Check List of the Correspondence of Edgar Allan Poe — Part V: 1848-1849, Undated, and Some Lost Letters

1848 - January 4  (letter text)

RCL-694  

Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) (with a prospectus for the Stylus). Ingram 2:132-134 (partial); Bangs sale (Foote), 23 November 1894, items 210 (prospectus) and 219 (letter); H [Works], 17:256-257, 287-288 and 288-290 (partial); Phillips, 2:1253-1254 (excerpts); PE, pp. 48-52; Golden Book, September 1933, 48:258-259 (F); American Notes & Queries (August 1941) 1:68-69; Quinn, pp. 536-537 (F, but with an edge folded under, cutting part of several lines); L [1948], 2:354-357; Sunday Sun (Baltimore), 18 January 1953, pp. 6-7 (excerpts); American Heritage, February 1957. The final five lines are printed in Anderson sale (21-24 January 1929) p. 2, item 934. MS at TxU-Hu; transcript by G. W. Eveleth at ViU (Ingram, item 40); MS of postscript on the back of a January 1848 Prospectus of the Stylus, at NN (Berg). (MS formerly in the collections of W. A. White, about 1937, of A. S. W. Rosenbach, and Wm. H. Koester.) SH $75 (1894). SH $72 (prospectus) and $210 (letter) (1894). (LTR48-259 // RCL41-597 and CL41-594; RCL48-694 and CL48-[692a].)

1848 - January 11  (letter text)

RCL-695  

G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); TOM [EP], pp. 184-186; Phillips, 2:1247 (excerpts). MS at NN. (RCL41-598; RCL48-695.)

1848 - January 17  (letter text)

RCL-696  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to H. D. Chapin (NY, NY). Ingram 2:135; H [Works], 17:290-291; L [1948], 2:357-358. MS unlocated (not at PP, as stated in CL81). (LTR48-260 // RCL41-599; RCL:48-696.)

1848 - January 17  (letter text)

RCL-697  

Poe (NY, NY) to L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA). Anderson sale (Hart), 16 October 1922, item 1048 (laid in a copy of RAOP, 1846); Am. Art Assoc. sale (Smith), 23-24 November 1937, item 353 (excerpt); L [1948], 2:358 and L [1974], p. 532-533. MS at PP (Gimbel). SH $140 (1922); $160 (1937). (LTR48-261 // RCL41-600; RCL48-697.)

1848 - January 19

RCL-697a

L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Docketed on envelope of Poe to Godey, 17 January 1848. (RCL74-697a.)

1848 - January 22  (letter text)

RCL-698  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). Home Journal (20 October 1849) p. 2; Gill, pp. 197-198; Ingram 2:136-137; H [Works], 17:291-292; L [1948], 2:359. (LTR48-262 // RCL41-601; RCL48-698.)

1848 - about January 27-28

RCL-698a

Poe (NY, NY) to H. W. Herbert (NY). Cited in The Spirit of the Times, February 5, 1848. The brief printed notice in reply to Poe reads: “E. A. P. — We did not receive your note until after last week's paper went to press. It may be as well to state here that the 'spirit' is sent to press on Thursday Evenings.” Poe probably had asked for a notice announcing his lecture on “The Universe” for Thursday, February 3, 1848. Several such notices appeared in NY papers about that time. (RCL08-698a.)

1848 - February 10

RCL-699  

G. E. Isbell (Binghamton, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to G. E. Isbell, 29 February 1848 (RCL-701). (RCL41-[A48]; RCL48-699.)

1848 - February 29  (letter text)

RCL-700  

Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME). Ingram 2:139-141; Stoddard (Works, 1884) 5:150-156 (Poe's long postcript only); Stedman & Woodberry [Works], 9:293-301; H [Works], 17:285 and 388-341; Anderson sale (Hoe), 24 April 1911, item 2642 (sold to G. S. Hellman); W [1909], 2:441-442 (excerpt); PE, 52-55 (from Eveleth's transcript); Quinn, pp. 557-559; L [1948], 2:360-362. MS at NNPM (MA 644-11, purchased from G. S. Hellman, August 4, 1911); transcript by Eveleth in ViU (Ingram, item 41). SH $1,700 (1911); $1,785. (LTR48-263 // (RCL41-602; RCL48-700, CL48-[693a] and CL48-[701a].)

1848 - February 29  (letter text)

RCL-701  

Poe (NY, NY) to G. E. Isbell [not Irbey] (Binghamton, NY) (with a prospectus of the Stylus). H [Works], 1:277-278 (lacking postscript); Heartman & Canny [1940], pp. 83-84 (quoted); L [1948], 2:362-364. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-264 // RCL41-603; RCL48-701 and CL48-[700a].)

1848 - March 9  (letter text)

RCL-702  

G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth) (excerpt); TOM [EP] 1:186-188; Phillips 2:1237-1238 (excerpts). MS at NN. (RCL41-604; RCL48-702 and CL48-[705a].)

1848 - March 30  (letter text)

RCL-703  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. M. L. Shew (NY, NY). Ingram 2:143; H [Works], 17:344 (dated as 1849); Phillips, 2:1264-1265 (excerpts); Allen, 2:807 (excerpt); L [1948], 2:364-365; Parke-Bernet sale (Barrett) 1 November 1950, item 930 (F). MS at PP (Gimbel). SH $600 (1950). (LTR48-265 // RCL41-675; RCL48-703 and CL48-781a.)

1848 - before April 29

RCL-703a

— ? (— ?) to Poe (NY, NY) (requesting an autograph). Implied in Poe to — ?, April 29, 1848 (RCL-703b). (RCL08-703a.)

1848 - April 29  (letter text)

RCL-703b

Poe (NY, NY) to — ? (— ?). Sotheby's (NY) sale, 4 December 1996, item 167. SH $8,000 (1996). MS unlocated. (LTR08-265a // RCL08-703b.)

1848 - before May 3

RCL-704  

H. B. Hirst (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to H. B. Hirst, 3 May 1848 (RCL-705). (RCL41-606; RCL48-704.)

1848 - May 3  (letter text)

RCL-705  

Poe (NY, NY) to H. B. Hirst (Philadelphia, PA). Anderson sale (Hirst descendant), 9-11 May 1921, item 567 (excerpt); Phillips, 2:1266-1267 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:365. SH $155 (1921). MS at CSmH (HM 21869). (LTR48-266 // RCL41-607; RCL48-705.)

1848 - May 15  (letter text)

RCL-706  

J. H. Hopkins, Jr. (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (RCL48-706.)

1848 - before May 19

RCL-707  

Mrs. J. E. Locke (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Two letters, a few sentences of one are quoted in Poe's reply, CL-708. Cited in Poe to Mrs. J. E. Locke, 19 May 1848 (RCL-708). (RCL48-707.)

1848 - May 19  (letter text)

RCL-708  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. J. E. Locke (Lowell, MA). L [1948], 2:366-368. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-267 // RCL48-708.)

1848 - about May 24

RCL-709  

Miss A. Blackwell (Providence, RI) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Cited in Poe to Miss A. Blackwell, 14 June 1848 (RCL-712). (RCL41-608; RCL48-709 and CL48-[708a].)

1848 - May  (letter text)

RCL-710  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to C. H. Marshall (NY, NY). Parke-Bernet sale (Flick) 9 January 1946, item 450 (in vol. I of Stedman & Woodberry [Works, 1914 reprint]; L [1948], 2:368; L [1948], 1:facing p. 394 (F). Validity suspected by TOM. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $310 (1945). (LTR48-268 // RCL48-710.)

1848 - before June

RCL-710a

Editors of the Gentlemen's Magazine (Cincinnati, OH) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by a note in the magazine (see CL-710b.) (RCL08-710a.)

1848 - before June

RCL-710b

Poe (NY, NY) to the editors of the Gentlemen's Magazine (Cincinnati, OH). Implied by a note in the magazine (see Heartman & Canny, 1943, p. 198). (RCL08-710b.)

1848 - June 7  (letter text)

RCL-711  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to C. A. Bristed (NY, NY). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Willets), 11-12 November 1937, item 332 (F) (accompanying Poe's calling card, with a short note to Bristed); Quinn, p. 566; L [1948], 2:368-369. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester; and apparently owned at one time by J. H. Whitty.) SH $925 (1937). (LTR48-269 // RCL41-609; RCL48-711.)

1848 - June 14  (letter text)

RCL-712  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Miss A. Blackwell (Providence, RI). H [Works], 17:296; Century Magazine (January 1909), 77:444 (where it is described as “Dailey-Chace MSS.”); Phillips, 2:1287 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:369-371 [see also L [1966], 2:719]. Misdated by Ingram, Woodberry, and Phillips as 19 June 1848, and by Harrison as June 10. Quinn, p. 574, incorrectly suggests that the MS is at InU. MS unlocated; transcript by J. R. Bartlett at InU (Lilly); transcript by S. H. Whitman at ViU (Ingram, item 43). (LTR48-270 // RCL41-610; RCL48-712 and CL58-[711a].)

1848 - before June 15

RCL-712a

B. Taylor (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY) (with “Views A-Foot”). Implied by Poe to B. Taylor, 15 June 1848 (RCL-713) and the notation of “write see let” on Poe's address list (Such Friends, p. 18, item 239). (RCL08-712a.)

1848 - June 15  (letter text)

RCL-713  

Poe (NY, NY) to B. Taylor (NY, NY). Henkels sale (Sayre), 8 April 1908, item 119; W [1909], 2:374-375; Whitty [1917], p. 270 (excerpt); Phillips, 2:1288 (excerpt); W. R. Benjamin Autographs (NY), about 12 February 1940; Collector, March 1940, item 9244 (advertised by W. R. Benjamin, excerpts); L [1948], 2:371 and L [1948], 2:facing p. 410 (F). Validity suspected by TOM, but probably authentic. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $65 (1908); SH $750 (1940). (LTR48-271 // RCL41-611; RCL48-713.)

