL48-344.)
1841 - November 13   (letter text) RCL#344a
N. P. Willis (Glenmary, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-279; CL48-337; CL74-344a.)
1841 - November 16    (letter text) RCL#345 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (Hartford, CT) (wrongly dated by Poe as 1842). Haight, Mrs. Sigourney, pp. 119-120; L (1948) 1:186-187 MS at CtHi. (L48-129 // CL41-285; CL48-345 and CL48-[398a].)
1841 - November 18   (letter text) RCL#346 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Richard Bolton (Pontotoc, MS). Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal, 15 Nov. 1925, part 4, p. 7 (F); L (1948) 1:187-189. MS unlocated. (L48-130 // CL41-286; CL48-346.)
1841 - November 23   (letter text) RCL#347 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-287; CL48-347.)
1841 - November 26   (letter text) RCL#348 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Ernest Dressel North, Cat. of a Choice Collection of Autograph Letters and MSS (Oct. 1905), no. 357, pp. 58-59; L (1948) 1:189-191. MS at DDO. (L48-131 // CL41-288; CL48-348.)
1841 - before November 30 (?) RCL#349 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to N. P. Willis (Glenmary, NY). Implied in Willis to Poe, 30 Nov. 1841: "Still I do not understand your request . . ." (CL41-289; CL48-349 and CL48-[348a].)
1841 - November 30   (letter text) RCL#350 .
N. P. Willis (Glenmary, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:730; H (Works) 17:104; W (1909) 1:287-288. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-290; CL48-350.)
1841 - November 1841-June 10, 1842 RCL#351 .
T. H. Chivers (– ?) to Poe (Philadelphia). [Two letters.] Cited in Poe to Chivers, 6 July 1842: "I fear you well have accused me of disrespect in not replying to either of your three last letters . . .") (The third letter cited is CL-250.) (CL41-308; CL48-351 and CL48-[370b].)
1841 - December 1  (letter text) RCL#352 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). Phillips 1:686; Poe Log, p. 353. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-291; CL48-352.)
1841 - December 12   (letter text) RCL#353 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-292; CL48-353.)
1841 - late (or early 1842) (?)   (letter text) RCL#353a
Epes Sargent (NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). One sentence of what seems to be from a letter is quoted in the Philadelphia Sat. Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 4. This letter may be connected with “An Appendix of Autographs,”