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| Date | 1817 | CL. No. |
Aug. 14
J. Allan or Mrs. F. Allan (Cheltenham, England) to Poe (London, England). Cited in J. Allan to G. Dubourg, 14 Aug. 1817 (RF-1). (CL48-1.)
1824
Oct. 25
Wm. H. L. Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in J. Allan to Wm. H. L. Poe, 1 Nov. 1824 (RF-2). (CL41-1; CL48-2.)
Nov. 17
Poe and J. Lyle (Richmond, VA) to the Governor & Council of Virginia (Richmond, VA). Calendar of Virginia State Papers (1892), 10:518; Allen, 1:124; Quinn, p. 88; L [1948], 1:3 and 1:100 (facing) (F). James Pleasants, Jr. was Governor of Virginia in 1824. MS at Vi (Executive Papers of James Pleasants, Jr., box 286). (LTR48-1 // CL48-3.)
Nov. 23
Poe and J. Lisle [Lyle] (Richmond, VA) to P. V. Daniel (Richmond, VA). L [1948], 1:3-4. MS at Vi (Executive Papers of James Pleasants, Jr., box 286). (LTR48-2 // (CL48-4.)
1826
ca. Feb. 21 (?)
Poe (U. VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61). (CL41-2; CL48-5.)
ca. Feb. 24-27
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (U. VA). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61). (CL41-3; CL48-6.)
May [25]
Poe (U. VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 37-39 and 41-42 (F); L [1948], 1:4-5. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-3 // CL41-4; CL48-7.)
Sept. 21
Poe (U. VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 43-45 and 47-48 (F); L [1948], 1:6-7. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-4 // CL41-5; CL48-8.)
Oct. - Nov. (?)
Poe (U. VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Implied in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61), and suggested by the fact that J. Allan sent Poe $100 (CL-9). Cited in Ostrom's note for LTR48-28. (CL08-8a.)
ca. Dec.
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (U. VA) (with $100). Implied in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61). (CL48-9.)
late (?)
Poe (U. VA) to J. Galt (Richmond, VA). Implied in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61). (CL48-10.)
after late (?)
J. Galt (Richmond, VA) to Poe (U. VA). Implied in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61). (CL48-11.)
early-late (?)
Poe (U. VA) to Miss S. E. Royster (Richmond, VA). Cited in “Conversation with Mrs. Shelton,” 19 Nov. 1875 (RF-28). Mrs. Shelton (formerly Miss Royster) comments that “... during the time he was at the University he wrote to me frequently, but my father intercepted the letters ... and I was not aware that he wrote to me until I was married to Mr. Shelton.” The exact dating and number of letters written at this time is unknown, but the recollection seems highly plausible. (CL08-11a.)
1827
[March 19] Monday
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 55-58 and 59-61 (F); L [1948], 1:7-8. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-5 // CL41-6; CL48-12.)
[March 20] Tuesday
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 63-64 and 65 (F); Robertson [Bibliography] 2:30 (F); L [1948], 1:8-9. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-6 // CL41-7; CL48-13.)
March 20
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 69-70 (F). MS at ViRVal. (CL41-8; CL48-14.)
March 25
E. G. Crump (Dinwiddie Co., VA) to Poe (en route to Boston, MA?). Stanard, pp. 52-53; Phillips, 1:270-271; Allen, 1:200; Quinn, p. 115-116. MS at DLC (Ellis-Allan). (CL41-9; CL48-15.)
March (?)
Mrs. F. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (en route to Boston, MA?) (two letters). Cited by Whitty [1911], p. xxx; and Phillips, 1:294. Phillips describes these as freeing “him [Poe] from all blame in the Allan family [sic] disturbing affairs.” Poe apparently kept both letters, at some point giving them to his wife, Virginia. After her death in 1847, they supposedly passed to Poe's cousin, Elizabeth R. Herring (by then, Mrs. Edmund Smith). Phillips also implies letters from Poe to Mrs. F. Allan, but it is little more than a reasonable speculation on her part. Unfortunately, Phillips also repeats a story that Poe “wrote his foster-mother when he was in Europe,” which may be dismissed along with the long discredited notion that Poe ran off to Europe in 1827. (CL08-15a.)
1828
Dec. 1
Poe (Fort Moultrie, Charleston, SC) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 75-78 and 79-81 (F); L [1948], 1:9-11. (The facsimile in Stanard shows a fragment missing from the left margin and restored incorrectly at the right margin.) MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-7 // CL41-11; CL48-16.)
Dec. 22
Poe (Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 87-90 and 91-94 (F); L [1948], 1:11-13. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-8 // CL41-12 and CL41-13; CL48-17.)
before Dec. 23, 1828 - Feb. 3, 1829
J. Mackenzie (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, VA). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 4 Feb. 1829 (CL-20). (CL48-18.)
Dec. 23, 1828-Feb. 3, 1829
Poe (Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, VA) to J. Mackenzie (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 4 Feb. 1829 (CL-20). (CL41-14; CL48-19 and CL48-[19a].)
1829
Feb. 4
Poe (Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 99-102 and 103-106 (F); L [1948], 1:13-15. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-9 // CL41-15; CL48-20.)
20 March 10
Poe (Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 113-114 and 115-116 (F); L [1948], 1:15-16. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-10 // CL41-16; CL48-21.)
May 11
Wm. Wirt (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Stanard, pp. 131-132; Phillips, 1:334. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-17 and CL41-[A1]; CL48-22.)
May 12-27 (?)
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to R. Walsh (Philadelphia, PA). Implied in Poe to J. Allan, 29 May 1829 (CL-30). (CL48-23.)
after May 12-27 (?)
R. Walsh (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Implied in Poe to J. Allan, 29 May 1829 (CL-30). (CL48-24.)
ca. May 14
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Cited in J. Allan to Poe, 18 May 1829 (CL-26). In CL41, this entry was dated 16 May. (CL41-18; CL48-25 and CL48-[25a].)
May 18
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD) (with a $100 draft, and other money). Stanard, pp. 121-122 (F). MS at ViRVal. (CL41-19; CL48-26.)
May 20
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 125-126 and 127-128 (F); L [1948], 1:16-17. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-11 // CL41-20; CL48-27.)
before May 27
Poe (Heiskell's Indian Queen Hotel, Philadelphia, PA) to I. Lea (Philadelphia, PA). Quinn, pp. 138-143 (F); Parke-Bernet sale (Drexel Institute), 17-18 Oct. 1944, item 199 (F, of first page); L [1948], 1:18-19; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Chrysler), 7 Dec. 1954, item 263 (F, of first page); House of El Dieff cat. (Jamaica, NY), May 1955 (F, partial). MS at TxU-Hu. SH $2,500 (1944); $3,000 (1954). (LTR48-12 // CL41-21; CL48-28 and CL48-[28a].)
May 27
I. Lea (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Docketed on Poe to I. Lea, before 27 May 1829 (CL-28). (CL48-29.)
May 29
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 133-136 and 137-140 (F); L [1948], 1:19-21. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-13 // CL41-22; CL48-30.)
June 8
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 25 June 1829 (CL-34); and docketed on Poe to J. Allan, 29 May 1829 (CL-30). (CL41-23; CL48-31.)
June 10
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 25 June 1829 (CL-34). (CL41-24; CL48-32.)
before June 25
J. M. Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 25 June 1829 (CL-34). Poe calls his cousin “Edward Mosher.” (CL48-33.)
June 25
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 145-147 and 149-152 (F); L [1948], 1:21-23. (The facsimile in Stanard omits a portion of page 2.) MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-14 // CL41-25; CL48-34.)
July 15
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 153-154 and 155-156 (F); L [1948], 1:23-24. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-15 // CL41-26; CL48-35.)
July 19
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 26 July 1829. (CL41-27; CL48-36.)
July 26
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 157-161 and 163-166 (F); L [1948], 1:24-27. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-16 // CL41-29; CL48-37.)
July 28
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Carey, Lea & Carey (Philadelphia, PA). Phillips, 1:335; Allen, 1:250-251; Heartman & Canny [1940], p. 209 (quoted); L [1948], 1:27-28. First printed, in a limited edition of 25 copies, by Charles Brombach in 1917. MS at NN (Berg). (Formerly in the collection of O. D. Young, which was donated to the NYPL in 1941, through an arrangement with Dr. A. A. Berg.) (LTR48-17 // CL41-30; CL48-38.)
Aug. 3
Carey, Lea & Carey (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Docketed on Poe to Carey, Lea & Carey, 28 July 1829 (CL-38). (CL41-31; CL48-39.)
Aug. 4
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 171-173 and 175-176 (F); L [1948], 1:28-29. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-18 // CL41-32; CL48-40.)
ca. Aug. 7
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 10 Aug. 1829 (CL-42). (CL41-33; CL48-41.)
Aug. 10
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 181-183 and 185-187 (F); L [1948], 1:29-30. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-19 // CL41-34; CL48-42.)
Aug. 19
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Docketed on Poe to J. Allan, 10 Aug. 1829 (CL-42). (CL48-43.)
before Sept. (?)
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Neal (Boston, MA). Implied by J. Neal in Yankee and Boston Literary Gazette (Sept. 1829, no. 3), ns 1:168. (CL41-[A2]; CL48-44.)
ca. Oct. 27-28
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 30 Oct. 1829 (CL-46). (CL41-35; CL48-45.)
Oct. 30
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 193-195 and 197-198 (F); L [1948], 1:30-32. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-20 // CL41-36; CL48-46.)
[Oct. - Nov.]
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Neal (Boston, MA). Yankee and Boston Literary Gazette, (Dec. 1829, no. 6), ns 1:295-298; Portland Daily Advertiser (26 April 1850) 20:2; H [1903], p. 443; W [1909], 1:58-60; L [1948], 1:32-33. MS unlocated; transcript by J. Neal (10 May 1875) at ViU (Ingram, item 224). (LTR48-21 // CL41-41; CL48-47 and CL48-[53a].)
Nov. 12
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 203-204 and 205 (F); L [1948], 1:33-34. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-22 // CL41-37; CL48-48.)
ca. Nov. 15
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 18 Nov. 1829 (CL-50). (CL41-38; CL48-49.)
Nov. 18
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 213-214 and 215 (F); L [1948], 1:34; new SLM (Jan. 1941) 3:22-23 and 25 (F). MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-23 // CL41-39; CL48-50.)
Nov. (?)
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). Possible letter similar to Poe to Neal, before Sept. (?) 1829 (CL-44). Willis criticized “Fairyland” in American Monthly Magazine (Nov. 1829) 1:587. (CL41-[A3]; CL48-51.)
Nov. (?)
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Boston, MA). Possible letter similar to Poe to J. Neal, before Sept. (?) 1829 (CL-44). The Ladies’ Magazine (Jan. 1830) printed a brief review of Al Aaraaf. The Poe Log, p. 103, says the review is not by Mrs. Hale. (CL08-51a.)
before Dec. 29 (?)
J. Neal (Boston, MA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Implied by J. Neal in Portland (ME) Portland Daily Advertiser (26 April 1850), 20:2 and in J. Neal to Mrs. M. N. Gove, 30 Nov. 1846 (RF-11). (CL48-52.)
[Dec. 29]
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Neal (Boston, MA). Portland Daily Advertiser (26 April 1850), 20:2; W [1909], 1:369; Phillips, 1:344; Allen, 1:260; Ernest Dressel North cat. (1935); L [1948], 1:35-36. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collections of Wm. H. Koester and J. H. Whitty). (LTR48-24 // CL41-40; CL48-53.)
1830
ca. Jan. (?)
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Boston, MA). Implied by what Ostrom describes as “an unpublished scratch note” at MB (Griswold) in which Poe copies almost all of a 30 Jan. 1830 review from the Ladies’ Magazine, which was edited by Mrs. Hale. Poe's note includes a line that reads “Dr Madam,” suggesting a letter in reply to the review, which would have been quite typical for Poe. See L [1948], 1:106. Mrs. Hale's son, David E. Hale, was at West Point with Poe. (CL08-53a.)
before May 1-3
Sgt. S. Graves (Old Point Comfort, VA) to Poe (Washington, DC). Cited in Poe to S. Graves, 3 May 1830 (CL-56). (CL48-54.)
May 1-3
Sgt. S. Graves (Old Point Comfort, VA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to S. Graves, 3 May 1830 (CL-56). (CL41-42; CL48-55.)
May 3
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Sgt. S. Graves (Old Point Comfort, VA). Stanard, pp. 221-223 and 225-227 (F); L [1948], 1:36-37. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-25 // CL41-43; CL48-56.)
May 21
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD; forwarded to West Point, NY). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 28 June 1830 (CL-58). (CL41-44; CL48-57.)
June 28
Poe (West Point, NY) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 233-235 and 237-238 (F); L [1948], 1:37-38. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-26 // CL41-45; CL48-58.)
Nov. 6
Poe (West Point, NY) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 243-245 and 247-248 (F); L [1948], 1:38-39. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-27 // CL41-46; CL48-59.)
Dec. 27-28
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (West Point, NY). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61). (CL41-47; CL48-60.)
1831
Jan. 3
Poe (West Point, NY) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA) (misdated by Poe as 1830). Stanard, pp. 253-258 and 259-262 (F); L [1948], 1:39-43. (The facsimile in Stanard shows a portion of leaf 2, broken off and improperly restored.) MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-28 // CL41-48; CL48-61 and CL48-[53b].)
ca. Feb. 20 (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to Wm. H. L. Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 21 Feb. 1831 (CL-63). (CL41-49; CL48-62.)
Feb. 21
Poe (NY, NY) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 267-269 and 271-273 (F); L [1948], 1:43-44. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-29 // CL41-50; CL48-63.)
March 10
Poe (NY, NY) to Colonel S. Thayer (West Point, NY). NY Sun (30 Oct. 1902); H (1903), p. 449; W [1909], 1:79-80; Stanard, p. 277; Phillips, 1:392-393; Allen 1:304; L [1948], 1:44-45. MS at NWM. (LTR48-30 // CL41-51; CL48-64.)
May 6
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Wm. Gwynn (Baltimore, MD). Atlantic Monthly (Dec. 1884), 54:824-825; W [1885], pp. 63-64; W [1909], 1:88; Phillips, 1:418; L [1948], 1:45. MS at PHi. (LTR48-31 // CL41-53; CL48-65.)
ca. May - August (?)
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Miss K. Bleakley (Baltimore, MD). Cited by Phillips, 1:421-423, where she notes that Poe wrote Miss Kate Bleakley “verses and letters.” Her father, Matthew Bleakley, was the proprietor of the Armistead Hotel, “on ‘short Swan Street,’ between Market Space and Jones Falls.” Miss Bleakley was later married, twice (first to Mr. W. B. Paine and then Mr. Henderson). All of these papers were apparently burned after the death of Miss Bleakley's daughter, Annie Paine, following an outbreak of yellow fever in New Orleans, LA. Phillips gives her source as an article in the NY Herald (14 June 1903). (CL08-65a.)
Oct. 16
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 279-281 and 283-284 (F); L [1948], 1:46-47. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-32 // CL41-54; CL48-66.)
before Nov. 18
(?) J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Implied in Poe to J. Allan, 18 Nov. 1831 (CL-68). (CL48-67.)
Nov. 18
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 291-292 and 293 (F); L [1948], 1:47-48. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-33 // CL41-55; CL48-68.)
Dec. 15
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 299-301 and 303-304 (F); L [1948], 1:48-49; new SLM (Jan. 1941), 3:23 and 26-27 (F). MS at ViRVa1. (LTR48-34 // CL41-56; CL48-69.)
Dec. 29
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 305-306 and 307 (F); L [1948], 1:49. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-35 // CL41-57; CL48-70.)
1832
1832 (?)