1848 - June 15

RCL-713a

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman. Although not an actual letter, Poe sent Mrs. Whitman the MS. of his poem “To Helen.“ The envelope, with postal stamp of June 15, was given by Mrs. A. Tatman to the American Antiquarian Society in 1946, along with a copy daguerreotype of Poe. (The envelope is addressed to “Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman, / Providence, / R.I.,” with the note of “paid.” A comment written along the lower left of the envelope reads: “This contained the MS of the lines to ‘sHelen’.”) MS of envelope at MWA (formerly in the collections of James and Mary S. Lewin, Charles T. and Anna Tatman. (RCLxx-713a.)

1848 - June 21  (letter text)

RCL-714  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Ingram, 2:219-220; H [Works], 17:359-360 (misdated as 1849); L [1948], 2:372 [see also L [1974], p. 533]; Poe Studies (April 1969, no. 2) 2:36-37. MS at BL (31897f1) (noted on verso: “31897A. Purchd of J. H. Ingram Esq 12 November 1881”). (LTR48-272 // RCL41-690; RCL48-714 and CL48-[802b].)

1848 - June

RCL-715  

Mrs. M. L. Shew (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. L. Shew, June 1848 (RCL-716). (RCL41-695; RCL48-715 and CL48-[807b].)

1848 - [June]  (letter text)

RCL-716  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. M. L. Shew (NY, NY). Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:423-424 (partial) (misdated as June 1849); Ingram 2:157-159 (partial); H [Works], 17:298-300; W [1909], 2:261-264; Phillips, 2:1273-1274 (condensed); Quinn, pp. 609-611 (misdated as 19 June 1849); L [1948], 2:372-374; Miller, BPB, 1977, pp. 122-124. MS unlocated; transcript by Mrs. Houghton (M. L. Shew), misdated 1849, at ViU (Ingram, item 213). (LTR48-273 // RCL41-696; RCL48-716 and CL48-[802a].)

1848 - July 6  (letter text)

RCL-716a

Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME). The letter was originally collected by a Boston businessman and his son, 1860-1935. It was sold through Goodspeed's Bookshop in 1936 to Frederick Fletcher, of Brookline, MA and remained in that family until 2023. Bonhams Skinner sale (Boston, MA), 2 February 2023, item 105. MS unlocated. $69,675, including the buyer's premium (2023). (LTR23-273a // RCL23-716a.)

1848 - July 9  (letter text)

RCL-717  

G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); TOM [EP], pp. 188-190; Phillips 2:1233 (excerpts). MS at NN. (RCL41-612; RCL48-717.)

1848 - before July 13

RCL-717a

T. H. Chivers (NY, NY) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Implied by Poe to T. H. Chivers, 13 [14] July 1848 (RCL-718). (RCL08-717a.)

1848 - July 13 [14]  (letter text)

RCL-718  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to T. H. Chivers (NY, NY). Century Magazine (February 1903), 65:549; Quinn, p. 568; L [1948], 2:375; Chase & Parks, 1:74-75. MS at CSmH (HM 24218). (LTR48-274 // RCL41-613; RCL48-718.)

1848 - July 15  (letter text)

RCL-719  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. M. Osborne (Fordham, NY). New York Times (NY), 10 January 1909 (F); Washington (DC) Post, 17 January 1909 (F); Phillips, 2:1289-1290; L [1948], 2:375-376. A clipping from the Post is at ViU (Ingram, item 953), along with several other newspapers which reprint the facsimile. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-275 // RCL41-614; RCL48-719.)

1848 - August  (letter text)

RCL-719a

Mrs. J. E. Locke (Wamesit Cottage, Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY) (with MS of Mrs. Locke's long poem “Ermina's Tale”). J. E. Reilly, “Ermina's Gales,” Papers on Poe, ed. R. P. Veler (Springfield, Ohio: Chantry Music Press, 1972) p. 210. MS at ViU (Ingram, item 44). (RCL41-657; RCL48-762 and CL48-762; RCL81-719a.)

1848 - August  (letter text)

RCL-719b

Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (Fordham, NY, forwarded by Mrs. M. Clemm to Richmond, VA) (with two stanzas from a poem by Mrs. Whitman, sent without signature). Cited in Poe to S. H. Whitman, 1 October 1848 (RCL-723). Since Fordham did not have its own post office, this letter was delivered to the West Farms Post Office, where it sat for several weeks. (RCL41-615; RCL08-719b.)

1848 - August 5  (letter text)

RCL-719c

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Fordham, NY). NYU Magazine, II, no. 1, Spring 1987; PSA Newsletter, Fall 1987, 15:2 (misdated as 1849, corrected by D. Thomas in the PSA Newsletter for Spring 1988). Letter discovered in 1985 by Frank Walker, curator of the Fales Library of NYU. Mrs. Clemm apparently sent the letter to Miss Sarah E. Robins (who was planning to write a biography of Poe), from whom it passed to Elizabeth Robins. MS at NNYU-F (Robins). (LTR08-275a // RCL08-719c.)

1848 - September 5  (letter text)

RCL-720  

Poe [pseud. Edward S. T. Grey] (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Century Magazine (January 1909), 77:445 (misdated as 8 September 1848); Phillips, 2:1313; Quinn, p. 575; L [1948], 2:379. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-276 // RCL41-616; RCL48-720 and CL48-[720a].)

1848 - September 18  (letter text)

RCL-720a

Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). Sotheby's (NY) sale, 11 December 2008, item 197 (F). SH $37,500 (2008). MS unlocated. (LTRnn-276a // RCLnn-720a.)

1848 - September 20  (letter text)

RCL-721  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to C. F. Hoffman (NY, NY). G [Memoir] 3:xxvii-xxix (1850) and 1:xliii-xlv (1853); Ingram, 2:149-152; H [Works], 17:300-303; Phillips, 2:1266; L [1948], 2:379-382. MS unlocated. (LTR48-277 // RCL41-617; RCL48-721.)

1848 - before September 25

RCL-721a

E. Bowen (Pottsville, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to E. Bowen, 18 October 1848 (RCL-725a); also E. Bowen to A. S. Whitaker, 25 September 1848 (RF-14). Bowen seems to have suggested that Poe write for Bowen's paper. (RCL74-722a; RCL08-721a.)

1848 - September 27-29  (letter text)

RCL-722  

Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 1 October 1848 (RCL-723), with portions quoted. (RCL41-615 and CL41-618; RCL48-722.)

1848 - before October 1

RCL-722a

[E. Bowen to Poe. Renumbered as CL-721a.] (RCL74-722a.)

1848 - about October 1

RCL-722b

Poe (NY, NY) to E. Bowen (Pottsville, PA) (with a MS copy of “The Raven” for A. S. Whittaker). Cited in Poe to E. Bowen, 18 October 1848 (RCL-725a). (RCL74-722b.)

1848 - October 1, Sunday night  (letter text)

RCL-723  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) (with a postscript dated October 3). H [Works], 17:292-296 and 304-308; H (H [LL]) pp. 5-18; Phillips, 2:1319-1321 (excerpts); Quinn, pp. 575-578; J. G. Varner, “Sarah Helen Whitman: Seeress of Providence,” unpublished dissertation, U. VA (1941) 1:302 and 1:307-312; L [1948], 2:382-391. MS at InU (Lilly); transcript by S. H. Whitman at ViU (Ingram, item 45). (LTR48-278 // RCL41-619; RCL48-723.)

1848 - after October 1 (?)

RCL-723a

Poe (Fordham, NY) to the editor of the Weekly Universe or Sunday Dispatch (NY, NY). Cited in G. W. Eveleth to Poe, 3 July 1849 (RCL-807a). Regrettably, no file of this obscure periodical is known to have survived for this period. Since Eveleth mis-attributed several items to Poe, and Poe had no opportunity to reply to this letter, we cannot be certain that Poe actually wrote the article in question. If it was indeed by Poe, it was probably similar to what Poe wrote to C. F. Hoffman, 20 September 1848. (RCL08-723a.)

1848 - about October 10  (letter text)

RCL-724  

Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 18 October 1848 (RCL-727), with one sentence quoted. (RCL41-620; RCL48-724 and CL48-[724a].)

1848 - before October 18

RCL-725  

T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to T. L. Dunnell, 18 October 1848 (RCL-726). (RCL48-725.)

1848 - October 18  (letter text)

RCL-725a

Poe (NY, NY) to E. Bowen (Pottsville, PA). American Notes & Queries (January 1965) 3:67; L [1974], p. 533-534. MS at PP (Gimbel). (LTR74-278a // RCL74-725a.)

1848 - October 18  (letter text)

RCL-726  

Poe (NY, NY) to T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI). Libbie sale (Alexander), 4 December 1902, item 892; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Wakeman), 29 April 1924, item 956; L [1948], 2:391; Christie's (NY) sale (Marcus), 22 November 1986, item 103. MS in collection of Mrs. S. J. Tane. SH $25 (1902); $110 (1924); $7,000 (1989). (LTR48-279 // RCL41-621; RCL48-726.)

1848 - [October 18]  (letter text)

RCL-727  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). H [Works], 17:308-311 and 316-317; “Some New Facts about Edgar Poe,” Laurel Leaves, 1876, pp. 378-381 (excerpts); H [LL] pp. 19-29 (omitting a portion of page 3); Phillips, 2:1321-1325 (condensed); J. G. Varner, “Sarah Helen Whitman: Seeress of Providence,” unpublished dissertation, U. VA (1941) 1:305, 1:313-322; L [1948], 2:391-398; L [1966], 2:719. MS at InU (Lilly); transcript of extracts by Mrs. S. H. Whitman at ViU (Ingram, item 46). (LTR48-280 // RCL41-622; RCL48-727.)