There are no cited or specifically identifiable letters for this period, although Whitty [1911] says “An old printer told me that he carried letters for Poe from Baltimore to Richmond prior to 1835” (p. xxxv). Whitty states that Poe learned through this correspondence that John Allan was ill, and arranged a trip to Richmond about June 1832 in hope of a reconciliation. Whitty further suggests that this correspondence was with Miss Valentine (Mrs. F. Allan's sister) and “the old Allan servants.”Allen repeats part of this story, saying “A printer by the name of Askew is known to have carried letters back and forth for Poe from Richmond” (Allen, p. 1:337, where he gives his source as “information given to the author in Richmond, July, 1925”). (CL08-70a.)
Summer (?)
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Miss M. Starr (Exeter St., Baltimore, MD). Cited in A. Van Cleef, “Poe's Mary,” Harper's Monthly (March 1889, 78:638): “After the quarrel I have just told you about I ... returned his letters unopened. My mother also forbade him the house. He sent me a letter by Virginia. I sent it back unopened. He wrote again, and I opened the letter. He addressed me formally as Miss —, and upbraided me in satiric terms for my heartless, unforgiving disposition.” TOM [Poems] 1:232 accepts the story as “basically true but probably overcolored,” although he dates the romance as 1834. Mary Starr is sometimes referred to as Mary Devereaux, using the last name of her Baltimore uncle, James Devereaux, as “Poe's Mary,” or simply as “Baltimore Mary.” (CL08-70b.)
Summer (?)
J. Devereaux (Exeter St., Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in A. Van Cleef, “Poe's Mary,” Harper's Monthly (March 1889, 78:638): “My uncle was very indignant, and resented Mr. Poe's letter so much that he wrote him a very severe, cutting letter, without my knowledge.” (CL08-70c.)
Summer (?)
J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in A. Van Cleef, “Poe's Mary,” Harper's Monthly (March 1889, 78:636): “Mr. Poe once gave me a letter to read from Mr. Allan, in which the latter said, referring to me, that if he married any such person he would cut him off without a shilling.” This entry is included with reservations. (CL08-70d.)
1833
April 12
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 313-314 and 315 (F); L [1948], 1:49-50; new SLM (Jan. 1941), 3:24 and 28 (F). MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-36 // CL41-59; CL48-71.)
May 4
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Messrs. Buckingham (Boston, MA). Quinn, pp. 200-201 (F of page 1); L [1948], 1:53-54; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Martin), 30-31 Jan. 1990, item 2219 (F); the 19th Century Shop (Baltimore, MD) cat., 1992, item 27 (F); Quoth the Raven, Selections from the S. J. Tane EAP Collection, 1997, pp. 24-26. First printed, in a limited edition facsimile of 25 copies, by G. Blumenthal, about 1925. The facsimile, presumably made in Paris, was an unusually careful reproduction, printed on Japanese vellum. The full text was given in a French translation by André Fontainas in EAP: Lettres à John Allan, son père adoptif, Paris: G. Crès, 1930, pp. 10-11 (but misdated as 1823). MS in the collection of Mrs. S. J. Tane. (At one time in the collection of Mrs. G. Blumenthal.) (LTR48-37 // CL41-60; CL48-72.)
1834
ca. Nov. [19]
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:573-574; H [Works], 1:1-2; W [1909], 1:104-105; Phillips, 1:479-480; L [1948], 1:54-55. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript with note signed by J. P. Kennedy at MB (Griswold); transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 6). (LTR48-38 // CL41-61; CL48-73 and CL48-[73a].)
Dec. 19
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD) (a follow-up note to the letter of ca. 19 Nov, CL-73). Sotheby's (London) sale, 18 Dec. 1934, item 246 (F); L [1948], 1:55-56; House of El Dieff (Jamaica, NY) cat. (1957). MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester); auctioneer's transcript in Ia-U (TOM). SH $200 (1934); ca. $5000 (1957). (LTR48-39 // CL41-62; CL48-74 and CL48-[73b].)
Dec. 22
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:574; H [Works], 17:3; W [1909], 1:105-106; The Poe Log, pp. 142-143. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-63; CL48-75.)
1835
March 15,
Sunday Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:574; H [Works], 17:4; W [1909], 1:107; Phillips, 1:482-483; L [1948], 1:56. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 7). (LTR48-40 // CL41-66; CL48-76.)
March 15
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to J. P. Kennedy, Sunday 15 [March] 1835 (CL-78). (CL41-65; CL48-77.)
[March] 15,
Sunday Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD). Tuckerman, Life of Kennedy (NY: Putnam, 1871); Atlantic Monthly (Dec. 1884), 54:826; Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:574; H [Works], 17:2 (misdated as “1833”); W [1909], 1:107-108; Phillips, 1:483; L [1948], 1:56-57. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 8). (LTR48-41 // (CL41-67; CL48-78 and CL48-[70a].)
before April 30
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to L. A. Wilmer (Baltimore, MD). In Our Press Gang (1859), Wilmer states that Poe planned to join him in the creation of a literary magazine in Baltimore, and that they “had some correspondence” in regard to these plans before Poe accepted a position at the SLM (pp. 35-36). Assuming that Wilmer's recollections (reprinted by TOM [Merlin], p. 26) were accurate, we may presume several letters written between the two men about this time. (CL08-78a.)
before April 30 (?)
T. W. White (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Implied in Poe to T. W. White, 30 April 1835 (CL-80). (CL48-79.)
[April 30]
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to T. W. White (Richmond, VA). First portion of letter printed in SLM (May 1835) 1:468; Whitty [1911], pp. xxviii-xxix; Anderson sale (Hirst descendant), 9 May, 1921, item 565 (excerpt). Rest of letter (with a few words missing) printed in Modern Philology (Aug. 1927), 25:101-105; Phillips, 1:488-489; L [1948], 1:57-59. MS fragment of second portion at CSmH (HM 21868). SH $120 (1921). (LTR48-42 // CL41-68 and CL41-69; CL48-80 and CL48-[84a].)
before May 18
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to H. C. Carey (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in H. C. Carey to J. P. Kennedy, 18 May 1835 (RF-3). At one time, the correspondent was assumed as E. L. Carey. (CL41-70; CL48-81 and CL48-[81a].)
May 20
T. W. White (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to T. W. White, 30 May 1835 (CL-84). (CL41-71; CL48-82.)
May 21-25 (?)
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Implied in Poe to T. W. White, 30 May 1835 (CL-84). (CL41-72; CL48-83 and CL48-[82a].)
May 30
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to T. W. White (Richmond, VA). G [Memoir], 3:xiii (1850), and 1:xxix (1853) (two paragraphs and a brief excerpt are quoted); Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:574-575; H [Works], 17:4-6; W [1909], 1:110-113; L [1948], 1:59-61. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-43 // CL41-73; CL48-84 and CL48-[83a].)
June 8
T. W. White (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to T. W. White, 12 June 1835 (CL-86). (CL41-74; CL48-85.)
June 12
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to T. W. White (Richmond, VA). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:575; H [Works], 17:7; W [1909], 1:114-115, L [1948], 1:61-62. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-44 // CL41-75; CL48-86.)
June 18
T. W. White (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to T. W. White, 22 June 1835 (CL-88). (CL41-76; CL48-87.)
June 22
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to T. W. White (Richmond, VA). G [Memoir], 3:xiii (1850), and 1:xxix (1853); Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:575; H [Works], 17:8-10; W [1909], 1:115-118; L [1948], 1:62-64. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-45 // CL41-77; CL48-88 and CL48-[84b].)
July 14
T. W. White (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to T. W. White, 20 July 1835 (CL-91). (CL41-78; CL48-89.)
July 16
T. W. White (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to T. W. White, 20 July 1835 (CL-91). (CL41-79; CL48-90.)
July 20
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to T. W. White (Richmond, VA). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:575-576; H [Works], 17:10-12; W [1909], 1:118-121; L [1948], 1:64-66. MS on loan at ViRP. (Formerly owned by Merrill Griswold of Boston, who died in 1962.) (LTR48-46 // CL41-80; CL48-91.)
ca. Aug. 17
Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Wm. Poe, 20 Aug. 1835 (CL-93) and Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 29 Aug. 1835 (CL-97). (CL41-81; CL48-92 and CL48-[92a].)
Aug. 20
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA). H [Works], 17:13-16 (partial); Gulf States Historical Mag. (Jan. 1903), 1:281-283; L [1948], 1:66-69 (see also L [1966], 2:672). MS at NN (Berg). (Formerly in the collections of Mrs. W. Y. Dill, Wm. Poe's grand-daughter, and O. D. Young.) (LTR48-47 // (CL41-82; CL48-93.)
ca. Aug. 20
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 29 Aug. 1835 (CL-97). (CL41-83; CL48-94.)
Aug. 20-26
Mrs. M. Clemm (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 29 Aug. 1835 (CL-97), and Mrs. M. Clemm to N. Poe, 26 Aug. 1860: “I wrote to Eddie asking his advice ...” (RF-24). (CL41-84; CL48-95.)
Aug. 27-28
Mrs. M. Clemm (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 29 Aug. 1835 (CL-97). (CL41-85; CL48-96.)
Aug. 29
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (and Miss V. E. Clemm) (Baltimore, MD). Quinn & Hart, p. 6 (F); Quinn, pp. 219-224 (F); L [1948], 1:69-71. MS at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe). (LTR48-48 // CL41-86; CL48-97.)
Sept. 4
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. Neal (Boston, MA). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Brown) 15-16 Oct. 1935, item 413 (F); L [1948], 1:72. MS at TxU-Hu. SH $400 (1935). (LTR48-49 // CL41-87; CL48-98.)
before Sept. 8
(?) Poe (Richmond, VA) to Dr. J. H. Miller (Westminster, MD). Implied in Poe to J. P. Kennedy, 11 Sept. 1835 (CL-101). (CL48-99.)
Sept. 8-9
Dr. J. H. Miller (Westminster, MD) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to J. P. Kennedy, 11 Sept. 1835 (CL-101). (CL41-88; CL48-100 and CL48-[98a].)
Sept. 11
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD). Tuckerman, Life of Kennedy (1871) (partial); Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:576 (the rest of the letter); H [Works], 17:16-18; W [1909], 1:138-141; Phillips, 1:505; L [1948], 1:73-75. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 9). (LTR48-50 // CL41-89; CL48-101 and CL48-[72a].)
Sept. 15-20 (?)
Poe (Richmond, VA or Baltimore, MD ?) to T. W. White (Richmond, VA). Implied in T. W. White to Poe, 29 Sept. 1835 (CL-104). (CL41-90; CL48-102.)
Sept. 19
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Richmond, VA, but forwarded to Baltimore, MD on Sept. 22). G [Memoir] 3:xiii-xiv (1850) and 1:xxix-xxx (1853) (partial); Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:576 (the rest of the letter); H [Works], 17:19-20; W [1909], 1:141-143; Phillips, 1:507 (partial). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-91; CL48-103.)
Sept. 29
T. W. White (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Baltimore, MD). G [Memoir] 3:xiv (1850) and 1:xxx (1853) (quoted, but with alterations); Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:578; H [Works], 17:20-21; W [1909], 1:144-146. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-92; CL48-104.)
before Oct. 6
Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Mrs. M. Clemm to Wm. Poe, 7 Oct. 1835 (RF-4). (CL41-[A4]; CL48-105.)
Oct. 8
Poe (Richmond, VA) to R. M. Bird (Philadelphia, PA) (with Poe as amanuensis for T. W. White). Anderson sale, 13-14 Nov. 1916, item 71; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Hall), 20-21 April 1921, part 3, item 493 (misdated as Oct. 6, 1845); Thomas F. Madigan cat., no 145 (Nov. 1923), p. 19; L [1948], 1:75-76. MS unlocated. SH $155 (1916); $140 (1921). (LTR48-51 // CL41-94; CL48-106 and CL48-[105a].)
Oct. 31
Poe (Richmond, VA) to L. Minor (Charlottesville, VA) (written by Poe, but signed “Thomas W. White”). Merwin-Clayton sale (Wallace), 18 Jan. 1911, item 255; Anderson sale (Coggeshall) 25-27 April 1916, item 465; L [1948], 1:76. MS unlocated. SH $24 (1911); $210 (1916). (LTR48-51a // CL41-95; CL48-107.)
ca. Nov. 26 (?)
Poe (Richmond, VA ?) to — ? (Baltimore, MD ?), fragment. MS at ViRP. This correspondent may be F. W. Thomas, see CL-124a. (LTR08-51b // CL08-107a.)
before Nov. 29
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Carey & Lea. Implied by E. L. Carey & I. Lea to Poe, 29 Nov. 1835 (CL-108). (CL08-107b.)
Nov. 29
E. L. Carey & I. Lea (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). W [1909], 2:375 (where it is misdated “1836”). The Poe Log, p. 181, suggests that the writer of the letter was H. C. Carey. MS unlocated. (CL41-144; CL48-108 and CL48-[165a].)
before Dec. 1 (?)
P. P. Cooke (Winchester, VA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Implied in Poe to B. Tucker, 1 Dec. 1835 (CL-110). (CL48-109.)
Dec. 1
Poe (Richmond, VA) to B. Tucker (Williamsburg, VA). Century Mag. (March 1924), n.s 85:653-655; L [1948], 1:76-79. MS at ViU (gift of Charles W. Davison, Jr.). (Formerly in the collection of G. P. Coleman.) (LTR48-52 // CL41-96; CL48-110.)
Dec. 5
B. Tucker (Williamsburg, VA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), n.s 26:581; H [Works], 17:21-24. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-97; CL48-111.)
late 1835 (or early 1836) (?)
R. M. Bird (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Implied (as “some months ago”) in Poe to R. M. Bird, 7 June 1836 (CL-143). (CL48-142; CL08-111a.)
1836
Jan. 12
Poe (Richmond, VA) to G. Poe, Jr. (Mobile, AL). W [1885], pp. 78-79; H [Works], 17:25-26; W [1909], 1:161-163; Quinn & Hart, pp. 13-14; L [1948], 1:79-80. MS at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe). (LTR48-53 // CL41-98; CL48-112.)
Jan. 21
Poe (Richmond, VA) to E. L. Carey & A. Hart (Philadelphia, PA) (misdated by Poe as 1835). Bangs sale, 16 Feb. 1898, item 690, cited. Princeton U. Lib. Chron. (Feb. 1949) 10:91-92; L [1966], 2:672-673. MS at NjP. SH $10.50 (1898). (LTR66-53a // CL41-64; CL48-113 and CL48-[75a].)
Jan. 22
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) n.s 26:578; H [Works], 17:26-27; L [1948], 1:81-82. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 10). (LTR48-54 // CL41-99; CL48-114.)
Jan. 23-24
Poe (Richmond, VA) to B. Tucker (Williamsburg, VA). Cited in B. Tucker to T. W. White, 26 Jan. 1836 (RF-5). (CL41-100; CL48-115.)
Jan. 26 (?)
B. Tucker (Williamsburg, VA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Inferred from Phillips 1:521. This item may be an error, with Phillips confusing Tucker's letter to White of this date, in which case it is the same as CL-115. (CL41-101; CL48-116.)
Feb. 5
Poe (Richmond, VA) to L. Minor (Charlottesville, VA). W [1909], 2:370-371; L [1948], 1:83. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-55 // CL41-102; CL48-117.)
Feb. 9
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) n.s 26:578 (partial); H [Works], 17:28-29; W [1909], 1:148-149. MS at MB (Griswold). (Quinn, p. 241 erroneously states that the MS is at MdBJ-P.) (CL41-103; CL48-118.)
Feb. 9
Poe (Richmond, VA) to S. G. Bulfinch (Augusta, GA). Am. Art Assoc. cat, 4-5 May 1925, item 466, cited (noted only as to “an author of Savannah, Ga.”; Am. Lit. (Jan. 1957) 28:507; L [1948], 1:83 and L [1966], 2:673. MS at CLU-C. SH $170 (1925). (LTR48-56 // CL41-104; CL48-119.)
Feb. 11
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) n.s 26:579 (partial); H [Works], 17:29-31; L [1948], 1:83-85. H [Works] omits Hubard's name and relocates the postscript. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 11). (LTR48-57 // CL41-105; CL48-120.)
Feb. 12
G. Poe (Mobile, AL) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Docketed on Poe to G. Poe, 12 Jan. 1836 (CL-112). (CL41-106; CL48-121 and CL48-[121a].)
before Feb. 20
Poe (Richmond, VA) to E. L. Carey & I. Lea (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Carey & Lea to Poe, 20 Feb. 1836 (CL-123). (CL41-[A5]; CL48-122.)
Feb. 20
Carey & Lea (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). W [1909], 2:375. MS unlocated. (CL41-107; CL48-123.)
Feb. 24
J. C. McCabe (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to J. C. McCabe, 3 March 1836 (CL-125). (CL48-124.)
ca. March
Poe (Richmond, VA) to F. W. Thomas (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Phillips, 1:438. It is possible that this item could be CL-107a. (CL41-114; CL08-124a.)
March 3
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. C. McCabe (Richmond, VA). A. C. Gordon, Memories and Memorials of Wm. G. McCabe (Richmond: Old Dominion Press, 1925), 1:16-17; L [1948], 1:85-87 and L [1966], 2:674-675. MS at ViU (Barrett). (LTR48-58 // CL48-125.)
March 10
Poe (Richmond, VA) to L. Minor (Charlottesville, VA). Anderson sale (Barrows), 14-15 Jan. 1925, item 380 (F); Am. Art Assoc. sale (Meyer), 12-13 Jan. 1938, item 225 (with excerpts); L [1948], 1:87-88. Poe is apparently replying to a letter from Minor to White. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collections of A. Wm. Anthony and Wm. H. Koester). SH $700 (1938). (LTR48-59 // CL41-108; CL48-126.)
before March 17 (?)
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. K. Paulding (NY). Implied in Paulding to Poe, 17 March 1836 (CL-128). (CL41-109 and CL41-[A6]; CL48-127 and CL48-[125a].)
March 17
J. K. Paulding (NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) n.s 26:583; H [Works], 17:31-32; W [1909], 1:159-160; The Letters of J. K. Paulding, ed. R. M. Aderman (Madison: U. of Wisconsin Press, 1962), pp. 177-178. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-110; CL48-128.)
before March 29
W. Poe (Macon, GA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Wm. Poe, 12 April 1836 (CL-132). (CL41-111; CL48-129.)
March 29
Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Wm. Poe, 12 April 1836 (CL-132). (CL41-112; CL48-130.)
ca. March 30
Poe (Richmond, VA) to W. Poe (Macon, GA). Cited in Poe to Wm. Poe, 12 April 1836 (CL-132). (CL41-113; CL48-131.)
April 12
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA). W [1909], 1:377-378; L [1948], 1:88 [see also L [1966], 2:675]. This letter was not printed in NY Times, 15 Feb. 1908, as stated by W [1909]. MS unlocated; a notarized transcript at Vi. (Phillips, 1:528, states that the MS was owned by George Dunlop, of Kilmarnock, Scotland.) (LTR48-60 // CL41-115; CL48-132.)
April 12
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (Hartford, CT). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Perry), 11-12 March 1936, item 432 (F, partial); Quinn, pp. 238-239; L [1948], 1:89-90. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-61 // CL41-116; CL48-133.)
April 23
Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (Hartford, CT) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Philadelphia Sat. Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 4 (one sentence); H [Works], 17:33-35. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-117; CL48-134.)
April 26
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Richmond, VA). H [Works], 17:32-33; Parke-Bernet sale (Barrett), 1 Nov. 1950, item 935 (brief excerpt). MS unlocated. (Formerly in the collection of Wm. M. Griswold.) (CL41-118; CL48-135.)
May 2
Poe (Richmond, VA) to B. Tucker (Williamsburg, VA). Century Mag. (March 1924), 107:655-656; L [1948], 1:90-91. MS at ViW (Tucker-Coleman papers) (gift of C. W. Davison, Jr.). (Formerly in the collection of G. P. Colman.) (LTR48-62 // CL41-119; CL48-136.)
May 3
S. G. Bulfinch (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to S. G. Bulfinch, 8 June 1836 (CL-149). (CL48-138; CL66-137.)
May 23
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. Sparks (Cambridge, MA). L [1948], 1:91. Poe is apparently writing in reply to a letter from J. Sparks to T. W. White. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-63 // CL41-120; CL48-137; CL66-138.)
June 3
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. H. Causten (Washington, DC). Daughters of the Am. Rev. Mag. (Sept. 1933), 67:539-546 (F); Anderson sale, 4-5 Jan. 1934, item 350 (F); L [1948], 1:91-93. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $1,800 (1934). (LTR48-64 // CL41-121; CL48-139.)
June 3
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Harper & Brothers (NY, NY). Cited in Harper & Brothers to Poe, 19 June 1836 (CL-152). (CL41-122; CL48-140.)
June 4
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (Hartford, CT). Cited in Mrs. L. H. Sigourney to Poe, 11 June 1836 (CL-150). (CL41-123; CL48-141.)
[before June 7]
[R. M. Bird to Poe. Moved to CL-111a.]
June 7
Poe (Richmond, VA) to R. M. Bird (Philadelphia, PA). NY Independent (March 1901), p. 940; H [Works], 17:35-36; L [1948], 1:93 and 1:facing p. 116 (F). MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-65 // CL41-125; CL48-143.)
June 7
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. F. Cooper (Cooperstown, NY). Correspondence of J. F. Cooper (New Haven: Yale U. Press, 1922), 1:356-357; L [1948], 1:94. MS at Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY, where it is pasted on a large screen. (Formerly owned by Dr. H. F. S. Cooper at “Fynmere,” his home in Cooperstown, NY.) A copy in pencil, probably by Cooper's grandson, is at CtY. (LTR48-66 // CL48-144.)
ca. June 7
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Boston, MA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. J. Hale, 20 Oct. 1836 (CL-164). (CL48-145.)
June 7
Poe (Richmond, VA) to F. Halleck (NY, NY). J. G. Wilson, Life and Letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck (NY: D. Appleton, 1869), pp. 396-397. Anderson sale (McKee) 27 April 1903, item 6504; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Burgess), 16-17 Dec. 1929, item 105 (F); L [1948], 1:94-95. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $70 (1903); $2100 (1929). (LTR48-67 // CL41-126; CL48-146.)
June 7
Poe (Richmond, VA) to W. Irving (Newburg, NY). Am. Lit. (May 1955) 27:250-251; L [1966], 2:676-677. MS at RPB. (LTR66-67a // CL66-146a.)
June 7
Poe (Richmond, VA) to — ? (— ?). The correspondent may be J. K Paulding, in which case it would supplant CL-147a. MS unlocated; photocopy preserved by U-Ia (TOM). (LTR08-67b // CL08-146b.)
June 7
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD). Ingram 1:140-141; H [Works], 17:36-37; W [1909], 1:164-166; L [1948], 1:95-96; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Martin), 30-31 Jan. 1990, item 2220 (with CL-164 and 554). MS unlocated. SH $47,500 (1990). (LTR48-68 // (CL41-127; CL48-147 and CL48-[156a].)
June 7 (?)
Poe (Richmond, VA) to J. K. Paulding (NY, NY). Implied by J. K. Paulding to Poe, after June 7 (CL-148). (CL74-147a.)
June 7
Poe (Richmond, VA) to E. Everett (Boston, MA). MS at MHi. (LTR08-68a // CL08-67b.)
after June 7 (?)
R. M. Bird (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Possibly accompanied contribution to SLM solicited in Poe to R. M. Bird, 7 June 1836 (CL-143). (CL48-148.)
after June 7 (?)
J. K. Paulding (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Two one-sentence fragments, printed in SLM (July 1836) 2:517 (one of several puffs for the SLM. Others merely cited include R. Walsh, Alexander Slidell, C. Anthon, L. H. Sigourney). The second fragment is essentially repeated, and specifically attributed to Paulding, in the biographical article on Poe in the Philadelphia Sat. Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 2: “... Mr. J. K. Paulding says, in a letter now upon our table . ...” The Poe Log, p. 210, following C. H. Watts in Am. Lit. (May 1955) 27:249-251, erroneously attributes this second SLM excerpt to Washington Irving. (CL74-148a.)
after June 7 (?)
F. Halleck (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). A two-sentence fragment, printed in SLM (July 1836) 2:517 (see also CL 148a). (CL08-148b.)
June 8
Poe (Richmond, VA) to S. G. Bulfinch (Augusta, GA). Am. Art Assoc. sale, 4-5 May 1925, item 467; L [1948], 1:96-97 and L [1966], 2:677-678. MS at CLU-C. SH $230 (1925). (LTR48-69 // CL41-128; CL48-149.)
before June 11
Poe (Editor of SLM, Richmond, VA) to J. F. Otis (Washington, DC). Cited in J. F. Otis to Editor of SLM [Poe] 11 June 1836 (CL-149b). (CL81-149a.)
June 11
J. F. Otis (Washington, DC) to Editor of SLM [Poe] (Richmond, VA). Poe Studies (June 1975) 8:12-13. MS at MB (Griswold, MS 796). (CL81-149b.)
ca. June 11
Mrs. S. J. Hale (Boston, MA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). A probable letter accompanying Mrs. Hale's contribution of “A Profession for Ladies” to SLM (Aug. 1836) 2:571-572. (CL08-149c.)
June 11
Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (Hartford, CT) to Poe (Richmond, VA). G. S. Haight, Mrs. Sigourney (New Haven: Yale U. Press, 1930), pp. 84-85; H [Works], 17:37-38. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-129; CL48-150.)
June 18
Poe (Richmond, VA) to P. S. Du Ponceau (Philadelphia, PA). Am. Lit. (Nov. 1952) 24:358-359; L [1966], 2:678-679. MS at PHi. (LTR66-69a // CL81-150a.)
June 18
Poe (Richmond, VA) to F. Lieber (Columbia, SC). Manuscripts from Goodspeed's, cat. 540, (April 1967), cover and p. 97 (F); Emerson Society Quarterly (2d Quarter 1968) no. 51: pt. 2, p. 51 (F); Sotheby's (NY) sale (Sang), 26 April 1978, item 242; Hamilton, Great Fakes and Famous Forgeries (1980), p. 115 (F, partial, as an authentic example of Poe's handwriting); Sotheby's (NY) sale, 31 Oct. 1986, item 171; L [1974], p. 514-515. MS unlocated. SH $8,500 (1978); $11,000 (1986). (LTR74-69b // CL41-130; CL48-151.)
June 19
Harper & Brothers (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Quinn, pp. 250-251. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-124; CL48-152 and CL48-[141a].)
June 28
F. Lieber (Charleston, SC) to Poe (Richmond, VA). SLM (Aug. 1836) 2:535-538. An epistolary article. The address of “Columbia, S. C. — Fort Moultrie” is printed at the top of the article. (CL41-131; CL48-153.)
July 4
Poe (Richmond, VA) to L. Cass (Washington, DC). “The Quarto Extra” accompanying Quarto (Oct. 1949) no. 19; L [1966], 2:679-680. MS at MiU-C (Lewis Cass). (LTR66-69b; LTR74-69c // CL66-153a.)
July 16
Poe (Richmond, VA) to L. W. Tazewell (Richmond, VA). Richmond Times-Dispatch, 11 Nov. 1923, part 7, p. 3; L [1948], 1:97-98. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-70 // CL41-132; CL48-154.)
before July 30 (?)
M. Carey (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Richmond, VA) (with an article on “Study of the Learned Languages”). Implied in Poe to M. Carey, 30 July 1836 (CL-155). (CL41-133; CL48-155 and CL48-[154a].)
July 30
Poe (Richmond, VA) to M. Carey (Philadelphia, PA). W [1909], 2:371-372; L [1948], 1:98-99. MS at PHi. (LTR48-71 // CL41-134; CL48-156.)
after July 30
M. Carey (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Implied by the request made by Poe to M. Carey, 30 July 1836 (CL-156), and the changes actually made in the SLM article. (CL08-156a.)
Aug. 2
Poe (Richmond, VA) to — ? (— ?). Henkels sale, 23-24 May 1900, item 229, cited (a one-page quarto). MS unlocated. SH $19.50 (1900). (CL41-135; CL48-157.)
[Aug. 19]
Poe (Richmond, VA) to H. Haines (Petersburg, VA). Americana (Jan. 1942) 36:70; L [1948], 1:99-100. MS at ViRP. (LTR48-72 // CL41-136; CL48-158.)
[before Sept. 2]
Poe (Richmond, VA) to the editor of the Courier & Daily Compiler (Richmond, VA). Richmond Courier & Daily Compiler (2 Sept. 1836) p. 2; H [Works], 8:xii-xv; H (1903) 2:458-460; L [1948], 1:100-103. Files of the Courier & Daily Compiler are at Vi. (LTR48-73 // CL41-138; CL48-159 and CL48-[160a].)
early Sept.
Nourse, Semple & Thompson (committee for the Franklin Literary Society of Jefferson College, Canonsburg, PA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Inferred from the minutes of the Society, 9 Sept. 1836, entry No. 1556, which reads: “A. E. Poe [sic] Honorary member. Nourse Semple & Thompson Jr com. —“ (PWW). See also, “College ‘Lit’ First to Recognize Poe,” Richmond Times-Dispatch (6 Oct. 1935), Mag. section, p. 3. (CL81-159a.)
early Sept.
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Nourse, Semple & Thompson (for the Franklin Literary Society, Canonsburg, PA). In 1935 only the close and signature of Poe's response to CL-159a were extant (printed in Richmond Times-Dispatch, 6 Oct. 1935, Mag. section, p. 3). MS fragment unlocated, but possibly in private hands. (LTR08-73a // CL81-159b.)
Sept. 2
Poe (Richmond, VA) to H. Hall (Philadelphia, PA). Sewanee Review (April 1928) 36:172-174; L [1948], 1:103-105. MS at PHC. (LTR48-74 // CL41-137; CL48-160.)
Sept. 26
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Rev. S. Gilman (Charleston, SC). Cited in Henkels sale, 5 Dec. 1898, item 241. It had been sold the year before by Dodd Mead sale, March 1897 (as a one-page ALS, with an address). ABC, 1899, item 8707, gives the date as Sept. 30, 1836 and describes the letter as asking Gilman to contribute to SLM. No contributions by Gilman to SLM are known. MS unlocated. SH $18 (1898). (CL81-160a.)
before Oct. 4 (?)
Saunders & Otley (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in E. W. Johnston to T. W. White, 4 Oct. 1836 (RF-6). (CL74-160a; CL81-160b.)
after Oct. 4 (?)
Poe (Richmond, VA) to E. W. Johnston or Saunders & Otley (NY, NY) (with Poe, possibly, as amanuensis for T. W. White). See Quinn, pp. 251n45, and see also CL-160b. (CL48-161.)
before Oct. 17
Poe (Richmond, VA) to T. R. Dew (Williamsburg, VA). Cited in T. R. Dew to Poe, 17 Oct. 1836 (CL-163). (CL41-140; CL48-162 and CL48-[161a].)
Oct. 17
T. R. Dew (William & Mary College, Williamsburg, VA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). H [Works], 17:39-40 (where he is misidentified as W. R. Dew). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-141; CL48-163.)
before Oct. 20
Mrs. S. J. Hale (Boston, MA) to [Wm. G. Simms] Editor of SLM (Richmond, VA) (erroneously addressed to Simms, Poe was the editor). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. J. Hale, 20 Oct. 1836 (CL-164). (CL81-163a.)
Oct. 20
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Boston, MA) (misdated by Poe as 1837). Nation (1 July 1909), 89:9-10; Anderson sale (Hale), 27 April 1925, item 224 (F); L [1948], 1:105-106; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Martin), Jan. 1990, item 2220 (with 147 and 554). MS unlocated. SH $280 (1925); $47,000 (1990). The cat. of CA autograph dealer J. Maddelena, Profiles in History (Fall/Winter 1993), listed the letter at $39,500. (LTR48-75 // CL41-142, CL41-154, and CL41-155; CL48-164, CL48-[175a], CL48-[175b], and CL48-[175c].)