1848 - October  (letter text)

RCL-728  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. J. E. Locke (Lowell, MA). Am. Art. Assoc. sale (Terry), 2-3 May 1934, item 215 (quoted); Parke-Bernet sale (Oberlaender), 24 May 1939, item 86 (F); L [1948], 2:398. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $300 (1924); $350 (1934); $150 (1939). (LTR48-281 // RCL41-623; RCL48-728.)

1848 - October  (letter text)

RCL-729  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond [Mrs. C. B. Richmond] (Lowell, MA). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Locker-Lampson), 24-25 April 1935, item 252 (F); L [1948], 2:398-399. MS at PP (Gimbel). SH $500 (1935). (LTR48-282 // RCL41-624; RCL48-729.)

1848 - before November

RCL-729a

B. Taylor, Mrs. C. Kirkland, or J. S. Hart (NY, NY) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Implied by Poe to B. Taylor, before 15 June (RCL-713), and the printing of Poe's poem in the November issue. (RCL08-729a.)

1848 - about November 1-2

RCL-730  

Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (Lowell, MA). Cited in Mrs. S. H. Whitman to J. H. Ingram, 25 October 1875 (RF-27). (RCL41-625; RCL48-730 and CL48-[730a].)

1848 - about November 3  (letter text)

RCL-731  

Poe (Lowell, MA) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Cited in Mrs. S. H. Whitman to J. H. Ingram, 25 October 1875 (RF-27); Swann sale (Geesey), 20 January 1944, item 199 (quoted); L [1948], 2:399. At one time thought to have been written to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, this letter was merely sent to her by Poe. Mrs. Richmond, according to documents which accompany the letter, gave the MS to the father of Mrs. E. S. Worcester, of Boston. This gentleman was a reporter for the Boston Transcript. About June 1927, Mrs. Worcester seems to have sold the letter to Goodspeed's Bookshop. MS-fragment at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-283 // RCL41-626; RCL48-731, CL48-[731a] and CL48-[828d].)

1848 - about November 5

RCL-732  

Poe (Boston, MA) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 November 1848. (Probably the item mentioned by Mrs. Richmond in Ingram collection, item 52.) (RCL-737). (RCL41-627; RCL48-732 and CL48-[732a].)

1848 - [November 7]  (letter text)

RCL-733  

Poe (Providence, RI) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Ingram 2:174-175 (partial); H [Works], 17:311 (partial); H [LL] pp. 30-31; Quinn, p. 579; L [1948], 2:399-400. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-284 // RCL41-628; RCL48-733.)

1848 - November 7 (?)

RCL-734  

Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (Providence, RI). Quoted in Mrs. S. H. Whitman to J. H. Ingram, 25 October 1875 (RF-27). See also Quinn, p. 579. This item may have been a spoken communication. (RCL41-629; RCL48-734.)

1848 - November 8

RCL-735  

Poe (Providence, RI) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Cited in Mrs. S. H. Whitman to J. H. Ingram, 25 October 1875 (RF-27): “the note itself is lost or has been given away.” (RCL41-630; RCL48-735.)

1848 - November 14  (letter text)

RCL-736  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Ingram 2:178; H [Works], 17:311-312; H [LL] pp. 32-33; L [1948], 2:400 and L [1966], 2:719-720. Two omitted sentences were first printed in J. A. Robins, Notes & Queries, January 1963, pp. 20-21. The transcript by Mrs. Whitman appeared in facsimile in a clipping in the Ingram collection from Cosmopolitan Magazine, undated but about 1902. The clipping states that the facsimile is from H [Works], but seems to appear in no printing of that edition. MS unlocated; transcript by Mrs. S. H. Whitman's at ViU (Ingram, item 47). (LTR48-285 // RCL41-631; RCL48-736.)

1848 - November 16  (letter text)

RCL-737  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:424-425; Ingram, 2:193-194; H [Works], 17:312-314; W [1909], 2:277-278; Phillips, 2:1340-1341; Allen, 2:787-788 (excerpt); Quinn, pp. 589-592; L [1948], 2:400-404. MS unlocated; transcript by Mrs. A. L. Richmond at ViU (Ingram, item 48). (LTR48-286 // RCL41-632; RCL48-737.)

1848 - November 17, Friday

RCL-738  

Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe in Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 22 November 1848 (RCL-742). (RCL41-634; RCL48-738.)

1848 - about November 18-20

RCL-739  

Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 22 November 1848 (RCL-742). (RCL41-635; RCL48-739.)

1848 - November 20

RCL-740  

Poe (NY, NY) to Miss S. A. Talley (Richmond, VA). Cited in Miss S. A. Talley to Poe, 29 November 1848 (RCL-749), and dated by Poe to E. Valentine, 20 November 1848 (RCL-741). (RCL41-637; RCL48-740.)

1848 - November 20  (letter text)

RCL-741  

Poe (NY, NY) to E. Valentine (Botetourt Co., Richmond, VA) (with a prospectus of the Stylus). Ingram 2:197-198; H [Works], 17:315-316; Phillips, 2:1342; L [1948], 2:404; E. A. Poe Review 20:329-336 (F). Cited in Miss S. A. Talley to Poe, 29 November 1848 (RCL-749), which promises to forward the letter to Valentine. This correspondent should not be confused with Edward Virginius Valentine, of Richmond. MS owned by Mrs. Frances Giles (a descendant of the Valentine family); transcript by E. V. Valentine at ViU (Ingram, item 49); on March 23, 2019, the MS was placed at ViRP on permanent loan. (Formerly in the collection of Rev. E. V. Jones, his son, E. R. Jones, his daughter, M. D. Jones.) (LTR48-287 // RCL41-638; RCL48-741.)

1848 - November 20  (letter text)

RCL-741a

Poe (NY, NY) to B. Taylor (NY, NY) (with a review of Mrs. Lewis' poems). Cited by Stoddard, Lippincott's Magazine (January 1889) 43:113; Christie's (NY) sale (Doheny), 21-22 February 1989, item 2083 (F). MS unlocated. (Formerly at CCamarSJ, but sold at the Doheny auction. It was donated to CCamarSJ by Countess E. Doheny about 1940. At the Doheny auction, it was purchased by Paul Richards Autographs.) SH $17,000 (1989). (LTR08-287a // RCL08-741a.)

1848 - [November] 22, Wednesday morning  (letter text)

RCL-742  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). H [LL] pp. 34-35; L [1948], 2:405. Ingram 2:180-181, H [Works], 17:317-318, and W [1909], 2:290-291; all print the Poe-Whitman letter of 26 November under this date and omit the letter of 22 November entirely. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-288 // RCL41-639; RCL48-742 and CL48-[741c].)

1848 - November 23  (letter text)

RCL-743  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Miss S. Heywood (Westford, MA). Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:425; Ingram 2:195-196; H [Works], 17:319-320; Phillips, 2:1343; L [1948], 2:405-406. Harrison seems to follow Ingram, even though he cites “Griswold Collection.” MS unlocated; transcript by Mrs. A. L. Richmond at ViU (Ingram, item 298). (LTR48-289 // RCL41-641; RCL48-743.)

1848 - about November 23

RCL-744  

T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 26 November 1848 (RCL-746), and implied in Poe to T. L. Dunnell, 27 November 1848 (RCL-747). (RCL41-640; RCL48-744.)

1848 - [November] 24, Friday  (letter text)

RCL-745  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Ingram (Works1874-1875) 1:facing lxvi (F of 8 lines); Ingram 2:70-71, 182-183; H [Works], 17:320-322; H [LL] pp. 36-40; Phillips, 2:1148 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:406-409. Incorrectly dated by H [Works], as November 25. The facsimile from Ingram is given in H [L&L], facing p. 322, and in Allen, near the front of vol. II, although reduced to about 6 lines. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-290 // RCL41-642 and CL41-643; RCL48-745 and CL48-[745a].)

1848 - [November] 26, Sunday evening  (letter text)

RCL-746  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). H [Works], 17:317-318; H [LL] pp. 41-43; Phillips, 2:1326 and 1346 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:409-411. H [Works], etc. misdated as 22 November 1848, ignoring the actual letter of that date. MS at InU (Lilly); transcript by S. H. Whitman at ViU (Ingram, item 51). (MS formerly in the collection of J. T. Fields, given to Fields by Mrs. Whitman in 1865.) (LTR48-291 // RCL41-645; RCL48-747 and CL48-[741a]; RCL66-746.)

1848 - November 27  (letter text)

RCL-747  

Poe (NY, NY) to T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI). American Literature. (March 1957) 29:85-86; L [1966], 2:720-721. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR66-291a // RCL41-644; RCL48-746; RCL66-747.)

1848 - November 27

RCL-748  

F. W. Thomas (Louisville, KY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas, 14 February 1849 (RCL-773). (RCL41-646; RCL48-748.)

1848 - before November 28 (?)

RCL-748a

Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Mrs. M. Clemm to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, November - December 1848 (RF-16). (RCL08-748a.)

1848 - about November 28 (?)

RCL-748b

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Implied by Mrs. M. Clemm to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, November-December 1848 (RF-16), and Mrs. A. L. Richmond's note to J. H. Ingram, written on the letter, of October 3, 1876 (RF-29). (RCL08-748b.)

1848 - November 29  (letter text)

RCL-749  

Miss S. A. Talley (Richmond, VA) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:324; The Poe Log, p. 773. MS at MB (Griswold). (RCL41-647; RCL48-749 and CL48-[741b].)