Oct. 31
T. R. Dew (Williamsburg, VA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-143; CL48-165.)
Nov. 12
Poe (Richmond, VA) to E. S. Van Winkle (NY, NY). Charles Hamilton Autographs, cat. no. 51, 5 Aug., 1971, item 282 (F); L [1974], p. 515-516. MS unlocated. SH $3,500 (1971). (LTR74-75a // CL74-165a.)
Nov. 23
E. S. Van Winkle (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to E. S. Van Winkle, 26 Nov. 1836 (CL-165c). (CL74-165b.)
Nov. 26
Poe (Richmond, VA) to E. S. Van Winkle (NY, NY). Charles Hamilton Autographs, cat. no. 51, 5 Aug. 1971, item 283 (F); Collector, 1972 (advertised by W. R. Benjamin, on p. 9); L [1974], p. 516-517. MS unlocated. SH $3,500 (1971); $7,500 (1972). (LTR74-75b // CL74-165c.)
Dec. 9
J. H. Causten (Washington, DC) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Docketed on Poe to Causten, 3 June 1836 (CL-139). (CL41-145; CL48-166.)
Dec. 24
A. B. Magruder (Charlottesville, VA) to Poe (Richmond, VA) (with an essay for SLM). Cited in Poe to A. B. Magruder, 9 Jan. 1837 (CL-168). (CL41-146; CL48-167.)
1837
Jan. 9
Poe (Richmond, VA) to A. B. Magruder (Charlottesville, VA). W [1909], 2:372-373; L [1948], 1:106-107 and L [1966], 2:680-681; Emerson Society Quarterly, no. 31 (2d Quarter 1963): 31 (F). W [1909] seems to confuse this correspondent with Gen. John B. Magruder. MS unlocated. (LTR48-76 // CL41-147; CL48-168.)
before Jan. 17 (?)
Poe (Richmond, VA) to T. W. White (Richmond, VA). Implied by T. W. White to Poe, 17 Jan. 1837 (CL-170). (CL41-148; CL48-169 and CL48-[168a].)
Jan. 17
T. W. White (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:579; H [Works], 17:41-42; W [1909], 1:182-183. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-149; CL48-170.)
Jan. or earlier
Poe (Richmond, VA) to L. A. Wilmer (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Wilmer's Our Press Gang (1859), pp. 39-40, and these references reprinted by TOM [Merlin], p. 26. (CL48-171.)
before Feb. 28 (?)
Wm. H. Carpenter, J. S. Norris & J. Burns (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to Wm. H. Carpenter, et al., 28 Feb. 1837 (CL-173). (CL48-172.)
Feb. 28
Poe (NY, NY) to Wm. H. Carpenter, J. S. Norris & J. Burns (Baltimore, MD). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Holden), 21 April 1910, item 2595; Heartman & Rede, 2:78-79; Heartman & Canny (1940), p. 211; Heartman & Canny (1943), p. 41; L [1948], 1:111; Charles Hamilton cat., no. 92 (1976), item 211. In taking this text from an undated newspaper clipping, most references to this letter perpetuate the error of “Brown” for “Burns.” MS at IaU (Mabbott). SH $65 (1910); $4,500 (1976). (LTR48-77 // CL41-150 and CL41-151; CL48-173.)
May 27
Poe (NY, NY) to C. Anthon (NY, NY). Cited in C. Anthon to Poe, 1 June 1837 (CL-175). (CL41-152; CL48-174 and CL48-[171a].)
June 1
C. Anthon (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:583; H [Works], 17:42-43 (with Hebrew characters which are not in the MS); W [1909], 1:189 (the main body of the letter only, not the attached explanations). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-153; CL48-175.)
early 1837 - spring 1838 (?)
Dr. F. L. Hawks (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Excerpt quoted in Philadelphia Sat. Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 2; W [1909], 1:378n186. (CL41-156; CL48-176 and CL48-[175d].)
1838
before July 19
J. K. Paulding (Washington, DC?) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. K. Paulding, 19 July 1838 (CL-176b). It is possible that Paulding's letter was in reply to a yet earlier one written to him by Poe but now unrecorded. (CL08-176a.)
July 19
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. K. Paulding (Washington, DC?). Yale U. Library Gazette (April 1959) 30:150, item 29 (F); L [1966], 2:681 and L [1974], p. 517-518. MS-fragment at PP (Gimbel). (LTR66-77a // CL66-176a; LTR08-176b.)
before Sept. 4
N. C. Brooks (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to N. C. Brooks, 4 Sept. 1838 (CL-178). (CL41-[A7]; CL48-177.)
Sept. 4
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to N. C. Brooks (Baltimore, MD). 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. (LTR48-78 // CL41-157; CL48-178.)
Sept. 11
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. C. Cox (Philadelphia, PA). Sotheby's (NY) sale, 1 June 1995, item 312. MS in the collection of “The California Collector.” SH $18,000 (1995). (LTR08-78a // CL08-178a.)
1839
Feb. 19
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Harper & Brothers (NY, NY). Cited in Harper & Brothers to Poe, 20 Feb. 1839 (CL-180). (CL48-179.)
Feb. 20
Harper & Brothers (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL48-180.)
before April (?)
J. L. O’Sullivan (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Implied in Aristidean (Oct. 1845) 1:318. A preceding letter from Poe to Sullivan is also possible. (CL48-181.)
before May 11 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to W. E. Burton (Philadelphia, PA). Implied in W. E. Burton to Poe, 11 May 1839 (CL-183). (CL41-158; CL48-182 and CL48-[181a].)
May 10 [11]
Saturday W. E. Burton (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:726; H [Works], 17:45-46; W [1909], 1:202-203; Phillips, 1:577; Quinn, p. 278. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-159; CL48-183 and CL48-[181b].)
May 11-30
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to W. E. Burton (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in W. E. Burton to Poe, 30 May 1839 (CL-185). (CL41-160; CL48-184.)
May 30
W. E. Burton (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). G [Memoir] 3:xvi (1850), and 1:xxxii (1853) (with alterations); W [1909], 1:240-242; Quinn, pp. 279-281, 280 (F). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-161; CL48-185.)
June 10
E. B. Fisher (Pittsburgh, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 111, cited; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Burgess), 16-17 Dec. 1929, item 287; Heartman & Canny (1943), pp. 219-220 (from a transcript made by TOM prior to 16-17 Dec. 1929); Swann sale, 27 Feb. 1992, item 154. SH $5.50 (1896); $125 (1929); $1,000 (1992). MS at PP (Gimbel). (CL41-162; CL48-186.)
June 24
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Dow (Washington, DC). MS at MHi. (LTR08-78b // CL08-186a.) 186a [June 26] [Poe to N. C. Brooks. Moved to SP-23.]
July 4
W. E. Burton (NY, NY) to Poe (?) (Philadelphia, PA). The Poe Log, p. 265 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL48-188.)
July 5
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to E. B. Fisher (Pittsburgh, PA). Cited in E. B. Fisher to Poe, 9 July 1839 (CL-190). (CL41-163; CL48-189.)
July 9
E. B. Fisher (Pittsburgh, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Heartman & Canny (1943), pp. 220-221. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-164; CL48-190 and CL48-[192a].)
before July 14 (?)
G. W. Poe (Mobile, AL) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to G. W. Poe, 14 July 1839 (CL-192). (CL48-191.)
July 14
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to G. W. Poe (Houston, TX, via New Orleans, LA). 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 (Gimbel) (purchased at auction from Sotheby's in Nov. 1986). (LTR48-79 // CL48-192.)
July-Aug.
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to P. P. Cooke (Charlestown, VA). Cited in P. P. Cooke to Poe, 16 Sept. 1839 (CL-200). (CL41-165; CL48-193.)
Aug. 6
J. B. Jones (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. B. Jones, 8 Aug. 1839 (CL-195). (CL48-194.)
Aug. 8
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. B. Jones (Baltimore, MD). Collector (Nov. 1945) 58:185-187; Parke-Bernet sale (Hart), 25 Feb. 1947, item 239 (F); Parke-Bernet sale (Eyre), 1-2 Dec. 1947, item 367 (F); L [1948], 1:113-114 [see also L [1966], 2:686]. MS at TxU-Hu. SH $1,300 (1946); $850 (1947). (LTR48-80 // CL48-195.)
after Sept. 1 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to W. Irving (Newburg, NY) (with Sept. issue of Burton's Gent's Mag.). Implied in W. Irving to Poe, 12 Oct. 1839 (CL-209a), and Poe to P. P. Cooke, 21 Sept 1839 (CL-203). (CL41-[A8]; CL48-196.)
Sept. 5
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Heath (Richmond, VA) (with Sept. issue of Burton's Gent's Mag.). Cited in J. E. Heath to Poe, 12 Sept. 1839 (CL-199). (CL41-166; CL48-197.)
before Sept. 11
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (with an issue of the St. Louis Commercial Bulletin containing a favorable notice of Poe). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 11 Sept. 1839 (CL-198). (CL08-197a.)
Sept. 11
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD). NY Herald (27 March 1881); H [Works], 17:69-70 (excerpts); Bixby, pp. 6-7 (F); W [1909], 1:218-221; Anderson sale (Smith), 14 March 1921, item 331a; Henkels sale, 27 May 1921, item 669; Americana (July 1940) 34:415-419; L [1948], 1:115-117; C. Hamilton cat., no. 93, 1976, item 215 (“in poor condition with portions in facsimile,” presumably from the Bixby printing). MS in the collection of Wm. Self; transcript by Wm. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 13), recording portions of text lost in the damaged MS. (MS formerly in the collection of TOM). SH $45 (1921); $75 (1921); $1,500 (1976). (LTR48-81 // CL41-167; CL48-198.)
Sept. 12
J. E. Heath (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894), 48:583; H [Works], 17:47-48; W [1909], 1:205-208. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-168; CL48-199.)
Sept. 16
P. P. Cooke (Charlestown, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:49-51; W [1909], 1:208-212. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-169; CL48-200, CL48-[199a] and CL48-[199b].)
before Sept. 21
W. Irving (Newburg, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to P. P. Cooke, 21 Sept. 1839 (CL-203). An excerpt from Irving's letter is quoted in the advertisements in vol. II of TG&A (1840). (CL41-173 and CL41-[A16]; CL48-201.)
before Sept. 21 (?)
I. D’Israeli (England) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Implied in Poe to P. P. Cooke, 21 Sept. 1839 (CL-203). (CL48-202.)
Sept. 21
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to P. P. Cooke (Charlestown, VA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:726-729 (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 (given to Harvard in Feb. 1946 by J. F. Clarke). (LTR48-82 // CL41-170; CL48-203.)
[Sept. 22 - Nov. 5]
[Poe to W. Irving. Moved to CL-209a.]
Sept. 22 - Dec. 18 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to P. P. Cooke (Charlestown, VA). Implied by P. P. Cooke to Poe, 19 Dec. 1839 (CL-226). (CL48-205.)
before Sept. 28 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia, PA). Implied in Lea & Blanchard to Poe, 28 Sept. 1839 (CL-207). (CL41-171; CL48-206 and CL48-[205a].)
Sept. 28
Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). W [1909], 2:375-376; Quinn, p. 287-288 (with an error of 1750 for 750). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-172; CL48-207.)
before Oct. 7
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 7 Oct. 1839 (CL-209). (CL41-[A9]; CL48-208.)
Oct. 7
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD). NY Herald (27 March 1881); H [Works], 17:71 (excerpts); Americana (July 1940) 34:419-420; Quinn, p. 291; L [1948], 1:120-121. Various early printings omit the second paragraph. MS unlocated; transcript by Wm. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 14). (LTR48-83 // CL41-174; CL48-209.)
Oct. 12
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to W. Irving (Newburg, NY). Am. Lit. (Nov. 1952) 24:360-362; Sotheby's (London) sale (Carnegie), 12 Nov. 1963, item 117; L [1966], 2:688-690; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Martin), Jan. 30-31, 1990, item 2221 (F of first page); 19th Century Shop (Baltimore, MD) cat., 1992, item 75 (F); Quoth the Raven, Selections from the S. J. Tane EAP Collection, 1997, pp. 42-43 (F). MS in collection of Mrs. S. J. Tane. Photocopy of MS at DLC. SH £2,000 (1963). (LTR66-83a // CL41-724 and CL41-[A15]; CL48-204; CL66-209a.)
Oct. 16
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (with MS of Tomlin's “The Manuscript Story of ‘Theodoric of the Amali’”). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-175; CL48-210.)
before Oct. 30 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia, PA). Implied by Lea & Blanchard to Poe, 30 Oct. 1839 (CL-212). (CL41-[A10]; CL48-211.)
Oct. 30
Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). W [1909], 2:376. (CL41-176; CL48-212.)
Nov. 1-2
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 11 Nov. 1839 (CL-216). (CL41-[A11]; CL48-213.)
Nov. 6
W. Irving (Newburg, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Philadelphia Sat. Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 3 (excerpt); Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 57, cited; Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:726; H [Works], 17:54; W [1909], 1:216-217; Letters of Washington Irving, 4 vols., edited by R. M Aderman, H. L. Klein-field and J. S. Banks (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978-1982) 3:24-25. MS unlocated. (CL41-177; CL48-214.)
before Nov. 11
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 11 Nov. 1839 (CL-216). (CL41-[A12]; CL48-215.)
Nov. 11
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD). The First Book of the Dofobs (Chicago, 1907, limited edition of 50 copies), p. 21 (F); Bixby, pp. 24-25 (F); Phillips, 1:587-588; Americana (July 1940) 34:420-423; L [1948], 1:121-122 [see also L [1966], 2:690]. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-84 // CL41-178; CL48-216.)
Nov. 15
J. B. Boyd (Cincinnati) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. B. Boyd, 25 Dec. 1839 (CL-227). (CL48-217.)
Nov. 17
E. B. Fisher (Mt. Pleasant, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 110, cited. MS unlocated. SH $7.50 (1896). (CL41-179; CL48-218.)
before Nov. 20
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Lea & Blanchard to Poe, 20 Nov. 1839 (CL-220). (CL41-180 and CL41-[A13]; CL48-219 and CL48-[217a].)
Nov. 20
Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). W [1909], 1:225. MS unlocated. (CL41-181; CL48-220.)
Dec. 6
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. C. Cox (Philadelphia, PA). Anderson sale (Goldsmith) 10 Jan. 1908, item 218; Anderson sale (Manning), 1-3 Feb. 1926, part 2, item 514 (F); Sotheby's (NY) sale (Sang), 26 April 1978, item 242; Sotheby's (NY) sale, 26 Oct. 1983, item 99; L [1948], 1:122-123. MS unlocated. SH $77 (1908); $500 (1926); $8,500 (1978); $13,000 (1983). (LTR48-85 // CL41-182; CL48-221.)
Dec. 9
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to E. L. Carey or A. Hart (Philadelphia, PA). L [1948], 1:123-124. MS at NN (Berg). (LTR48-86 // CL48-222.)
[Dec.] 12
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) (with two copies of TG&A). 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 Wm. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 15). (LTR48-87 // CL41-183; CL48-223.)
Dec. 16
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 19 Dec. 1839 (CL-225). (CL41-[A14]; CL48-224.)
Dec. 19
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD). 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 Wm. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 16). (LTR48-88 // CL41-184; CL48-225.)
Dec. 19
P. P. Cooke (Charlestown, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Philadelphia (4 March 1843), p. 1, cols. 4-5 (excerpts); Phillips 1:617 (excerpts); The Poe Log, p. 283. MS at MB (Griswold). (A MS 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 TG&A.) (CL41-185; CL48-226.)
Dec. 25
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. B. Boyd (Cincinnati, OH) (with “Silence. A Sonnet” as an autograph). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Hall), 20-21 April 1921, part 3, item 494 (F); L [1948], 1:126-127. MS at NN (Berg). SH $180 (1921). (LTR48-89 // CL48-227.)
1840
before Jan. 20
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 20 Jan. 1840 (CL-229). (CL41-[A17]; CL48-228.)
Jan. 20
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD). 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. Ingram corrected the date in his personal copy of W [1909]. MS unlocated; transcript by Wm. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 17). (LTR48-90 // CL41-186; CL48-229 and CL48-[229a].)
Jan. 23
J. C. Passmore (Lancaster, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. C. Passmore, 14 Feb. 1840 (CL-229b). (CL08-229a.)
Feb. 14
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. C. Passmore (Lancaster, PA). Christie's (NY) sale (from St. Paul's Church), 8 April 2003, item 197 (F); J. N. Bartfield cat., April 2004 (listed for $50,000). MS unlocated. (The MS was inherited by Passmore's son, Eric Passmore, and eventually given to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, WI.) (LTR08-90a // CL08-229b.)
before Feb. 29
J. K. Mitchell (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. K. Mitchell, 29 Feb. 1840 (CL-231). (CL41-734; CL48-230 and CL48-[830s].)
[Feb. 29]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. K. Mitchell (Philadelphia, PA). Morley sale, 19 May 1941, item 289 (F); L [1948], 1:128. MS unlocated. SH $150 (1941). (LTR48-91 // CL41-726; CL48-231 and CL48-[830i].)
March 24
H. Haines (Petersburg, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to H. Haines, 24 April 1840 (CL-233). (CL41-187; CL48-232.)
April 24
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to H. Haines (Petersburg, VA). Americana (Jan 1942) 36:70-71; Quinn, pp. 273-274; L [1948], 1:128-129. MS at ViRP. (LTR48-92 // CL41-188; CL48-233.)
before April 27
R. S. Houghton (U. of VT) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (with an article titled “John A’Combe . . .”). Cited in Poe to R. S. Houghton, 27 April, 1840 (CL-233b). (CL74-233a.)
April 27
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. S. Houghton (U. of VT). L [1966], 2:691; L [1966], 2:691 and L [1974], p. 518-519. MS at PP (Gimbel). (LTR66-92a // (CL74-233b.)
May 30 (?)
[Saturday] W. E. Burton (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to W. E. Burton, 1 June 1840 (CL-235). (CL41-190; CL48-234 and CL48-[234a].)
[June 1]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to W. E. Burton (Philadelphia, PA) (apparently a draft). H [Works], 1:163-167 (incorrectly implied as 1839); Phillips, 1:620-623; Quinn, pp. 297-300; L [1948], 1:129-133. MS unlocated; transcript by Wm. Rouse at ViU (Ingram, item 18). (LTR48-93 // CL41-191; CL48-235.)
after June 1
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to W. E. Burton (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 17 June 1840 (CL-240), and possibly the final form of CL-235, which was presumably sent. (CL48-236.)
June 4 [3]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Neal (NY, 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; Ingram, 1:225-226; Phillips, 1:668 (misdated as 1841); Allen 2:897; H [Works], 17:86; Parke-Bernet sale, 6-8 Nov. 1944, item 549 (F); L [1948], 1:137 [see also L [1966], 2:691 and L [1974], p. 519-520]; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Chrysler), 7 Dec. 1954, item 264; House of El Dieff (Jamaica, NY) cat. May 1955. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $775 (1944); $1,500 (1947); $800 (1948). (LTR48-94 // CL41-237; CL48-237 and CL48-[290b].)
early June (?) 1840 - early 1841
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) 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 (tipped in a copy of Mrs. S. H. Whitman's Edgar Poe and His Critics); L [1974], p. 520. MS unlocated. SH $1,450 (1970). (LTR48-94a // CL74-237a.)
June 8
J. Neal (Portland, ME) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). NY Times Book Review (17 June 1917), p. 233; Allen 2:898; “J. Neal to EAP” (Ysleta, TX: Edwin B. Hill, 1942) p. 2. MS unlocated. (CL41-192; CL48-238 and CL48-237a.)
June 9
A. S. Cummings (Gettysburg, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to A. S. Cummings, 4 July 1840 (CL-242a). (CL08-238a.)
June 12
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 17 June 1840 (CL-240). (CL41-193; CL48-239.)
June 17
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) (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 Wm. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 19). (LTR48-95 // CL41-194 and CL41-240; CL48-240 and CL48-[292a].)
June 26
C. W. Thomson (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to C. W. Thomson, 28 June 1840 (CL-242). (CL48-241.)
June 28
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to C. W. Thomson (Philadelphia, PA) (with a prospectus of the Penn Mag.). Am. Book Collector, Feb. 1932, pp. 80-83; Heartman & Canny [1940], p. 40; Heartman & Canny [1943], pp. 56-57; L [1948], 1:139-140. Poe misspells the name as “Thompson.” MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-96 // CL48-242.)
July 4
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to A. S. Cummings (Gettysburg, PA) (with a prospectus of the Penn Mag., now lost). EAP Review (Fall 2001), 2:28. MS in collection of Mrs. S. J. Tane (purchased through eBay on May 24, 2001). (Formerly in the collections of Rev. B. W. Tomlinson, and S. and F. F. Claycomb, tipped in a book with signatures of other 19th-century authors.) (LTR08-96a // CL08-242a.)
July 28
Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to Wm. Poe, 15 [14] Aug. 1840 (CL-245). (CL41-195; CL48-243.)
Aug. 14-15 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. Poe (Augusta, GA) (with a prospectus for the Penn Mag.). Implied in Poe to Wm. Poe, 15 [14] Aug. 1840 (CL-245). (CL41-198; CL48-244.)
Aug. 15 [14]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA) (with a prospectus for the Penn Mag.). Bangs sale, 11 Jan. 1897, item 254; H [Works], 17:55-57; Anderson sale (Wendell), 19 May 1905, item 365 (a note says “A few words torn away, but supplied in pencil”); Anderson sale, 6 Feb. 1920, item 75 (with other material); Collector, Dec. 1943-Jan. 1944, 57:36, item 184; Parke-Bernet sale (Hart), 25 Feb. 1947, item 240 (F); L [1948], 1:140-143 [see also L [1966], 2:691]. MS at CSmH (HM 24220); notarized transcript by Wm. T. Poe in Vi. (MS formerly in the collection of Mrs. W. Y. Dill.) SH $13.50 (1897); $18 (1905); $1,425 (1920). (LTR48-97 // CL41-197; CL48-245 and CL48-[246a].)
Aug. 15
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to W. Poe (Macon, GA) (with a prospectus for the Penn Mag.). Gill, p. 114 (F); W [1909], 1:335; Phillips, 1:756 (excerpt); L [1948], 1:143-144. Misdated by W [1909] and Phillips as 1842. MS unlocated. (LTR48-98 // CL41-199 and CL41-322; CL48-246, CL48-[244a] and CL48-[385a].)
Aug. 18
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to L. Minor (Charlottesville, VA) (with a prospectus of the Penn Mag.) Anderson sale (Sanderson) 1 May 1916, item 643; Anderson sale (DePuy) 18 Jan. 1922, item 228; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Baker), 30-31 Jan. 1923, item 491 (F); Phillips, 1:635-636; Collector, Jan. 1944, item E184 (advertised by W. R. Benjamin, excerpts); Parke-Bernet sale (Hart), 25 Feb. 1947, item 240; Parke-Bernet sale (private collector, Washington, DC) 1-2 Dec. 1947, item 368 (F); L [1948], 1:144-145. See also L [1966], 2:692. MS at TxU-Hu. (According to Heartman & Rede, 3:34, the MS was in the collection of H. Goldsmith in 1932.) SH $256 (1916); $100 (1922); $150 (1923); $2,000 (1944); $1,100 (1946); $800 (1947). (LTR48-99 // CL41-200; CL48-247.)
Aug. 20
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. B. Boyd (Cincinnati, OH). L [1948], 1:145-146. MS at PHi. (LTR48-100 // CL41-201; CL48-248.)
ca. Aug. 20
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to T. H. Chivers (NY, NY) (with a prospectus for the Penn Mag.). Cited in T. H. Chivers to Poe, 27 Aug. 1840 (CL-250). (CL41-202; CL48-249.)
Aug. 27
T. H. Chivers (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). 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, item 168). (CL41-204; CL48-250.)
ca. Aug.-Sept. (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Tomlin (Jackson TN). Implied by Poe to J. Tomlin, 16 Sept. 1840 (CL-253). (CL48-251.)
before Sept. 16
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. Tomlin, 16 Sept. 1840 (CL-253). (CL48-252.)
Sept. 16
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) (written on a prospectus for the Penn Mag.). Libbie sale (Maxwell), 24 April 1895, item 646; Bookman (May 1897), 5:213 (F); H [Works], 17:57-58 (and the prospectus, 17:58-61); Heartman & Canny [1940], p. 44 (and the prospectus, pp. 42-42); L [1948], 1:146-147. MS at CSmH (HM 24209). SH $55 (1895). (LTR48-101 // CL41-205; CL48-253.)
Sept. 30
S. Maupin (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). PMLA (Sept. 1964) 79:509. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL48-254.)
Oct. 2
P. Earle (Frankford, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to P. Earle, 10 Oct. 1840 (CL-256). (CL48-255.)
Oct. 10
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) 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; Goodspeed's Bookshop catalog, acquired about Jan. 26, 1944 (noted as from the Earle family); L [1948], 1:147. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-102 // CL48-256; CL66-256.)
Oct. 10
R. H. Stoddard (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to R. H. Stoddard, 6 Nov. 1840 (CL-257). (CL66-256a.)
[Nov. 6]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. H. Stoddard (NY, NY) (with sonnet “To Zante”). Merwin-Clayton sale, 14 May 1906, item 455; Anderson sale (Goldsmith), 10 Jan. 1908, item 219; Anderson sale (Arnold), 11 Nov. 1924, item 663, cited; Yale U. Library Gazette (April 1959) 30: item 41 (F between 164 and 165); L [1948], 1:147 (partial); L [1966], 2:692-693; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Martin), 30-31 Jan. 1990, item 2222; 19th Century Shop cat., May 1992, item 59 (F). MS in the collection of Mrs. S. J. Tane. $107 (1906); $51 (1908); $340 (1924); $36,000 (1992). (LTR48-103 // CL41-206 and CL41-209; CL48-257, CL48-[260a] and CL48-[830k].)
Nov. 6
F. W. Thomas (St. Louis, MO) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas, 23 Nov. 1840 (CL-260). (CL41-[A18]; CL48-258.)
Nov. 22
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:61-62. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-207; CL48-259.)
Nov. 23
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (St. Louis, MO). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:731; Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 99 (excerpt); H [Works], 17:62-64; W [1909], 1:262-264; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Burgess), 16-17 Dec. 1929, item 283; L [1948], 1:148-149. MS at TxU-Hu. (Formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester.) SH $20 (1896); $1,200 (1929). (LTR48-104 // CL41-208; CL48-260.)
Dec. 7
L. J. Cist (Cincinnati, OH) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to Cist, 30 Dec. 1840 (CL-263). (CL48-261.)
Dec. 7
F. W. Thomas (St. Louis) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:65-67. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-210; CL48-262.)
Dec. 30
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to L. J. Cist (Cincinnati, OH). L [1948], 1:150; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Martin), 30-31 Jan. 1990, item 2223 (F). MS unlocated. SH $15,000 (1990). (LTR48-105 // CL41-211; CL48-263.)
Dec. 31
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD). W [1909], 1:266-267; L [1948], 1:150-151. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 20). (LTR48-106 // CL41-212; CL48-264 and CL48-353a.)
1841
ca. Jan. 1
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to N. C. Brooks (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 17 Jan. 1841 (CL-267). (CL41-[A19]; CL48-265.)
Jan. 2
W. B. Wood (— ?) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Wm. Burke Wood was a Philadelphia theater manager (see D. Thomas, p. 186 and The Poe Log, p. 316). MS at PHi. (CL66-265a.)
Jan. 6
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to N. Biddle (Philadelphia, PA). L [1966], 2:693-695. MS unlocated. (Formerly in the collection of C. J. Biddle.) (LTR66-106a // CL66-265b.)
before Jan. 17
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 17 Jan. 1841 (CL-267). (CL41-[A20]; CL48-266.)
Jan. 17
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) (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) (formerly in the collection of O. D. Young); transcript by Wm. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 22). (LTR48-107 // CL41-213; CL48-267.)
Jan. 22
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. T. Conrad (Philadelphia, PA) (with a prospectus of the Penn Mag.). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Andrews), 22 April 1924, item 645; Heartman & Canny [1940], pp. 47-48 (with the prospectus, pp. 45-46); L [1948], 1:153-155. MS at NNPM (MA 1301). SH $230 (1924). (LTR48-108 // CL41-214; CL48-268.)
ca. Jan. 22 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Judge J. Hopkinson (Philadelphia, PA). Implied in J. Hopkinson to Poe, 25 Jan. 1841 (CL-270). (CL41-215; CL48-269 and CL48-[269a].)
Jan. 25
Judge J. Hopkinson (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). The Poe Log, p. 318. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-216; CL48-270.)
Feb. 8
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited by Poe on his “Memoranda” list of subscribers and contributors to the Penn or the Stylus. (See Such Friends, p. 17, item 196. Tomlin's letter contained the name of at least one subscriber, that of Edmund Tate, Perryville, Perry Co., MO, as noted on Poe's list.) (CL08-270a.)
March 7
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:81-82. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-217; CL48-271.)
March 8
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 1 April 1841 (CL-275). (CL41-218; CL48-272.)
March 10
W. D. Gallagher (Cincinnati, OH) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-219; CL48-273.)
before March 12
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN). Implied by J. Tomlin to Poe, 12 March 1843 (CL 274), and the reasonable presumption that Poe would have replied to Tomlin's 8 Feb. 1841 letter (CL-270a), at least to acknowledge having received the name of the subscriber. Poe also appears to have told Tomlin that he was putting his magazine plans on hold. (CL08-273a.)
March 12
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (misdated by Tomlin as March 13). H [Works], 17:82-83; Phillips, 1:650. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-220; CL48-274 and CL48-[274a].)
ca. March 30 (?)
T. Wyatt (New Brunswick, N.J.) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to T. Wyatt, 1 April 1841 (CL-276a). (CL74-274a.)
April 1
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD). NY World (3 April 1881); Baltimore American (4 April 1881); NY Herald (4 April 1881); Springfield, MA Republican (18 April 1881); H [Works], 1:158-161; W [1909], 1:252-256; Phillips, 1:626-628; Americana (July 1940), 34:435-438; L [1948], 1:155-158; L [1966], 2:695. Clippings of the three newspaper articles are at ViU (Ingram, items 804, 806 and 807). MS unlocated. (LTR48-109 // CL41-224; CL48-275.)
April 1
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Cited in F. W. Thomas to Poe, 11 May 1841 (CL-283). (CL41-225; CL48-276.)
April 1
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to T. Wyatt (New Brunswick, NJ). Am. Lit. (Jan. 1971), 42:468-469; L [1974], p. 521, cited. MS at TxU-Hu. (LTR74-109a // CL74-276a.)
April 15
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN). Cited in J. Tomlin to Poe, 30 April 1841 (CL-279). (CL41-226; CL48-277.)
April 21
S. D. L. [S. D. Lewis?] (Stonington, CT) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Graham's Mag. (July 1841) 19:36; H [Works], 14:124-125. [Represents many such letters.] (CL48-278.)
April 30
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-227; CL48-279.)
May 1
C. W. Thomson (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-228; CL48-280.)
May 3
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to H. W. Longfellow (Cambridge, MA). S. Longfellow, H. W. Longfellow: Final Memorials (1887), pp. 13-14 (partial); Phillips, 1:664-665; Quinn, pp. 316-317; L [1948], 1:158-159. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-110 // CL41-229; CL48-281.)
before May 8
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. W. Griswold (Philadelphia, PA). L [1948], 1:159-160 and 2:489-491. MS at TxU-Hu. (LTR48-111 // CL41-221; CL48-282 and CL48-[830f].)