1848 - before December 4

RCL-749a

Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to Wm. J. Pabodie, 4 December 1848 (RCL-750), and Mrs. M. Clemm to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, about November-December 1848 (RF-16). (RCL08-749a.)

1848 - December 4  (letter text)

RCL-750  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Wm. J. Pabodie (Providence, RI). Works of EAP, ed. John Henry Ingram, 4 vols. (Edinburgh: Black, 1874-1875) 1:between lxxvii-lxxviii (F) [also in ViU-Ingram]; Merwin-Clayton sale (Weeks), 6 June 1907, item 283; Phillips, 2:1347; L [1948], 2:411-412. MS unlocated. SH $75 (1907). (LTR48-292 // RCL41-648; RCL48-750.)

1848 - before December 7

RCL-750a

J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to J. R. Thompson, 7 December 1848 (RCL-751). (RCL66-750a.)

1848 - December 7  (letter text)

RCL-751  

Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). W [1909], 2:frontispiece (F, of signature only) & vii, cited; Princeton University Library Chronicle (Winter 1951, no. 2) 12:87; L [1966], 2:721-722. MS at NNC. (MS formerly in the collection of I. M. Dyckman, purchased for $180 from an auction of the library of J. R. Thompson, sold by Bangs, Merwin & Co. of New York, June 19, 1873 as part of a lot with the manuscript of “Annabel Lee” tipped in the 1858 edition of Poe's poems published by J. S. Redfield, see New York Evening Post, June 21, 1873, p. 2, middle of col. 3. The MS passed to Dyckman's widow, and was given to NNC, along with the “Annabel Lee” manuscript and a daguerreotype of Poe, by the Dyckman's daughter, Mrs. F. F. Welch about 1951.) (LTR66-292a // RCL41-649; RCL48-751.)

1848 - early December

RCL-751a

Miss S. A. Talley (Richmond, VA) to Poe (NY, NY). A further reply to RCL-749 is implied by E. Valentine's pencilled note on RCL741, and Miss Talley's role in the communications. (RCL19-751a.)

1848 - December 14-15 (?)

RCL-752  

Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 16 December 1848 (RCL-753). (RCL41-650; RCL48-752.)

1848 - [December 16] Saturday, 2 p.m.  (letter text)

RCL-753  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). H [LL] p. 44; Caroline Ticknor, Poe's Helen (NY: Scribners, 1916) p. 116 (F); Phillips, 2:1349 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:412; L [1966], 2:722, cited. MS-fragment at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-293 // RCL41-651; RCL48-753 and CL48-[753a].)

1848 - December 18

RCL-754  

E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to E. H. N. Patterson, about [30] April 1849 (RCL-786). (RCL41-652; RCL48-754.)

1848 - about December 19  (letter text)

RCL-754a

Poe (Lowell, MA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Fordham, NY). L [1966], 2:723 and L [1974], p. 534-535. The Poe Log, p. 763, dates this letter as late October or early November MS- fragment at PP (Gimbel). (LTR66-296a; LTR74-293a // RCL66-759a; RCL74-754a.)

1848 - November 27 - December 20

RCL-755  

T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied as subsequent to Poe to T. L. Dunnell, 27 November 1848 (RCL-747, requesting a change of date for the lecture), and from the fact that the delivery of lecture was moved from 13 December to 20 December 1848. (RCL48-755.)

1848 - before December 20 (?)

RCL-756  

Poe (NY, NY) to T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI). Implied as subsequent to T. L. Dunnell to Poe, 27 November-20 December 1848 (RCL-755). Poe presumably accepted the change of date for the lecture. (RCL48-756.)

1848 - [December 23]  (letter text)

RCL-757  

Poe (Providence, RI) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Fordham, NY). H [LL] p. 50; Phillips, 2:1350; Quinn, p. 586; L [1948], 2:412; L [1974], p. 535, correction. Not a fragment, as suggested in L [1948], 1:533. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-294 // RCL41-653; RCL48-757.)

1848 - [December 23]  (letter text)

RCL-758  

Poe (Providence, RI) to Rev. N. B. Crocker (Providence, RI). Century Magazine (January 1909), 77:445-446; H [LL] p. 46; Quinn, p. 585; Phillips, 2:1349; L [1948], 2:413. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-295 // RCL41-654; RCL48-758 and CL48-[759a].)

1848 - before December 28

RCL-758a

Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Implied in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, December 28, 1848 (RCL-759). (RCL08-758a.)

1848 - [December] 28, Thursday morning  (letter text)

RCL-759  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Ingram, 2:196-197; H [Works], 17:322; Phillips, 2:1359 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:413. MS unlocated. (LTR48-296 // RCL41-655; RCL48-759 and CL48-[759b].)

1848 - [late 1848?]

RCL-759a

[Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm. Moved to CL-754a. (RCL66-759a; renumbered in CL74-754a.)]

1848 - about late 1848 (?)

RCL-760  

Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to Mrs. S. A. Lewis, about late 1848 (RCL-761). This may have been a direct request, made in person, rather than as a written letter or note. (RCL41-731; RCL48-760 and CL48-[830p].)

1848 - [about late 1848]  (letter text)

RCL-761  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Albany Review (London) (July 1907) 1:420-421; L [1948], 2:413-414. This letter is written on a copy, by Poe, of Mrs. Lewis' poem “The Prisoner of Peroté.” MS at ViU (Ingram, item 54). (LTR48-297 // RCL41-725; RCL48-761 and CL48-830h.)

1848 - about late 1848

RCL-761a

Poe (NY, NY) to the editors of the Gentlemen's Magazine (Cincinnati, OH). Implied by Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (RCL-768). (RCL08-761a.)

1848 - about late 1848

RCL-761b

Editors of the Gentlemen's Magazine (Cincinnati, OH) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (RCL-768). The last known issue of the magazine is dated as August 1848, apparently distributed late but with an editorial promise, presumably unfulfilled, of a September issue (see Heartman & Canny, [1943] p. 198). (RCL08-761b.)

1848 - [n.d. 1848 (?)]

RCL-762  

[Mrs. J. E. Locke to Poe (?). Delete, same as CL-719a.]

1849 - [January 11]  (letter text)

RCL-763  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Ingram, Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:425, supplemented by Ingram 2:202-203; H [Works], 17:318-319 (follows Ingram, but lists “Griswold Collection”); W [1909], 2:291-292; Phillips, 2:1361-1362 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:414-415. MS unlocated. (LTR48-298 // RCL41-659 and CL41-658; RCL48-763 and CL48-761a.)

1849 - January 13  (letter text)

RCL-764  

Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). A Catalogue of Printed Books, Autograph Letters, Drawing and Pictures Collected by F. Locker-Lampson, 1886, p. 212, cited; Anderson sale (Nelson) 16-17 April 1914, item 545 (excerpts); Bruno's Weekly, (4 March 1910), 2:526-528; Anderson sale (Clawson), 29 November 1920, item 347; Phillips 2:1367-1368 (misdated as 18 January); L [1948], 2:415-417. MS at CSmH (HM 21874). SH $315 (1914); $910 (1920, grouped with other items). (LTR48-299 // RCL41-660; RCL48-764 and CL48-[764a].) (This is presumably the letter sent to Locker-Lampson by R. H. Stoddard on October 9, 1880, as mentioned in a letter of that date between these two gentlemen, now in the collection of the University of Chicago. Stoddard was the literary executor for Thompson's estate and almost certainly obtained the letter by that means.)

1849 - after January 13 (?)

RCL-765  

J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA) to Poe (NY, NY) (with two copies of the SLM). Implied in Poe to J. R. Thompson, 13 January (RCL-764) and 31 Jan 1849 (RCL-770a). (RCL48-765.)

1849 - January 20  (letter text)

RCL-766  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to J. Priestley (NY, NY) (with MS of “About Critics and Criticism”). Anderson sale, 19 May 1910, item 229; Whitty (1911) p. lxxi; Phillips 2:1368; L [1948], 2:417. MS unlocated. SH $90.50 (1910). (LTR48-300 // RCL41-661; RCL48-766.)

1849 - before January 21  (letter text)

RCL-767  

Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, about 21 January 1849 (RCL-768). Poe quotes part of Mrs. Richmond's letter in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, about 21 January 1849, CL-769. (RCL41-662; RCL48-767.)

1849 - [about January 21]  (letter text)

RCL-768  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Ingram, Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:425-426 (dated as about 23 January 1849), supplemented by Ingram, 2:203-205; H [Works], 17:327-329 (follows Ingram); Phillips, 2:1364-1367); Quinn, pp. 593-594; L [1948], 2:417-420. MS unlocated. (LTR48-301 // RCL41-663; RCL48-768, CL48-769a and CL48-[769b].)

1849 - [January 22]

RCL-768a

[This is a phantom entry, created by variations of dating for CL-769, CL-769a, and CL-770. (RCL66-768a; renumbered in CL74, and subsequently omitted.)]

1849 - [about January 21, although dated January 25]  (letter text)

RCL-769  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Ingram 2:185-186, and H [Works], 17:323 (following Ingram), merely excerpts the transcript that Mrs. Richmond made of the original for Ingram. Quinn is also selective, pp. 586-587; W [1909], 2:292-293 (excerpt); Phillips, 2:1362-1364 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:420-422, from Mrs. Richmond's transcript, now at ViU (Ingram, item 55); L [1966], 2:723, cited. This is the letter cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, about 21 January 1848 (RCL-768). Only an eight-line MS-fragment, at InU (Lilly), appears to be extant. D. Randall (1964) prints a truncated version of the fragment, p. 40. In September 1930, the Poe-Whitman Collection cost Mr. J. K Lilly $50,000. Randall, following a note by Mrs. Whitman's (”Fragments of a letter received from Edgar Poe in the beginning of January 1849”) dates the letter as “early January” [March 1960] p. 49, item 24. (LTR48-302 // RCL41-664; RCL48-769, CL48-761b, CL48-769c and CL48-770a; RCL08-769.)