May 11
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (dated 11 April; postmarked 11 May). Philadelphia Sat. Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 4 (excerpt); The Poe Log, pp. 325-326. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-230; CL48-283 and CL48-[276a].)
May 19
H. W. Longfellow (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Philadelphia Sat. Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 3 (excerpt); S. Longfellow, Life of Longfellow (1886), 1:376-377 (reprinted, 1891, 1:389-390); Anderson sale (Dodd), 22 Nov. 1918; Phillips, 1:665-666; Quinn, p. 317; Letters of H. W. Longfellow, ed. Andrew Hilen, 6 vols. (Cambridge: Harvard U. Press, 1966-1982), 2:302; The Poe Log, p. 326. MS unlocated. (CL41-231 and CL41-733; CL48-284 and CL48-[830r].)
May 20
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:731 (partial); H [Works], 17:84-85; W [1909], 1:289; Phillips, 1:664 (partial). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-232; CL48-285 and CL48-[290a].)
May 26
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Cited in F. W. Thomas to Poe, 29 [28] May 1841 (CL-287). (CL41-233; CL48-286.)
May 29 [28]
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-236; CL48-287.)
before May 29 (?)
R. W. Griswold (Boston, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Implied in F. W. Thomas to R. W. Griswold, 8 June 1841 (RF-7). (CL41-234; CL48-288 and CL48-[286b].)
[May 29]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. W. Griswold (Boston, MA). G [Memoir] 3:v (1850) and 1:xxi (1853) (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. (The “memorandum” is given in facsimile in Robertson [Bibliography] 2:284-285, and printed in H [Works], 17:83-84.) (LTR48-112 // CL41-222 and CL41-223; CL48-289, CL48-[274b], CL48-[274c] and CL48-[274d].)
ca. late May
W. D. Kelley (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Probable letter implied by CL 297b. Kelley is presumably responding to Poe's review of Macaulay from the June 1841 Graham's. (CL08-289a.)
ca. 29 May - 7 June
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Cited in F. W. Thomas to R. W. Griswold, 8 June 1841(RF-7). (CL41-235; CL48-290 and CL48-[286a].)
before June 8
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. W. Griswold (Boston, MA). Implied in F. W. Thomas to R. W. Griswold, 8 June 1841 (RF-7). This seems not to be the same letter as CL-289, which does not deal with the matters detailed in the letter from Thomas. (CL08-290a.) 290a June 11-12 Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Cited in F. W. Thomas to Poe, 14 June 1841 (CL-292). (CL41-238; CL48-291 and CL48-290c.)
June 14
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-239; CL48-292.)
June 21
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to W. 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. S. Prescott.) (LTR48-113 // CL41-242; CL48-293 and CL48-[803g].)
June [21]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD; forwarded to Washington, DC). W [1909], 1:280-282; Phillips, 1:667-668; Quinn, pp. 318-320; L [1948], 1:163-166. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 23). (LTR48-114 // CL41-241; CL48-294 and CL48-[300a].)
June 22
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to H. W. Longfellow (Cambridge, MA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:729; H [Works], 17:86-88; W [1909], 1:277-280; Phillips, 1:666-667; L [1948], 1:166-168. MS at MH-H; copy at MB. (LTR48-115 // CL41-243; CL48-295.)
June 24
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. Halleck (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:89-91; L [1948], 1:168-170. MS at CSmH (HM 24210). (Formerly in the collection of F. R. Halsey.) (LTR48-116 // CL41-244; CL48-296.)
June 24
W. Irving (Tarrytown, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Docketed on Poe to W. Irving, 21 June 1841 (CL 293). (CL48-297.)
after June 24
F. Halleck (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Philadelphia Sat. Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 3 (excerpt). (CL08-297a.)
before June 25
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to W. D. Kelley (Philadelphia, PA). Two very small fragments quoted in A Gentleman of Much Promise: The Diary of Isaac Mickle, P. E. Mackey, ed. 1:185. MS unlocated. (LTR08-116a // CL08-297b.)
June 26
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) (with a July 1841 issue of Graham's). Select Works of EAP, ed. R. H. Stoddard (NY: W. J. Widdleton, 1880; reprinted by A. C. Armstrong, 1884-1886 and 1896), pp. xcii-xciv; H [Works], 17:91-92 (excerpt); W [1909], 1:290-291; Phillips, 1:668-669; L [1948], 1:170-171. MS at NN. (Formerly in the collection of A. Wm. Anthony.) (LTR48-117 // CL41-245; CL48-298 and CL48-[321a].)
June
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Wm. C. Bryant (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to W. Irving, 21 June 1841 (CL-293), and known letters to other people listed in his statement. (CL41-246; CL48-299.)
June
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. F. Cooper (Cooperstown, NY). Henkels sale (Dubbs), 21-22 March 1893, item 1212 (reprinted in D. Thomas, pp. 234-236, where it is given the date of ca. June 21); Libbie sale (Maxwell), 24 April 1895, item 648 (excerpts). MS unlocated. SH $65 (1895). (LTR08-117a // CL41-247; CL48-300.)
June
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. K. Paulding (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to W. Irving, 21 June 1841 (CL-293), and known letters to other people listed in his statement. (CL41-248; CL48-301.)
June
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to W. Irving, 21 June 1841 (CL-293), and known letters to other people listed in his statement. (CL41-249; CL48-302.)
July 1
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (with a cryptogram from Dr. Frailey). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:731; H [Works], 17:92-93; W [1909], 1:291-292. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-250; CL48-303.)
July 4
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Select Works of EAP, ed. R. H. Stoddard (NY: W. J. Widdleton, 1880; reprinted by A. C. Armstrong), pp. xcii-xciv; Ingram, 1:226-227; H [Works], 17:93-94; W [1909], 1:292-293; Parke-Bernet sale (Author's Club), 1-2 Dec. 1947, item 369 (F of one page); Phillips, 1:673 and 2:1232; Allen, 1:493-494; 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 F. W. Thomas to Poe, 7 July 1841 (CL-309). MS at TxU-Hu. (Formerly in the collection of A. Wm. Anthony.) SH $700 (1947). (LTR48-118 // CL41-251 and CL41-[A21]; CL48-304.)
July 6
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Graham's Mag. (Aug. 1841) 19:96; Philadelphia Sat. 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.)
before July 7
Wm. Landor [H. B. Wallace] (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to Wm. Landor, 7 July 1841 (CL-308). (CL41-254; CL48-306.)
before July 7
Wm. Landor [H. B. Wallace] (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). [A second letter.] Cited in Poe to Wm. Landor, 7 July 1841 (CL-308). (CL41-255; CL48-307 and CL48-[307a].)
July 7
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Wm. Landor [H. B. Wallace] (Philadelphia, PA). Parke-Bernet sale (Drexel Institute), 17-18 Oct. 1944, item 200; L [1948], 1:174. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of G. W. Childs, given to the Drexel Institute in 1894 and later sold to Wm. H. Koester.) SH $400 (1944). (LTR48-119 // CL41-253; CL48-308.)
July 7
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:94-95. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-256; CL48-309.)
July 10
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 12 July 1841 (CL-311). (CL41-[A22]; CL48-310.)
July 12
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD). NY Herald (27 March 1881); H [Works], 17:78-79; W [1909], 1:283-285; Anderson sale (Stedman), 24 Jan. 1911, item 2280; Americana (July 1940), 34:438-440; L [1948], 1:175-177. MS at NNPM (MA 644-13); transcript by Wm. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 24). SH $375 (1911). (LTR48-120 // CL41-257; CL48-311.)
before July 15 (?)
E. St. J. (— ?) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (with a cryptogram). Implied in Graham's Mag. (Aug. 1841), 19:96. (CL48-312.)
July 17-18 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Implied by F. W. Thomas to Poe, 19 July 1841 (CL-314). (CL41-258; CL48-313 and CL48-[312a].)
July 19
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-259; CL48-314.)
late July - early Aug.
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in F. W. Thomas to Poe, 30 Aug. 1841 (CL-323). (CL41-260; CL48-315 and CL48-[314a].)
Aug. 10
T. Whackemwell [J. N. McJilton (?)] (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (with a cryptogram). Graham's Mag. (Oct. 1841), 19:192 (brief excerpt); H [Works], 14:138 (see CL-317). Note that McJilton replied that he was not Whackemwell. (CL41-261; CL48-316 and CL48-[317b].)
Aug. 11
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to T. Whackemwell [addressed to J. N. McJilton] (Baltimore, MD). H [Works], 17:100; L [1948], 1:177. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-121 // CL41-262; CL48-317.)
Aug. 13
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia, PA). The Library of G. W. Childs, described by F. W. Robinson (1882) pp.13-14; Derby, Fifty Years Among Authors, Books and Publishers, Hartford, CT: M. A. Winter & Co., 1885, pp. 348-349; Murders in the Rue Morgue, Facsimile of the MS (Philadelphia: G. Barrie, 1895) (F); H [Works], 17:101; W [1909], 1:294-295; Phillips, 1:676 (abridged); Parke-Bernet sale (Drexel), 17-18 Oct. 1944, item 201 (F); L [1948], 1:178; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Chrysler), 7 Dec. 1954, item 265 (F); House of El Dieff (Jamaica, NY), May 1955 (F). MS at TxU-Hu. (Formerly in the collections of G. W. Childs and the Drexel Institute, to which it was left by Childs. In 1894.) SH $3,000 (1944); $2750 (1954). (LTR48-122 // CL41-263; CL48-318.)
Aug. 13
J. N. McJilton (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:100 (undated). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-264; CL48-319.)
Aug. 14
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Rev. H. H. Weld (NY, 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.) (LTR48-123 // CL48-320.)
Aug. 16
Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). 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].)
Aug. 30
L. J. Cist (Cincinnati, OH) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to L. J. Cist, 18 Sept. 1841 (CL-329). (CL48-322.)
Aug. 30
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (with a cryptogram from M. Young, Chief Clerk of the Treasury, and a letter from Dr. C. S. Frailey to F. W. Thomas). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:732 (partial); H [Works], 17:102-103; W [1909], 1:293-294; Phillips, 1:677 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-266; CL48-323 and CL48-[323a].)
late Aug.
R. W. Griswold (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas, 1 Sept. 1841 (CL-325). (CL41-267; CL48-324 and CL48-[324a].)
Sept. 1
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Button), 11-12 March 1930, item 284 (F); L [1948], 1:180-181; L [1966], 2:695. MS at ViU (Barrett). (Formerly in the collection of Mrs. S. Prescott.) SH $1,300 (1930). (LTR48-124 // CL41-268; CL48-325.)
Sept. 3
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (misdated by F. W. Thomas as 3 Aug.). H [Works], 17:95-100; Allen, 2:885-888. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-269; CL48-326 and CL48-[315a].)
Sept. 6
J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. E. Snodgrass, 19 Sept. 1841 (CL-330). (CL41-[A23]; CL48-327.)
Sept. 9
R. Bolton (Pontotoc, MS) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in R. Bolton to Poe, 4 Nov. 1841 (CL-338). (CL41-[A24]; CL48-328.)
Sept. 18
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to L. J. Cist (Cincinnati, OH). Benet J. Beyer cat. no. 11 (n. d.) item 364 (F) (copy of cat. at Vi, also leaves with MS at TxU-Hu); Anderson sale (Coffin), 17 Jan. 1927, item 321; L [1948], 1:181-182. Misdated as Sept. 21 by Quinn, p. 342n. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $1,100 (1927). (LTR48-125 // CL41-270; CL48-329 and CL48-[331a].)
Sept. 19
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD). 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 Wm. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 25). (LTR48-126 // CL41-271; CL48-330.)
Sept. 20
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Cited in F. W. Thomas to Poe, 22 Sept. 1841 (CL-332). (CL41-272; CL48-331.)
Sept. 22
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Phillips 1:681 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-273; CL48-332.)
Sept. 24
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Am. Lit. (Nov. 1952), 24:363-364; L [1966], 2:696. MS at TxU-Hu. (Formerly in the collection of Mrs. F. H. Flemming, apparently given to her by F. W. Thomas.) (LTR66-126a // CL66-332a.)
Sept. 26
L. J. Cist (Cincinnati, OH) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Possible reply to CL-329. Poe's MS letter bears an endorsement by Cist of “R. Sep 26,” which seems much too late to be an indication of when Cist received the letter. Poe's letter is fully dated, although possibly incorrectly, or mailed later. It is also possible that Cist received it late for other reasons, such as travelling. (CL08-332b.)
Sept. 27
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Docketed on Poe to F. W. Thomas, 24 Sept. 1841 (CL-332a). (CL41-274; CL66-332b.)
Oct. 14
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-275; CL48-333.)
Oct. 27
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Am. Lit. (March 1934), 6:66-68 (from a copy); L [1948], 1:184-185. MS unlocated. (Formerly in the collection of Dr. T. R. Boggs.) (LTR48-127 // CL41-276; CL48-334.)
Oct. 29
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). The Poe Log, p. 346. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-277; CL48-335.)
[Oct.]
[Poe to N. P. Willis. Moved to CL-343a.]
[Oct.-Nov.]
[N. P. Willis to Poe. Moved to CL-344a.]
Nov. 4
R. Bolton (Pontotoc, MS) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal, 15 Nov. 1925; The Poe Log, p. 347 (excerpt). A copy of the article is at ViU (under Poe Miscellany, 18 Nov. 1841). (CL41-280; CL48-338.)
Nov. 6
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (a note on a letter from Henry Marie Brackenridge to F. W. Thomas, 6 Nov. 1841). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-281; CL48-339.)
before Nov. 8
W. B. Tyler (–?) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Graham's Mag. (Dec. 1841), 19:306-307. (Several scholars have suggested that Tyler is a pseudonym for Poe.) (CL48-340.)
Nov. 8-9
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Cited in F. W. Thomas to Poe, 10 Nov. 1841 (CL-342). (CL41-282; CL48-341.)
Nov. 10
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (Hartford, CT). G. S. Haight, Mrs. Sigourney (New Haven: Yale U. Press, 1930), p. 118 (F); L [1948], 1:186. MS at CtHi. (LTR48-128 // CL41-283; CL48-342.)
Nov. 10
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Phillips, 1:685. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-284; CL48-343.)
Nov. 10
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to N. P. Willis (Glenmary, NY). Cited in N. P. Willis to Poe, 13 Nov. 1841 (CL-344a). (CL41-278; CL48-336; CL74-343a.)
Nov. 13
Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (Hartford, CT) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, 16 Nov. 1841 (CL-345). (CL41-[A25]; CL48-344.)
Nov. 13
N. P. Willis (Glenmary, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Parke-Bernet sale (Barrett), 1 Nov. 1950, item 938 (brief excerpt). MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-279; CL48-337; CL74-344a.)
Nov. 16
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) 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. (LTR48-129 // CL41-285; CL48-345 and CL48-[398a].)
Nov. 18
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. Bolton (Pontotoc, MS). Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal (15 Nov. 1925), part 4, p. 7 (F); L [1948], 1:187-189. MS unlocated. (LTR48-130 // CL41-286; CL48-346.)
Nov. 23
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-287; CL48-347.)
Nov. 26
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Anderson sale (Williamson), 1 March 1904, item 72; Ernest Dressel North, Cat. of a Choice Collection of Autograph Letters and MSS (Oct. 1905), no. 357, pp. 58-59 (quoted in full); L [1948], 1:189-191. MS at DDO. SH $80 (1904). (LTR48-131 // CL41-288; CL48-348.)
before Nov. 30 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to N. P. Willis (Glenmary, NY). Implied in N. P. Willis to Poe, 30 Nov. 1841 (CL-350). (CL41-289; CL48-349 and CL48-[348a].)
Nov. 30
N. P. Willis (Glenmary, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:730; H [Works], 17:104; W [1909], 1:287-288. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-290; CL48-350.)
Nov. 1841 - June 10, 1842
T. H. Chivers (— ?) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (two letters). Cited in Poe to T. H. Chivers, 6 July 1842 (CL-378). The third letter cited is CL-250. (CL41-308; CL48-351 and CL48-[370b].)