1849 - [January 22]

RCL-769a

[Another phantom entry, see CL-768a.]

1849 - January 22

RCL-770  

F. Gleason, editor of Flag of Our Union (Boston, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to F. Gleason, 5 February 1849 (RCL-771) and Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 8 February 1849 (RCL-772). (RCL41-[A50]; RCL48-770; RCL66-768a; RCL74-769a; RCL81-770.)

1849 - January 31  (letter text)

RCL-770a

Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). HRCL item 86 (F); L [1974], p. 535, cited. MS at TxU-Hu. (Goodspeed's Bookshop apparently acquired the MS from a Boston family about May 1962.) (LTR74-302a // RCL74-770; RCL81-770a.)

1849 - February 5  (letter text)

RCL-771  

Poe (NY, NY) to F. Gleason (Boston, MA). Dodd Mead sale, March 1897, item 76, where it is noted as a one-page ALS; L [1966], 2:724. MS unlocated; a “literal” copy at NNC. (LTR66-302a; LTR74-302b // RCL74-302b; RCL41-[A49]; RCL48-771.)

1849 - [February] 8, Thursday  (letter text)

RCL-772  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Anderson sale, 17 April 1906, item 1018, and, later, 29 April 1924, item 950. A composite of fragments of two MS pages (front and back of one sheet), supplemented by Ingram's two texts as printed in Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:426, and Ingram 2:205-207. H [Works], 17:330-331 (follows Ingram texts); W [1909], 2:417, cited; Phillips, 2:1383-1384 (excerpts); Quinn, pp. 594-595; L [1948], 2:425-426. MS-fragment at NNPM (MA 991). SH $110 (1924). (LTR48-303 // RCL41-667; RCL48-772.)

1849 - February 9  (letter text)

RCL-772a

Poe (NY, NY) to J. Sartain & Co (Philadelphia, PA). Resources for American Literary Study, 1996, 22:166-181 (F, pp. 170-171). MS at NcU (Maurice Family Papers, #3802). (LTR08-303a // RCL08-772a.)

1849 - about Feb 12

RCL-772b

Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA) (with MS of Poe's review of Lowell's “A Fable for Critics”). Implied by Poe to F. W. Thomas, 14 February 1849 (RCL-773). (RCL08-772b.)

1849 - February 14  (letter text)

RCL-773  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to F. W. Thomas (Louisville, KY forwarded to Washington, DC) (with a short review of Mrs. S. A. Lewis' Child of the Sea and Other Poems). Century Magazine (October 1894), 48:863-864; H [Works], 17:331-334; W [1909], 2:296-300; Phillips, 2:1384-1385; L [1948], 2:426-429. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-304 // RCL41-668; RCL48-773.)

1849 - February 16  (letter text)

RCL-774  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:335 (from a transcript); Phillips, 2:1247 and 1386 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:429. MS at NN. (LTR48-305 // RCL41-669; RCL48-774.)

1849 - February 17  (letter text)

RCL-775  

G. W. Eveleth (Brunswick, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); TOM [EP], pp. 190-191; Phillips, 2:1372 (brief excerpt). MS at NN. (RCL41-670; RCL48-775.)

1849 - February 18 (?)

RCL-776  

Mrs. A. L. Richmond (?) (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY) (several?). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 1 March (?) 1849 (RCL-778a). (RCL41-[A51]; RCL48-776.)

1849 - February 19 [18] [Sunday]  (letter text)

RCL-777  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Mrs. Richmond made a transcript of the MS for J. H. Ingram, but Ingram's two texts (Appleton's Journal, [May 1878] ns 4:426-427, and Ingram 2:207-210) are both only partial printings; H [Works], 17:335-338 (follows Ingram); Phillips, 2:1387-1388; Allen, 2:803 (brief excerpt); Quinn, pp. 597-599 (follows Mrs. Richmond's transcript, but with a number of slight editorial variations); L [1948], 2:429-432 (follows the transcript). MS unlocated; Mrs. Richmond's transcript is at ViU (Ingram, item 56). (LTR48-306 // RCL41-671; RCL48-777 and CL48-776a.)

1849 - March 1  (letter text)

RCL-778  

Poe (NY, NY) to Miss S. H. Heywood (Westford, MA). L [1948], 2:432. Sarah Heywood was Mrs. A. L. Richmond's younger sister. MS at InU (Lilly). CL81-778 says MS unlocated and that Lilly MS is a copy. (LTR48-307 // RCL48-778.)

1849 - [March 1 (?)]  (letter text)

RCL-778a

Poe (Fordham, NY) to — ? (— ?) [probably Mrs. A. L. Richmond]. L [1966], 2:725-726. MS (a two-part fragment) at ViU (Barrett). (LTR66-307a // RCL66-778a.)

1849 - about March 3-17  (letter text)

RCL-778b

Poe (Fordham, NY) to — ? (— ?) [probably F. W. Thomas (Louisville, KY)]. Griswold (Works, 1850) 3:xxix; Griswold (Works, 1853) 1:xlv. MS unlocated. (LTR08-307b // RCL08-778b.)

1849 - March 8  (letter text)

RCL-779  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). NYPL Bltn. (January 1902) 6:10; H [Works], 17:341-342; W [1909], 2:301-302; Phillips, 2:1392-1393 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:433-434. MS at NN. (LTR48-308 // RCL41-672; RCL48-779.)

1849 - before March 10

RCL-779a

F. Gleason (Boston, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in article in the Flag of Our Union, 10 March 1849 (The Poe Log, pp. 796-797.) (RCL08-779a.)

1849 - before March 10

RCL-779b

Poe (NY, NY) to F. Gleason (Boston, MA). Implied in article in the Flag of Our Union, 10 March 1849 (The Poe Log, pp. 796-797.) (RCL08-779b.)

1849 - before March 23 (?)

RCL-780  

Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 23 March 1849 (RCL-781). (RCL41-[A53]; RCL48-780.)

1849 - March 23  (letter text)

RCL-781  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). A composite text from Ingram's two printings: Appleton's Journal, (May 1878), ns 4:427-428, and Ingram 2:210-212; H [Works], 17:342-344 [follows Ingram]; Phillips, 2:1394-1395 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:434-436. MS unlocated; although Ingram presumably had a transcript by Mrs. Richmond, it is unlocated. (LTR48-309 // RCL41-673; RCL48-781.)

1849 - before April 1

RCL-781a

A. G. Chester (Saratoga Springs, NY) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Cited in Poe to A. G. Chester, 1 April 1849 (RCL-781b). (RCL08-781a.)

1849 - April 1  (letter text)

RCL-781b

Poe (Fordham, NY) to A. G. Chester (Saratoga Springs, NY). The Post Express (Rochester, NY), 2 April 1887, cited in an article about the collection of E. K. Hart (1841-1893); The Friends of the Lilly Library Newsletter (Indiana: The Indiana U. Foundation, Number 6, Spring 1985), pp. 1-4 (F); Studies in Bibliography (Charlottesville, VA: The Biblio. Society of the U. VA, 1986), pp. 261-265 (F). MS InU (Lilly). (LTR08-309a // RCL08-781b.)

1849 - April 20  (letter text)

RCL-782  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). Home Journal (20 October 1849) p. 2; Ingram 2:212-213; H [Works], 1:362-363 and 17:351; Phillips, 2:1397-1398; L [1948], 2:436-437. (LTR48-310 // RCL41-676; RCL48-782.)

1849 - [about April 26 - May 21 (?)]

RCL-783  

[Mrs. A. L. Richmond to Poe. Moved to CL-786b.]

1849 - [before April 28 - May 23]

RCL-784  

[Mrs. J. E. Locke to Poe. Moved to CL-786c.]

1849 - [April 28 (?) - May 23 (?)]

RCL-785  

[Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond. Moved to RCL-786d.]

1849 - about April [30]  (letter text)

RCL-786  

Poe (NY, NY) to E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL). America (11 April 1889) 2:45-46; Field pp. 11-15 (F); H [Works], 17:348-351; Phillips 2:1401-1403; Allen 2:809-810 (misdated as 8 April); L [1948], 2:439-441. MS at ICHi. (Formerly in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson.) (LTR48-312 // RCL41-678; RCL48-786, CL48-[781d] and CL48-[786a].)

1849 - late April (?)

RCL-786a

Gentleman's Magazine (Cincinnati, OH) to Poe (NY, NY) (a printed circular sent to contributors). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, after 5 May 1849 (RCL-786d). The Poe Log, p. 801, erroneously gives the correspondent as the Flag of Our Union (Boston, MA). (RCL08-786a.)

1849 - before May 5 (?)

RCL-786b

Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, after May 5, 1849 (RCL-786d). (RCL41-[A55]; RCL48-783; RCL08-786b.)

1849 - before May 5 (?)

RCL-786c

Mrs. J. E. Locke (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, after 5 May 1849 (RCL-786d), with one short phrase quoted. (RCL41-[A54]; RCL48-784; RCL08-786c.)

1849 - after May 5 (?)  (letter text)

RCL-786d

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) (with a brief note by Mrs. Clemm). A composite text from Ingram's two printings: Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:428, and Ingram, 2:213-215; H [Works], 17:345-346 (follows Ingram); Phillips, 2:1399-1400; Allen 2:804-805 (excerpt); Quinn, pp. 603-605 (closely follows the composite); L [1948], 2:437-439. MS unlocated; although Ingram presumably had a transcript by Mrs. Richmond, it is unlocated. (LTR48-311; LTR08-312a // RCL41-677; RCL48-785, CL48-[781c] and CL48-[796b]; RCL08-786d.)

1849 - May 7  (letter text)

RCL-787  

E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL) to Poe (NY, NY). Field, pp. 15-21; H [Works], 17:352-355; Phillips, 2:1403 (excerpts). MS unlocated, but probably in the collection of J. N. McWhirter; draft of letter at InU (Lilly). (MS of draft may have been in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson.) (RCL41-679; RCL48-787.)

1849 - before May 10 (?)

RCL-788  

J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to J. R. Thompson, 10 May, 1849 (RCL-789). (RCL48-788.)

1849 - May 10  (letter text)

RCL-789  

Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). Anderson sale (Thatcher) 22 October 1914, item 554; Anderson sale (Clawson) 29 November 1920, item 346 (F) (tipped in a copy of The Raven, 1885, ed. by Ingram); Phillips 2:1403-1404; L [1948] 2:441 (noted, L [1974] 536). This item was declared a forgery by TOM, but without explanation. MS at CSmH (HM 21873); transcript at ViU (Ingram, item 57). SH $125 (1914); $395 (1920). (LTR48-313 // RCL41-189, CL41-681 and CL41-728; RCL48-789, CL48-233a and CL48-830l; RCL74-789.)

1849 - before May 17 (?)

RCL-790  

Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to Mrs. S. A. Lewis, 17 May 1849 (RCL-791). Validity depends on RCL-791. (RCL48-790.)

1849 - May 17  (letter text)

RCL-791  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Anderson sale (Toedteberg), 14 October 1904, item 585; Phillips 2:1404; Am. Art Assoc. sale, 28 February - 1 March 1935, item 344 (F); L [1948], 2:442. Validity suspected by TOM. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $20 (1904); $520 (1935). (LTR48-314 // RCL41-682; RCL48-791.)

1849 - after May 17

RCL-791a

Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Implied by Poe to Mrs. S. A. Lewis, 17 May 1849 (RCL-791). (RCL08-791a.)

1849 - May 18  (letter text)

RCL-792  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to G. P. Putnam (NY, NY). Anderson sale, 25 November 1907, item 196; Henkels sale (Trexler), 10 April 1935, item 78 (quoted); T. F. Madigan cat. (NY) December 1935, item 37; L [1948], 2:442-443. Validity suspected by TOM. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $35 (1907); $560 (1935). (LTR48-315 // RCL41-683; RCL48-792.)

1849 - May 20

RCL-793  

G. P. Putnam (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Docketed on Poe to G. P. Putnam, 18 May 1849 (RCL-792). Validity depends on CL-792. (RCL48-793.)

1849 - May 23  (letter text)

RCL-794  

Poe (NY, NY) to E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL). America (11 April 1889) 2:47; Field pp. 21-23 (F); H [Works], 17:356-357; Phillips, 2:1404-1406 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:443-444. Allen 2:811 and 815 misdates this letter as 7 May. MS at ICHi (formerly in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson.) (LTR48-316 // RCL41-684; RCL48-794 and CL48-[786b].)

1849 - about May 30 - June 11

RCL-795  

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Implied by Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (RCL-802). (RCL41-688; RCL48-795 and CL48-[799b].)

1849 - [May (?)]  (letter text)

RCL-796  

Poe (NY, NY) to R. W. Griswold (NY, NY). G [Memoir] 3:vi-vii (1850) and 1:xxii-xxiii (1853) (with alterations, including a forged postscript); H [Works], 17:346-347 (reprinting Griswold's text); Phillips, 2:1398-1399 and 1415 (excerpts); Quinn, p. 670; L [1948], 2:445-446. MS has erroneous date of “about '45” in an unknown hand. MS at TxU-Hu. (LTR48-317 // RCL41-674 and CL41-723; RCL48-796 and CL48-[781b].) (This letter was in the Wrenn Library as early as 1935. It was never among the letters owned by Wm. Koester.)

1849 - before June 7

RCL-797  

E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to E. H. N. Patterson, 19 July 1849 (RCL-815). (RCL41-685; RCL48-797 and CL48-794a.)

1849 - June 4

RCL-797a

Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Collector, 1988, item V-843 (advertised by W. R. Benjamin). SH $3,500 (1988). (LTR08-317a // RCL08-797a.)

1849 - June 7  (letter text)

RCL-798  

E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to E. H. N. Patterson, 19 July 1849 (RCL-815) and 7 August 1849 (RCL-817). (Drafts of what may be this letter are listed in Goodspeed Catalogue 237 of Original Autographs, p. 80 as item 1180: “POE, Edgar Allan. Letters and MSs. of E. H. N. Patterson, publisher of ‘The Oquawka Spectator’, Oquawka, Illinois. Two drafts of a letter, in Patterson's hand, relating to the proposed publication by him of Poe's projected literary periodical, ‘The Stylus.’ . . . The two drafts are of Patterson's letter to Poe, dated June 7, 1849 . . . With typewritten transcripts of the drafts, a letter from Patterson's son relative to the Poe correspondence, and a typewritten copy of an article, ‘Death of Poe,’ which Patterson wrote for ‘The Oquawka Spectator’ of October 24, 1849. Also, the MS. of a romance by Patterson, ‘Aztec Revelations,’ and a printed version (a 96 page pamphlet) of the same, Oquawka, 1849. In ‘Aztec Revelations’ Poe's influence is clearly seen, and it contains also a quotation from ‘The Conqueror Worm.’ Also, some MSs. and documents in Patterson's hand. The lot-- $42.50.” The current location of these items is unknown.) (RCL41-685; RCL48-798.)

1849 - June 9  (letter text)

RCL-799  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). L [1948], 2:446. MS at NNPM (MA 644-4). (purchased by NNPM in 1910) (LTR48-318 // RCL41-687; RCL48-799.)

1849 - before June 11

RCL-799a

Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (RCL-802). (RCL08-799a.)

1849 - before June 16

RCL-800  

Poe (NY, NY) to S. D. Patterson (Philadelphia, PA) (as publisher of Graham's Magazine). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (RCL-802). (RCL41-[A56]; RCL48-800.)

1849 - before June 16

RCL-801  

S. D. Patterson (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (RCL-802). (RCL41-[A57]; RCL48-801.)

1849 - June 16  (letter text)

RCL-802  

Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) (with an autograph of N. P. Willis). Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:428; Ingram 2:216-217 (partial); H [Works], 17:358-359 (partial); Anderson sale, 17 April 1906, item 1017; Anderson sale (Poor), 12 January 1909, item 868 (laid in a copy of Tales, 1845); Phillips, 2:1409-1410 (excerpts); Quinn, pp. 613-614 (partial); L [1948], 2:446-448. MS at TxU-Hu; transcript made for Ingram by Mrs. Richmond is unlocated. (MS formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester, apparently purchased about July 1942 from a private collector, through bookseller Michael Papantanio of NY.) SH $66 (1906); $205 (1909). (LTR48-319 // RCL41-689; RCL48-802.)

1849 - after June 16

RCL-802a

Poe (NY, NY) to A. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Implied as to be sent in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (RCL-802). Abby Richmond, also known as “Caddy” and “Carrie,” was the daughter of Mrs. A. L. Richmond. (RCL08-802a.)

1849 - after June 16

RCL-802b

Poe (NY, NY) to B. Heywood (Lowell, MA). Implied as to be sent in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (RCL-802). Bardwell Heywood was the brother of Mrs. A. L. Richmond. (RCL08-802b.)

1849 - June 26  (letter text)

RCL-803  

Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Brunswick, ME). Ingram 2:217-219; H [Works], 17:360-362; PE, pp. 55-57 (from Eveleth's transcript); Phillips, 2:1372 (excerpt); Am. Art. Assoc. sale (Perry), 11-12 March 1936, item 433; L [1948], 2:449-450. Eveleth's transcript omits most of the second paragraph, summarized as “You have had time to form an opinion of 'Eureka',” and also “I had him especially in view when I wrote the passage” from the 3rd paragraph, and with minor changes. MS at NN (Berg); transcript by G. W. Eveleth at ViU (Ingram, item 58). SH $2,000 (1936). (LTR48-320 // RCL41-691; RCL48-803.)

1849 - before June 28

RCL-804  

H. S. Root (NY/Saratoga Springs (?), NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to H. S. Root, 28 June 1849 (RCL-806). (RCL48-804.)

1849 - June 28  (letter text)

RCL-805  

Poe (NY, NY) to R W. Griswold (NY, NY). Century Magazine (October 1894), 48:864; H [Works], 17:362; Phillips, 2:1218 and 1412 (excerpts); Quinn, p. 612; L [1948], 2:450-451. G [Memoir] 3:vi (1850), and 1:xxii (1853) prints a forged version of this letter, dated “early 1849,” reprinted by H [Works], 17:326-327. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-321 // RCL41-692; RCL48-805 and CL48-[828a].)

1849 - June 28  (letter text)

RCL-806  

Poe (NY, NY) to H. S. Root (Saratoga Springs, NY). Merwin-Clayton sale (Brown), 13 May 1912, item 965-A; Musical Courier, 10 February 1916, p. 22 (F); NY Times,18 September 1957, Section L, p. 29 (F); L [1948], 2:451-452 and L [1966], 2:726. MS at TxU-Hu. SH $121 (1912). (This letter and CL-74 were offered by a Paris dealer about 1949 for $10,000. In the mid-1950s they were advertised in the NY Times for $5000. Later they were bought for under $5000 by the collector who turned down the Paris offer. Koester apparently purchased the MS through the House of El Dieff, of Jamaica, NY, probably from Victor or M. Degrange.] (LTR48-322 // RCL41-693; RCL48-806.)

1849 - before June 30  (letter text)

RCL-806a

Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). Fragment quoted by Miss E. B. Cheeseborough in her MS “Recollections of Paul H. Hayne” (about 1886). (The MS recollections are at NcD.) MS unlocated. (LTR08-322a // RCL08-806a.)