Dec. 1
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Phillips 1:686 (excerpts); The Poe Log, p. 353. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-291; CL48-352.)
Dec. 12
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-292; CL48-353.)
late 1841 (or early 1842) (?)
E. Sargent (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). 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,” Graham's (January 1841), p. 46, where Poe favorably notices Sargent. (CL08-353a.)
1842
Jan. 10
R. Bolton (Pontotoc, MS) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal (15 Nov. 1925), part 4, p. 7 (misdated as June); D. Thomas, pp. 309-310. MS unlocated. (CL41-307; CL48-354 and CL48-[370c].)
Jan. 13
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). The Poe Log, pp. 357-358. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-293; CL48-355 and CL48-[355a].)
Feb. 3
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Autograph (Jan.-Feb. 1912) 1:42-43; L [1948], 1:191-193; Sotheby's (NY) sale, 28 Nov. 1978, item 90. MS at PP (Gimbel). (Formerly in the collection of T. F. Madigan.) SH $17,000 (1978). (LTR48-132 // CL41-294; CL48-356.)
Feb. 14
J. N. McJilton (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (with a translation by Esther Wetherweld of “Russian Revenge”). Cited in Poe to J. N. McJilton, 13 March 1842 (CL-361). (CL48-357.)
Feb. 26
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:105-106; W [1909], 1:318-321. MS at MB (Griswold). (The letter is often misdated as Feb. 6.) (CL41-295; CL48-358 and CL48-[356a].)
before 6 March (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to C. Dickens (Philadelphia, PA) (apparently with a set of TG&A). Implied in C. Dickens to Poe, 6 March 1842 (CL-360). (CL41-296; CL48-359 and CL48-[358a].)
March 6
C. Dickens (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:730; H [Works], 17:107; W [1909], 1:327; Phillips, 1:716-717; Allen, 2:528; Am. Art Assoc. sale, 10 Nov. 1932, item 33; Letters of C. Dickens, ed. Madeline House et al., 11 vols. as of 2000 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965-), 3:106-107; The Poe Log, p. 362. MS at NN. (CL41-297; CL48-360.)
March 13
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. N. McJilton (Baltimore, MD). Parke-Bernet sale (the catalog notes the owner as being McJilton's grandson), 19-20 Nov. 1945, item 422 (quoted); L [1948], 1:194. MS at TxU-Hu. (Formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $550 (1945). (LTR48-133 // CL48-361.)
March 13
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Cited in F. W. Thomas to Poe, 21 May 1842 (CL-364). (CL41-298; CL48-362.)
April (?) Thursday morning
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to E. L. Carey (Philadelphia, PA). Auction cat. (Vrogille), Paris, May 1990. MS unlocated. (Formerly in the collection of Alfred Bovet, in 1887.) (LTR08-133a // CL08-362a.)
May 13
D. Bryan (Alexandria, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (with a poem for Graham's, “The Crowning of the May Queen”). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-301; CL48-363.)
May 21
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:732; H [Works], 17:108-110; W [1909], 1:322-324; Allen, 2:542 (excerpt). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-302; CL48-364.)
May 25
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Publishers of the Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA). (A due bill for $32.85 to Swain, Abell, and Simmons.) Phillips 1:742; Parke-Bernet sale (Jackson), 23 March 1938, item 304; Thirteen Author Collections of the Nineteenth Century, ed. J. C. S. Wilson and D. A. Randall (NY: Scribners, 1950), 1:323. MS unlocated. (Formerly in the collection of C. A. Wilson). SH $40 (1938.) (PN-3 // CL81-364a.)
May 25
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:732-733; Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 101 (excerpt); H [Works], 17:110-111; W [1909], 1:324-326; Phillips, 1:742-743, and 744 (excerpts); Am. Art. Assoc. sale (Burgess), 16-17 Dec. 1929, item 284 (F, of first page); L [1948], 1:197-198. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $50 (1896); $3,500 (1929). (LTR48-134 // CL41-303; CL48-365.)
ca. late May (?)
J. Herron (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Implied by Poe to J. Herron, ca. early June 1842 (CL-367). (CL48-366.)
[ca. early June]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Herron (Washington, DC). World (NY?) (1 May 1921, incorrectly combined with the last paragraph of CL-376); Quinn, p. 360; L [1948], 1:198-199. MS-fragment at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collections of J. H. Whitty and Wm. H. Koester.) (LTR48-135 // CL48-367.)
June 4
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to G. Roberts (Boston, MA). Libbie sale (French), 23 April 1901, item 1306 (several excerpts); H [Works], 17:112-113; Phillips, 1:749-750 (excerpts); Anderson sale (Smith), 14 March 1921, item 331; L [1948], 1:199-200. MS at InU (Lilly). (Formerly in the collections of F. R. Halsey and J. T. Snyder.) SH $250 (1901); $450 (1921). (LTR48-136 // CL41-304; CL48-368.)
June 4
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD). Anderson sale (Maier), 22 Nov. 1909, item 1700 (quoted in full); Quinn, pp. 355-357; Americana (July 1940) 34:444-446; L [1948], 1:201-203. MS at NNPM (MA 644-7). SH $480 (1909). (LTR48-137 // CL41-305; CL48-369.)
June 4 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to [T. W. White or M. F. Maury] (Richmond, VA) (as editor of SLM). Bangs sale (Frederickson), 24 May 1897, item 2302, cited. ABC, 1897, p. 509, item 8352, says “Relating to his ‘Murders in the Rue Morgue’ “ and dating it only as 1842. Possibly the same as CL-368. MS unlocated. SH $125 (1897). (CL41-306 and CL41-341; CL48-370.)
before June 7
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to C. Dickens (NY, NY, en route to London, England). Cited in C. Dickens to Poe, 27 Nov. 1842 (CL-401). (In American Notes [London: Chapman and Hall, 1842], 2:227, Dickens says he left NY for England on 7 June [1842]. In his 27 Nov. [1842] letter to Poe, he refers to “a mission” that Poe entrusted to Dickens before he sailed, probably a request for Dickens to use his considerable influence to secure an English publisher for a new edition of Poe's tales. Cited in D. Thomas, p. 394.) (CL81-370a.)
June 11
T. H. Chivers (Middletown, CT) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to T. H. Chivers, 6 July 1842 (CL-378). (The two other letters cited are CL-250 and CL-351.) (CL41-309; CL48-371.)
[June 15 (?)]
[D. Bryan to Poe. Moved to SP-48.]
June 18
O. T. Keeler (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to O. T. Keeler, July 18, 1842 (CL-382a). (CL08-372a.)
June 24
Poe (NY, NY) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). The Poe Log, p. 371. MS at PP (Gimbel). (LTR08-137a // CL08-372b.)
June 27
D. Bryan (Alexandria, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-310; CL48-373.)
ca. June 27
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas, 27 Aug. 1842 (CL-386). (CL41-[A27]; CL48-374.)
before June 30
J. Herron (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (with a check for $20). Cited in Poe to J. Herron, 30 June 1842 (CL-376). (CL41-[A26]; CL48-375.)
June 30
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Herron (Washington, DC). The Critic (16 April 1892); H (1903) 2:462-464; (1 May 1921, last paragraph, incorrectly combined with CL-367); Phillips, 1:755-756; Quinn, pp. 360-361; L [1948], 1:204. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collections of J. H. Whitty and Wm. H. Koester.) (LTR48-138 // CL41-311; CL487-376.)
ca. June 30
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. V. Poe (Philadelphia, PA). One or more letters implied in Poe to Mrs. E. R. Tutt, 7 July 1842 (CL-379). (CL08-378a.)
July 6
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to D. Bryan (Alexandria, VA). The Critic (16 April 1892); H (1903) 2:462-464; W [1909], 1:330-334; L [1948], 1:204-207. (The correspondent was misidentified by Allen 2:542 as F. W. Thomas.) MS at Ia-HA. (LTR48-139 // CL41-313 and CL41-320; CL48-377, CL48-[382a] and CL48-[384a].)
July 6
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to T. H. Chivers (Middletown, CT). Independent (NY) (March 1901) pp. 940-941; Century Mag. (Jan. 1903), 65:439 (excerpts quoted, misdated as June 6); Henkels sale (Nelson), 4-6 May 1903, item 953 (excerpts); H [Works], 17:113-115 (repeating Woodberry's misdating); Chase & Parks, 1:11-14; L [1948], 1:207-209 and L [1966], 2:697-698. MS at ViU (Barrett). SH $85 (1903) (LTR48-140 // CL41-312; CL48-378 and CL48-[370a].)
July 7
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Mrs. E. R. Tutt (Woodville, VA). Anderson sale (DePuy), 18 Jan. 1922, item 229 (fragment); L [1948], 1:209. MS unlocated. (Tutt was the married name of Miss E. R. Herring.) SH $450 (1922). (LTR48-141 // CL41-314; CL48-379.)
July 11
D. Bryan (Alexandria, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-315; CL48-380.)
July 12
T. H. Chivers (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:115-117; Chase & Parks, 1:14-15. MS at MB (Griswold, item 169). (CL41-316; CL48-381.)
July 18
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. & H. G. Langley (NY, NY). Am. Lit. (March 1957) 29:80-81; L [1966], 2:698-699; Christie's (NY) sale, 29 May 1998, item 77 (F). MS unlocated. (Formerly in the collection of R. W. Barrett). SH $26,000 (1998) (LTR66-141a // CL41-317; CL48-382.)
July 18
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to O. T. Keeler (NY, NY). Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co. sale (Keeler), 7 Dec. 1868, item 754; Anderson sale (Arnold), 19 April 1904, item 689, cited. MS in private collection of “The Eastern Collector.” (After the Arnold sale, it was in the collection of Dr. E. W. Lambert, sold in 1983.) SH $3.50 (1868); $23.75 (1904). (LTR08-141b // CL08-382a.)
July 26
D. Bryan (Alexandria, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Poe Log, pp. 375-376. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-318; CL48-383.)
July 27 - Aug. 3 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to D. Bryan (Alexandria, VA). Implied in D. Bryan to Poe, 4 Aug. 1842 (CL-385). (CL41-319; CL48-384.)
Aug. 4
D. Bryan (Alexandria, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (with three issues of the Independent). The Poe Log, p. 376. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-321; CL48-385.)
Aug. 27
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). W [1909], 1:335-337; L [1948], 1:209-210. MS at ViU. (LTR48-142 // CL41-323; CL48-386.)
Sept. 2
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas, 12 Sept. 1842 (CL-388). (CL41-[A28]; CL48-387.)
before Sept. 12
G. G. Foster (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Implied in Poe to F. W. Thomas 12 Sept. 1842 (CL-388). (At the time, Foster was the editor of the Aurora.) (CL41-[A29]; CL08-387a.)
Sept. 12
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Select Works of EAP, ed. R. H. Stoddard (NY: W. J. Widdleton, 1880; reprinted by A. C. Armstrong), pp. xcvii-xcviii; H [Works], 17:117-118 (excerpts); Stoddard, Recollections, 1903, pp. 152-153 (F); W [1909], 1:352-354; Phillips, 1:757-759 (abridged); L [1948], 1:210-213. MS at NN. (Formerly in the collection of A. Wm. Anthony.) (LTR48-143 // CL41-324; CL48-388.)
Sept. 15
T. H. Chivers (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to T. H. Chivers, 27 Sept. 1842 (CL-394). (CL41-325; CL48-389.)
Sept. 15
E. Janvier & Wm. W. McNair (Easton, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to E. Janvier & Wm. W. McNair, 27 Sept. 1842 (CL-395). (CL48-390.)
before Sept. 21
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Implied in Poe to F. W. Thomas, [21] Sept. 1842 (CL-391). (CL08-390a.)
Sept. [21]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:733; Henkels sale, 22 Feb. 1898, item 555; H [Works], 17:118-119; W [1909], 1:337-339; Anderson sale (French), 8 Nov. 1916, item 245; Henkels sale (Goldsmith), 1 July 1920, item 330; Phillips, 1:761 (excerpts); L [1948], 1:213-214. MS at CSmH (HM 21871). SH $27 (1898); $250 (1916); $220 (1920). (LTR48-144 // CL41-326 and CL41-329; CL48-391 and CL48-[395a].)
Sept. 21
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. Tomlin, 5 Oct. 1842 (CL-396). (CL48-392.)
Sept. 26
T. H. Chivers (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:119-120; Chase & Parks, 1:16. MS at MB (Griswold, item 170). (CL41-327; CL48-393.)
Sept. 27
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to T. H. Chivers (NY, NY). Century Mag. (Jan. 1903), 65:439-440; Quinn, pp. 367-369; L [1948], 1:214-216; Chase & Parks, 1:16-19. MS at CSmH (HM 24211). (LTR48-145 // CL41-328; CL48-394.)
Sept. 27
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to E. Janvier & Wm. W. McNair (Easton, PA). Cited in Am. Lit. (Nov. 1941) 13:283, but MS not at Lafayette College as stated by D. K. Jackson. Edgar Janvier (class of 1843) and William Wyncoop McNair (class of 1844) appear to have been representatives of the Washington Literary Society of Lafayette College, which is noted on Poe's address list (see Such Friends, p. 38). A fire destroyed many of the early records of the Washington Literary Society, but it seems probable that Janvier and McNair communicated with Poe in regard to an honorary membership. MS unlocated. (CL48-395.)
Oct. 3
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. Hamilton (NY, NY). HRCL, item 53. Noted in L [1974], p. 521. MS at TxU-Hu. (The MS was given by Bertie Hamilton to Mr. Bruce, 7 Dec. 1892.) (LTR74-145a // CL74-395a.)
Oct. 5
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN). Holden's Dollar Mag. (Dec. 1848) 2:718; Heartman & Rede, 2:37; Heartman & Canny [1940], p. 153 (quoted); Heartman & Canny [1943], p. 212; L [1948], 1:216-217. At one time, the correspondent of this letter was thought to be Charles W. Holden, the editor of the magazine, but Joe Bottom, the supposed author of the series in Holden's Dollar Mag., and therefore the real correspondent, was identified as J. Tomlin by TOM, Notes & Queries 162:437. (LTR48-146 // CL41-330 and CL41-[A30]; CL48-396.)
Nov. 14
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas, 19 Nov. 1842 (CL-399). (CL41-331; CL48-397.)
Nov. 16
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA). W [1885], pp. 176-177; H [Works], 17:120 (summary); W [1909], 1:344; L [1948], 1:217. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-147 // CL41-332; CL48-398.)
Nov. 19
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:733-734; W [1909], 1:339-342; Anderson sale (Hoe), 24 April 1911, item 2641; Phillips, 1:774-775 (partial); L [1948], 1:218-219 and L [1966], 2:699-701. MS at NjP (McCormick); transcript by C. W. Frederickson, 30 May 1878 at MB. SH $300 (1911). (LTR48-148 // CL41-333; CL48-399.)
Nov. 19
J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Scribner's Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:170; H [Works], 17:120-121; W [1909], 1:345-346. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-334; CL48-400.)
Nov. 27
C. Dickens (London, England) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:730; H [Works], 17:124-125; W [1909], 1:328-329; Phillips, 1:735-736 (excerpts); Letters of C. Dickens (see CL-360) 3:384-385; D. Thomas, pp. 394, 476-477; The Poe Log, pp. 387-388 (partial); Sotheby's (NY) sale (Martin), 30-31 Jan. 1990, item 2227 (F). MS unlocated. (MS not in MB as once stated.) (CL41-336; CL48-401.)
early Dec. (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Editor of Boston Miscellany [H. T. Tuckerman] (Boston, MA) (with MS of “The Tell-Tale Heart,” offered for publication). Implied in J. R. Lowell to Poe, 17 Dec. 1842 (CL-406). (CL41-[A31]; CL48-402.)