1849 - after June 30

RCL-807  

Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. A. Lewis, 18 September 1849 (RCL-827). (RCL48-807.)

1849 - July 3  (letter text)

RCL-807a

G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); Anderson sale (Nelson), 16-17 April 1914, item 548. Probably Eveleth's last letter to Poe, forwarded to Mrs. Clemm from Richmond after Poe's death (see Mrs. Clemm's letter to Eveleth 20 May 1850, RF-21; also a relevant reference is quoted by PE, p. 36). MS at ViU. (RCL41-[A52]; RCL48-828; RCL66-807a.)

1849 - July 7  (letter text)

RCL-808  

Poe (marked NY, NY, but really Philadelphia, PA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Nineteenth Century (February 1852) 5:29 (extracts); W [1909], 2:311-312; Phillips, 2:1425; Allen 2:817; Quinn, p. 618; L [1948], 2:452. MS unlocated. (LTR48-323 // RCL41-698; RCL48-808.)

1849 - [July 7]  (letter text)

RCL-809  

Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Quinn, p. 633; L [1948], 2:452-453. Poe enclosed CL-808 in the present item. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-324 // RCL41-699; RCL48-809 and CL48-827b.)

1849 - [July 14, Saturday]  (letter text)

RCL-810  

Poe (en route to Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Nineteenth Century (February 1852) 5:29; W [1909], 2:313-314; Phillips, 2:1426-1428; Allen, 2:818; Quinn, p. 619; L [1948], 2:453. The Poe Log, p. 821, dates this letter as end of July or early August. MS unlocated. (LTR48-325 // RCL41-700; RCL48-810.)

1849 - [July 14], Saturday night  (letter text)

RCL-811  

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). C. Nineteenth Century (February 1852) 5:30; W [1909], 2:314-315; Phillips, 2:1427-1428; Allen, 2:819; Quinn, p. 620; L [1948], 2:453-455. MS unlocated. (LTR48-326 // RCL41-701; RCL48-811.)

1849 - July 14-19

RCL-812  

Mrs. M. Clemm (Fordham (?), NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 19 July 1849 (RCL-813). (RCL41-702; RCL48-812.)

1849 - July 19  (letter text)

RCL-813  

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Nineteenth Century (February 1852) 5:30-31; W [1909], 2:315-317; Phillips, 2:1428-1429; Allen 2:820; Quinn, pp. 620-621; L [1948], 2:455-456. MS unlocated. (LTR48-327 // RCL41-703 and CL41-705; RCL48-813 and CL48-[815a].)

1849 - July 19

RCL-814  

Poe (Richmond, VA) to G. Lippard (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in G. Lippard to R. W. Griswold, 22 November 1849 (RF-20). Lippard states that he has the letter before him and that it is dated July 19. MS unlocated. (RCL48-814.)

1849 - July 19  (letter text)

RCL-815  

Poe (Richmond, VA) to E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL). America (11 April 1889) 2:24; Field, p. 24 (F); H [Works], 17:363; Phillips, 2:1428; L [1948], 2:456-457. MS at ICHi. (Formerly in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson. Ostrom states incorrectly that the MS was in the collection of J. N. McWhirter, probably confused with CL-787.) (LTR48-328 // RCL41-704; RCL48-815.)

1849 - August 2-14 (?)

RCL-816  

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Implied in Mrs. M. Clemm to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 4 August and 3 September 1849 (RF-17). (RCL41-706; RCL48-816 and CL48-[816a].)

1849 - August 7  (letter text)

RCL-817  

Poe (Richmond, VA) to E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL). Gill, pp. 232-233; America (11 April 1889) 2:47; Field, pp. 24-26 (F); H [Works], 17:363-364; Phillips, 2:1432-1433; L [1948], 2:457-458. MS at ICHi. (Formerly in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson. Ostrom states incorrectly that the MS was in the collection of J. N. McWhirter, probably confused with CL-819.) (LTR48-329 // RCL41-707; RCL48-817.)

1849 - [August 17 (?)]

RCL-818  

[Poe to N. P. Willis. Moved to Spurious, etc. SP-143.]

1849 - August 21  (letter text)

RCL-819  

E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL) to Poe (Richmond, VA). “Some New Facts about Edgar Poe,” Laurel Leaves, 1876, pp. 376-377; Gill, pp. 232-233; Field, pp. 26-28; H [Works], 17:365-366. MS unlocated, but probably in the collection of J. N. McWhirter. (H [Works] states that the MS is in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson, but Hutchinson seems only to have had Poe's letters to Patterson, not Patterson's to Poe. Field seems to reprint from Gill, not MS.) (RCL41-709; RCL48-819.)

1849 - about August 27

RCL-819a

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. S. E. Shelton (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 29 August 1849 (RCL-821). (RCL15-819a.)

1849 - before August 28

RCL-819b

Mrs. S. E. Shelton (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 29 August 1849 (RCL-821). (RCL15-819b.)

1849 - before August 28

RCL-819c

Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA) (two letters). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 29 August 1849 (RCL-821). (RCL15-819c.)

1849 - before August 28

RCL-820  

T. H. Chivers (Washington, GA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 29 August 1849 (RCL-821). See also T. H. Chivers to R. W. Griswold, 28 March 1851 (RF-22). (RCL41-710; RCL48-820 and CL48-[821a].)

1849 - August 29, Wednesday Night  (letter text)

RCL-821  

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Century Magazine (October 1894), 48:865-866; H [Works], 17:368-370; W [1909], 2:326-329; Phillips, 2:1462-1464; Quinn, pp. 625-626; L [1948], 2:458-460. This letter, often misdated as September 1849, is the letter cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 10 September 1849 (RCL-823). The first half of the letter was unknown until June 4, 2015, when it appeared at a sale by Minerva Auctions, in Rome, Italy, as item 103, where it sold for €136,800 (approximately $155,000), including the buyer's premium. (The estimate had been €8,000-10,000.) MS of the first half of the letter in the collection of S. J. Tane; MS-fragment of second half of the letter at MB (Griswold). SH €136,800 (2015), first half of MS only. (LTR48-330 // RCL41-711; RCL48-821, CL48-[821b] and CL48-[827a].)

1849 - about August (?)

RCL-821a

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Miss S. A. Talley (Richmond, VA). In 1878, Mrs. Weiss (formerly Miss Talley) recalled that Poe, having felt unwell for several days, “. . . sent a message by his sister [Rosalie Poe] requesting some flowers, in return for which came a dainty note of thanks, written in a tremulous hand” (Scribner's Magazine, March 1878, 25:712, col. 1). (RCL08-821a.)

1849 - about August (?)

RCL-821b

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Miss S. A. Talley (Richmond, VA). A second letter, also established in 1878 by Mrs. Weiss, along with CL-821a: “He again wrote, inclosing a little anonymous poem which he had found in some newspaper and admired . . .” (RCL08-821b.)

1849 - [September 10], Monday evening  (letter text)

RCL-822  

Poe (Hygenia Hotel, Old Point Comfort, VA) to Miss S. V. C. Ingram (Hygenia Hotel, Old Point Comfort, VA) (with a MS copy of “Ulalume”). NY Herald, 19 February 1905; Anderson sale (McKee), 20 February 1905, item 7746; W [1909], 2:331; Whitty [1911], p. 247; Phillips, 2:1472; L [1948], 2:460. A clipping of the NY Herald at ViU (Ingram, item 918). MS at NNPM (MA 325, purchased on August 28, 1906). SH $160 (1905). (LTR48-331 // RCL41-712; RCL48-822.)

1849 - September 10  (letter text)

RCL-823  

Poe (Hygenia Hotel, Old Point Comfort, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Fordham, NY). This is the letter cited in Mrs. M. Clemm to Mrs. Richmond, 15 September 1849 (RF-18). What is probably the close of this letter, a 1 by 3.5 inches clipped signature, is noted in ABC from a sale in UK, 12 November 1985, item 974, sold for ₤1,300 (see ABC 1986, p. 164). The envelope for this letter was part of the collection of Wm. E. Self, tipped into a set of the Redfield printing of Poe's works (1850), a set presented by Mrs. Clemm to A. B. Heywood. This set was sold at a Christie's (NY) sale, Dec. 4, 2009, item 172. Along with CL-719c, Mrs. Clemm apparently sent this MS to Sarah E. Robins, from whom it passed to Elizabeth Robins. The letter was discovered in 1985 by Frank Walker, curator of the NYU library. MS at NNYU-F (Robins); MS of close and signature is unlocated, as is the envelope. (Envelope formerly in the collections of S. H. Wakeman, G. C. Smith, and Wm. H. Koester. The close and signature were sold at auction by Heritage Auctions, June 16, 2009, lot 35127) (LTR08-331a // RCL41-713; RCL48-823.)

1849 - before September 18

RCL-824  

Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA) (two letters). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 18 September 1849 (RCL-826). (RCL41-714; RCL48-824 and CL48-[823a].)

1849 - before September 18

RCL-825  

Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 18 September 1849 (RCL-826). (RCL41-715; RCL48-825 and CL48-[828e].)

1849 - September 18, Tuesday  (letter text)

RCL-826  

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Nineteenth Century (February 1852), 5:31 (one paragraph); (W [1885], pp. 339-340; H [Works], 17:366-367; W [1909], 2:333-335; Phillips, 2:1476-1477; Quinn, pp. 632-633; Quinn & Hart pp. 24-25 (F); L [1948], 2:461-462; L [1948], 2:506 (facing) (F of portion by Poe). MS (part in Poe's hand, part in transcript by Mrs. M. Clemm) at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe); transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 63). (LTR48-332 // RCL41-716; RCL48-826 and CL48-825a.)

1849 - [September 18]  (letter text)

RCL-827  

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Quinn, p. 633; L [1948], 2:462; L [1948], 2:507 (facing) (F). MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-333 // RCL41-717; RCL48-827 and CL48-826a.)

1849 - September 18  (letter text)

RCL-827a

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. St. Leon Loud (Philadelphia, PA). American Literature. (March 1963), 35:80-81; L [1966], 2:727-728. MS at ViRP. (LTR66-334 // RCL66-827a.)

1849 - after September 18

RCL-827b

Mrs. M. St. Leon Loud (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Though no evidence of a letter from Mrs. Loud exists, one could easily be inferred from Poe since he was to receive $100 for editing her poems and in his letter (RCL-827a) Poe asked for a reply “by return of mail.” (RCL81-827b.)

1849 - before September 22

RCL-827c

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Implied by a statement left by Mrs. S. H. Whitman, Century Magazine (January 1909), 77:451, and in a letter from Mrs. S. H. Whitman to J. H. Ingram, 12 October 1875 (RF-26). The date is established by Mrs. E. Shelton to Mrs. M. Clemm, 22 September 1849 (RF-19). This letter is cited speculatively by The Poe Log, pp. 839-840, based on the claim that Mrs. Shelton had accepted Poe's proposal, but may actually be a misrepresentation of CL-823 or CL-826. (RCL08-827c.)

1849 - September 26

RCL-827d

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Miss S. A. Talley (Richmond, VA). Cited by Mrs. S. A. Weiss (formerly Miss Talley) who, in 1878, recalled: “On the way [to visit a sick friend] I was met by Miss Poe [Rosalie], who delivered a note left for me by her brother, containing a MS copy of 'Annie,' — a poem then almost unknown, and which I had expressed a wish to see” (Scribner's Magazine, March 1878, 15:714). In his notes about versions of the poem “For Annie,” TOM [Poems] says that the manuscript of the poem, and presumably the note with it, “was destroyed during the Civil War” (1:456). (RCL08-827d.)

1849 - before September 29

RCL-827e

Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (addressing Poe as “E. S. T. Grey”). Implied by Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, before 22 September 1849 (RCL-827c), and confirmed by a list of letters left in the Philadelphia Post Office as printed in the Philadelphia Public Ledger (October 3 and 4, 1849). (RCL08-827e.)

1849 - about Sept

RCL-827f

Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. S. E. Shelton (Richmond, VA). According to Mrs. S. A. Weiss, “. . . I well remember that during his [Poe's] absence Mrs. Shelton one day came to see Mrs. Mackenzie, with whom she had no previous acquaintance, and had a private talk with her in the parlor . . . about Mr. Poe's letters to her” (Independent, August 25, 1904, p. 445). (RCL08-827f.)

1849 - [after October 7]

RCL-828  

[G. W. Eveleth to Poe. Delete, same as CL-807a. (RCL48-828; renumbered in CL66-807a.)]

[n. d.]

RCL-829  

[Mrs. S. A. Lewis to Poe. Moved to Spurious, etc. SP-148).]

[n. d.]

RCL-830  

[Delete: originally noted as: “Poe to —? Bangs sale, 23 November 1894, item 219,” which is the C. B. Foote sale. In the cat., item 219 is dated as January 4, 1848 and described. The name of the correspondent is not given, but the contents of the letter clearly agree completely with Poe's letter to G. W. Eveleth (RCL-694). (RCL41-729; RCL48-830 and CL48-[830m].)]

n. d.

RCL-831  

Eucleian Society, NYU (NY, NY) to Poe (— ?). Poe gives the institution as “Un. of N.Y.” (RCL08-831.)

n. d.

RCL-832  

Franklin Literary Society, Jefferson College (Canonsburg, PA) to Poe (— ?). Ostrom speculates that there was a letter of early September 1836 (RCL-159a) shortly after Poe was made an honorary member, but since this entry is listed in Poe's address book along with several other literary societies where Poe lectured in 1843-1844, it presumably refers to a later letter. (RCL08-832.)

n. d.

RCL-833  

The Goethian Literary Society, of Marshall College (Mercersburg, PA) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-833.)

n. d.

RCL-834  

Jefferson Literary Society, Franklin College (New Athens, GA) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-834.)

n. d.

RCL-835  

Mechanic's Institute (Reading, PA) to Poe (— ?). This letter is probably CL-469 or CL-472. Poe lectured at the Mechanic's Institute about March 12, 1844. (RCL08-835.)

n. d.

RCL-836  

The Perthessophian Society, of Rutgers College (New Brunswick, NJ) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-836.)

n. d.

RCL-837  

The Philo-Literary Society, of Jefferson College (Canonsburg, PA) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-837.)

n. d.

RCL-838  

The Philomathean Society, of Pennsylvania College (Gettysburg, PA) to Poe (— ?). Poe's correspondent seems to have been A. S. Cummings, the Corresponding Secretary for the society. This entry may, therefore, be the same as CL-238a. (RCL08-838.)

n. d.

RCL-839  

Philomathean Society, NYU (NY, NY) to Poe (— ?). This entry is listed with the Eucleian Society, (RCL-831). Poe gives the institution as “Un. of N.Y.” (RCL08-839.)

n. d.

RCL-840  

Philosophian Society, Wittenburg College (Springfield, OH) to Poe (— ?). This letter is probably CL-676, from J. F. Reinman and J. H. Walker, dated February 24, 1847. As noted by Wm. H. Browne on his transcription of Poe's letter (RCL-680), Reinman and Walker were associated with this Philosophian Society. (RCL08-840.)

n. d.

RCL-841  

Reading Room Society, St. Mary's College (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-841.)

n. d.

RCL-842  

Thalian Society (Milledgeville, GA) to Poe (— ?). Poe also names a representative of the society, “Chas. E. Tifft 'Rose Jasper'.” (RCL08-842.)

n. d.

RCL-843  

Union Philosophical Society, Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA) to Poe (— ?). This entry may be the same as CL-637. (RCL08-843.)

n. d.

RCL-844  

S. G. Bulfinch (Augusta, GA) to Poe. Possibly the same as CL-137, but probably later than 1836. (RCL08-844.)

n. d.

RCL-845  

J. Beatty (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (— ?). This may be the same John Beatty Poe mentioned seeing in Norfolk, VA on September 18, 1849. (RCL08-845.)

n. d.

RCL-846  

H. M. Brooks (Salem, MA) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-846.)

n. d.

RCL-847  

A. P. Burwell (Woodworth's, Granville County, NC) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-847.)

n. d.

RCL-848  

S. Cobb (Boston, MA) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-848.)

n. d.

RCL-849  

D. Colvin (RCLyde, NY) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-849.)

n. d.

RCL-850  

E. G. Cross (Baton Rouge East, New Orleans, LA) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-850.)

n. d.

RCL-851  

Mrs. E. Fletcher (Haverhill, MA) to Poe. (RCL08-851.)

n. d.

RCL-852  

J. S. French (Old Point Comfort, VA) to Poe. (RCL08-852.)

n. d.

RCL-853  

J. B. Green (Lynchburg, VA) to Poe. (RCL08-853.)

n. d.

RCL-854  

G. W. Haskins (Buffalo, NY) to Poe. (RCL08-854.)

n. d.

RCL-855  

Dr. J. C. Hay[s] (Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD) to Poe. Poe's list gives the name as both Hay and Hays. (RCL08-855.)

n. d.

RCL-856  

P. Jones (Lairdsville, Oneida County, NY) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-856.)

n. d.

RCL-857  

A. Kinne (Natchez, MS) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-857.)

n. d.

RCL-858  

J. Leonard (Howe, Leonard & Co., Boston, MA) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-858.)

n. d.

RCL-859  

J. B. Lynes (Danbury, CN) to Poe (— ?). Poe also notes: “direct to Mobile.” (RCL08-859.)

n. d.

RCL-860  

R. A. Lyon (Brooklyn, NY) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-860.)

n. d.

RCL-861  

D. H. Mason, Jr. (Dahlonega, GA) to Poe (— ?). Mason (1829-after 1894) was an editor and author. He lived in GA 1837-1847, afterwards moving to Yale. (RCL08-861.)

n. d.

RCL-862  

J. C. Molton (Woonsocket Falls, RI) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-862.)

n. d.

RCL-863  

A. B. Moss (59 Broadway, [NY ?]) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-863.)

n. d.

RCL-864  

J. R. Orton (Binghampton, NY) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-864.)

n. d.

RCL-865  

J. R. Paxton (8 Marshall St., Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-865.)

n. d.

RCL-866  

G. Potts (New York, NY) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-866.)

n. d.

RCL-867  

D. Redmond (Utica, NY) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-867.)

n. d.

RCL-868  

J. Reed, Jr. (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-868.)

n. d.

RCL-869  

W. B. Rose (Washington, PA) to Poe (— ?). (RCL08-869.)

n. d.

RCL-870  

Unknown correspondent “of Paulson & Co. 451” (— ?) to Poe (— ?). Unfortunately, the name of the individual was lost when the page was torn. (RCL08-870.)

Note: Entries CL-831 - CL-870 appear on Poe's “Memoranda” list of subscribers and contributors to his projected magazine the Penn, later the Stylus. The full list was printed by Alexander G. Rose III and Jeffrey A. Savoye, eds., Such Friends as These: Edgar Allan Poe's List of Subscribers and Contributors to His Dream Magazine (Baltimore: The Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, 1986). All of these entries carry the comment, “See let” or “See letter.” In most cases, it is reasonable to surmise a reply by Poe. Regrettably, it is not practical, in general, to date these letters more precisely than 1840-1848. Those letters which can be dated more accurately have been added to the appropriate places in the check list.