Dec. 7
T. H. Chivers (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Jan. 1903), 65:440-441; Chase & Parks, 1:19-21. The full date of the letter is given on p. 56 of the Miller-Townsend scrapbook of T. H. Chivers, a collection of letters, news clippings, etc., at ViU. The scrapbook also states that the letter was written soon after the death of Chivers’ daughter. A draft of the letter at CSmH (HM 24226). (CL41-337; CL48-403.)
before Dec. 16
Editor of Boston Miscellany [H. T. Tuckerman] (Boston, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. R. Lowell, 25 Dec. 1842 (CL-407). (CL41-[A32]; CL48-404.)
before Dec. 17 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell or Bradbury & Soden (Boston, MA). Implied in J. R. Lowell to Poe, 17 Dec. 1842 (CL-406). (CL41-335; CL48-405 and CL48-[400a].)
Dec. 17
J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Scribner's Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:170-171; H [Works], 17:125; W [1909], 1:346-347. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-338; CL48-406.)
[Dec. 25]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA). W [1885], pp. 177-178; H [Works], 17:126 (summary); W [1909], 1:347-348; L [1948], 1:220. MS at MH-H. SH $230 (1919). (LTR48-149 // CL41-339; CL48-407, CL48-406a and CL48-[460b].)
Dec. 27
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA). Henkels sale (Rodney), 22 Oct. 1919, item 467; Quinn, p. 365; L [1948], 1:221. Although Quinn prints the full letter, he does so with several variations in punctuation, and he incorrectly gives the signature as “Edgar Poe.” MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collections of G. Wells and Wm. H. Koester). SH $230 (1919). (LTR48-150 // CL41-343; CL48-408.)
ca. 1842-1843
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Mrs. J. Clarke (Richmond, VA). Cited in E. M. Miller, “A Chat about Poe,” Courier Journal (Louisville), March 8, 1885. (LTR08-150a // CL08-408a.)
1843
before Jan. 29 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Implied in F. W. Thomas to Poe, 1 Feb. 1843 (CL-411). (CL41-[A33]; CL48-409.)
ca. 30-31 Jan.
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Cited in F. W. Thomas to Poe, 1 Feb. 1843 (CL 411), with the close quoted. (LTR08-150b // CL41-342; CL48-410.)
Feb. 1
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:734; H [Works], 17:128-129; W [1909], 2:3-4; Phillips, 1:794-795 (partial). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-344; CL48-411.)
Feb. 4
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA). W [1885], pp. 178-180; H [Works], 17:130 (summary); W [1909], 1:348-350; L [1948], 1:221-223. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-151 // CL41-345; CL48-412.)
[Feb. 8 (?)]
[F. W. Thomas to Poe. Moved to SP-56]
before Feb. 16
R. Carter (Boston, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Implied by Poe to R. Carter, 16 Feb. 1843 (CL-415). Validity depends on CL-415. (CL48-414.)
[Feb. 16]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. Carter (Boston, MA) (with MS of “Eulalie”). L [1948], 1:223. TOM suspected the validity of this letter. If proved spurious, then it should be deleted, along with CL-414. MS at InU. (LTR48-152 // CL41-720; CL48-415 and CL48-[830c].)
ca. Feb. 15-18
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) (with a letter of introduction for Professor Wyatt, see CL-417). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas, 25 Feb. 1843 (CL-418). (CL48-416.)
ca. Feb. 15-18
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Professor T. Wyatt (Washington, DC). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas, 25 Feb. 1843 (CL-418). (CL41-346; CL48-417 and CL48-[413a].)
Feb. 25
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:733-734; H [Works], 17:131-133; W [1909], 2:5-8; Phillips, 1:799-801 (excerpts); L [1948], 1:223-225. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-153 // CL41-347; CL48-418.)
March 1
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:133; Phillips, 1:801 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-348; CL48-419.)
March 7
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. Carter (Boston, MA). L [1948], 1:225-226 [see also L [1966], 2:702] and L [1974], p. 521. MS letter at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester); envelope at PP (Gimbel). (LTR48-153a // CL48-419a.)
March 9
Poe (Fuller's Hotel, Washington, DC) to J. K. Townsend (Washington, DC). Phillips 1:803 (from a copy provided by L. M. Thompson, of NY); Anderson sale, 15-16 Nov. 1926, item 395; Charles Hamilton cat., no. 51 (Aug. 5, 1971), item 283; Am. Transcendental Quarterly, no. 14 (Spring 1972): pt. 2, 89-[92] (F). K. W. Rendell, of Somerville, MA, offered the letter for sale about 1971 at $3500 (see D. Thomas, pp. 527-528); it was also offered to Graphic Antiquity, 6 Nov. 1973. It did sell for $2000. TOM questioned its authenticity, but D. Thomas makes a strong case for its validity: see pp. 523-524, 527-528, 538-539, and 920. L [1948], 1:226-227. MS unlocated. SH $100 (1926); $2000 (1971). (LTR48-154 // CL41-349; CL48-420.)
March 11
Poe (Washington, DC) to T. C. Clarke (Philadelphia, PA). Gill, p. 120 (F); H [Works], 17:134; H (1903) 2:134 (F); W [1909], 2:8-9; Allen, 2:553-554; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Williams), 6 Nov. 1929, item 917 (tipped in the first volume of an 1855 edition of Poe's Works, along with a letter from J. E. Dow to T. C. Clarke, 12 March, 1843, RF-8); L [1948], 1:227-228. MS at NN (Berg). (Formerly in the collection of O. D. Young.) SH $2,600 (1929). (LTR48-155 // CL41-350; CL48-421.)
before March
16 Subscribers for the Stylus (several) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas and J. E. Dow, 16 March 1843 (CL-423). (CL41-353; CL48-422.)
March 16
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas and J. E. Dow (Washington, DC). This is the original draft of CL-424, with minor variations. Quinn & Hart, pp. 17-18 (F). MS at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe). (CL41-351; CL48-423.)
March 16
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to F. W. Thomas and J. E. Dow (Washington, DC). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:735-736; H [Works], 17:134-138; W [1909], 2:11-15; Phillips, 1:806-808 (excerpts); L [1948], 1:228-230. [See CL 423.] MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-156 // CL41-352; CL48-424.)
before March 24
T. Mackenzie (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to T. Mackenzie, 22 April 1843 (CL-431a). (CL66-431a; CL74-424a.)
March 24
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to P. D. Bernard (Richmond, VA). H [Works], 1:178; Phillips, 1:812 (excerpts); L [1948], 1:230-231. This letter is cited in Poe to T. Mackenzie, 22 April 1843 (CL-431a), in which Poe notes that Bernard did not reply. MS at Vi. (LTR48-157 // CL41-354; CL48-425.)
March 24
J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Scribner's Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:171; H [Works], 17:138-139; W [1909], 2:19-20. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-355; CL48-426.)
March 27
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA) (with 2 issues of the Philadelphia Sat. Museum). W [1885], pp. 183-185; H [Works], 1:176 (excerpts) and 17:139-140 (summary); W [1909], 2:20-23; Phillips, 1:813-814 (excerpts); L [1948], 1:231-233. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-158 // CL41-356; CL48-427.)
March 27
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:736; H [Works], 17:140-141; W [1909], 2:17-18; Phillips, 1:812 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-357; CL48-428.)
before March 31
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. Tyler (Washington, DC). Cited in R. Tyler to Poe, 31 March 1843 (CL-430). (CL41-299; CL48-429 and CL48-[362a].)
March 31
R. Tyler (Washington, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:732; H [Works], 17:141; W [1909], 1:321 (where it is misdated “1842”). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-300; CL48-430 and CL48-[362b].)
April 17
J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Scribner's Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:171-172; H [Works], 17:142-143; W [1909], 2:23-25. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-358; CL48-431.)
April 22
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to T. G. Mackenzie (Richmond, VA). Cat. of the Gluck Collection of MSS of the Buffalo-Erie County Library (July 1899); F. Winwar, The Haunted Palace (1959), pp. 240-241 (with minor variations); Am. Lit. (Nov. 1963) 35:360, L [1966], 2:702-703. MS at NBuBE. (LTR66-158a // CL66-431b; CL74-431a.)
after April 22
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Mackenzie (Richmond, VA). Henkels sale, 20 Nov. 1935, item 185a; L [1948], 1:233. Ostrom gives Wm. Mackenzie, but The Poe Log (p. 401) establishes both father and son named William dead before 1843. The correspondent is more likely J. Mackenzie. The Poe Log also dates the letter as before March. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $92 (1935). (LTR48-159 // CL48-432.)
after April 22
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Miss R. Poe (Richmond, VA). Implied by Poe to J. Mackenzie, after 22 April 1842 (CL-432). (CL08-432a.)
May 8
J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Scribner's Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:172; H [Works], 17:143-144; W [1909], 2:25-27. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-359; CL48-433.)
before May 15
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Wm. Poe (Baltimore, MD). Cited in Wm. Poe to Poe, 16 June 1843 (CL-439). (CL41-360; CL48-434 and CL48-[433a].)
May 15
Wm. Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Wm. Poe to Poe, 16 June 1843 (CL-439). (CL41-361; CL48-435.)
May 16
J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Scribner's Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:172-173; H [Works], 17:144-145; W [1909], 2:27-28. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-362; CL48-436.)
early summer
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Two letters, cited in T. H. Chivers to Poe, 15 June 1844 (CL-488) and Poe to T. H. Chivers, 10 July 1844 (CL-491). One of these letters may be T. H. Chivers to Poe, 7 Dec. 1842, CL-403. (CL41-382; CL48-437.)
[June 11]
[Poe to R. W. Griswold. Moved to SP-57.]
June 16
Wm. Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) [formerly 15 June]. Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:737; H [Works], 17:145-146; W [1909], 2:31-33; Phillips, 1:818-819 (excerpts). The MS is dated 15 June, 1843, but see The Poe Log, p. 415. New dating noted in CL81-439. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-364; CL48-439 and CL48-[460a].)
June 19
R. Carter (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Scribner's Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:173; H [Works], 17:146-148; W [1909], 2:28-31. MS unlocated. (CL41-365; CL48-440.)
before June 20 (?)
Miss R. Poe (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Implied by Poe to Miss L. D. Henry, 20 June 1843 (CL-442). Miss Henry wrote to Rosalie Poe on March 26, as cited in Poe's letter in reply. (CL48-441.)
June 20
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Miss L. D. Henry (Red Mill, VA). L [1948], 1:234. MS at ViRP (given by Miss Henry's daughter, F. H. Laighton). (LTR48-160 // CL41-366; CL48-442.)
June 20
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA). H [Works], 17:149 (Poe's correspondent incorrectly identified as J. T. Fields); W [1909], 2:33-34; L [1948], 1:234-235. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-161 // CL41-367; CL48-443 and CL48-[441a].)
June 20
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN). Cited in J. Tomlin to Poe, 2 July 1843 (CL-445). (CL41-368; CL48-444.)
July 2
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:149-151. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-369; CL48-445.)
after July 2 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN). Implied in Poe to J. Tomlin, 28 Aug. 1843 (CL-448). (CL48-446.)
Aug. 9
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-370; CL48-447.)
Aug. 26
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to E. Holden (Philadelphia, PA). Charles Hamilton Autographs cat., 23 July 1970, item 268 (F); L [1974], p. 521-522. MS at TxU-Hu. SH $5,250 (1970). (LTR74-161a // CL74-447a.)
Aug. 28
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN). W [1885], pp. 190-192; H [Works], 17:151-152 (summary); W [1909], 2:39-42; Allen, 2:569 (excerpt); L [1948], 1:235-237. MS unlocated. (LTR48-162 // CL41-371; CL48-448.)
Sept. 10
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:736; H [Works], 17:152; W [1909], 2:42; Phillips, 1:840 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-372; CL48-449.)
Sept. 13
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell (Boston, MA). W [1909], 2:44; Phillips, 1:844-845 (partial); L [1948], 1:237-238. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-163 // CL41-373; CL48-450.)
Sept. 15
E. Evans (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to E. Evans, Sept. 21, 1843 (CL-450b). (CL08-450a.)
Sept. 21
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to E. Evans (Philadelphia, PA). Christie's (NY) sale (Doheny), 2 Feb. 1988, item 879 (F); H. Darvick cat., 5 April 1990. MS unlocated. (Formerly at CCamarSJ, but sold at the Doheny auction. It was donated to CCamarSJ by Countess E. Doheny about 1940.) SH $14,000 (1988). (LTR08-163a // CL08-450b.)
Sept. 25
T. E. Van Bibber (Avondale, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 113, cited; Anderson sale (Nelson), 16-17 April 1914, item 550. The Bangs cat. describes it as a 2 page ALS asking for advice as to entering upon a literary or educational career in Philadelphia. MS unlocated. (CL48-451.)
Sept. 28
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to L. M. Wilkins (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Am. Art Assoc. sale (Gable), 5 Nov. 1923, item 632. MS unlocated. SH $85 (1923). (LTR08-163b // CL41-374; CL48-452.)
late Sept. (?)
R. Carter (Boston, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (enclosing $5). Cited in Poe to J. R. Lowell, 19 Oct. 1843 (CL-457). CL48-455 dates this letter as before Oct. 19, but The Poe Log, p. 437, dates this letter as late September. Carter is presumably replying to Poe's letter to J. R. Lowell, 13 Sept. 1843, CL-450, and Poe to J. R. Lowell, 19 Oct. 1843, suggests some time has passed since Carter's letter. (CL48-455; CL08-452a.)
Oct. 1
A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:153-155. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-375; CL48-453.)
Oct. 10
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. B. Morris (Baltimore, MD). Ex Libris (Friends of the Johns Hopkins U. Library), 14, no. 2 (May 1955); L [1966], 2:703-704. MS at MdBJ. (LTR66-163a; LTR08-163c // CL66-453a.)
Oct. 13
J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (enclosing $5). Cited in Poe to J. R. Lowell, 19 Oct. 1843. (CL41-376; CL48-454.)
[before Oct. 19]
[R. Carter to Poe. Moved to CL-452a.]
Oct. 19
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA). Skinner, Inc. (Boston, MA), 10 Nov. 2001, item 77 (F); RALS (2003), 28:35-39, 36-39 (F). MS in the collection of Mrs. S. J. Tane. (Formerly owned by descendants of Ide.) SH $36,800 (2001). (LTR08-163d // CL41-377; CL48-456.)
Oct. 19
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). W [1885], pp. 192-194; H [Works], 17:155-156 (summary); W [1909], 2:44-47; L [1948], 1:238-240. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-164 // CL41-378; CL48-457.)
Sept.-Oct.
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to G. R. Graham (Philadelphia, PA). Graham's Mag. (March 1850) 36:224-226; Phillips, 2:1632; Quinn, p. 343; L [1948], 1:272-273. The transcript by Mrs. S. H. Whitman, from the Graham's article, is at ViU (Ingram, item 71). (LTR48-187; LTR08-164a // CL41-722; CL48-512; CL08-457a.)
Nov. 2
A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:156-157. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-379; CL48-458.)
Nov. 14
J. H. Hedges (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. H. Hedges, 16 Nov. 1843 (CL-460). (CL41-[A34]; CL48-459.)
Nov. 16
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. H. Hedges (Philadelphia, PA). Henkels sale, 22 Feb. 1907, item 161, cited; Whitty (1917) p. 196; L [1948], 1:240; Christie's (NY) sale, 15 Dec. 1995, item 34; sold by the Gallery of History to L. Shenefeld in Sept. 1998; sold by Mastronet on 8 Dec. 2005. MS unlocated. SH $45 (1907); $12,000 (1995); $15,000 (1998); $15,919 (2005). (LTR48-165 // CL41-380; CL48-460.)
Dec. 29
J. C. Myers, S. Williams, or Wm. Graeff, Jr. (Reading, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to J. C. Myers, S. Williams, or Wm. Graeff, 1 March 1844 (CL-468). (CL81-460a.)
Dec. 1843 - Jan. 1844 (?)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). Implied in J. R. Lowell to Poe, 6 March 1844 (CL-470). (Heartman & Rede, 3:19, cites a letter of this date as in MH-H, but that is really CL-405.) (CL41-383; CL48-461 and CL48-[457a].)
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