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Office of the Broadway Journal
June 20th —1845.
Dr Sir,
The previous letter to which you allude did not reach me — I trust, therefore, that you will exonerate me from the charge of discourtesy.
I shall be happy to oblige you in any way — and it will give me very great pleasure to act as one of a Committee in which I shall be associated with two gentlemen whom I so highly respect as Drs Griswold and Snodgrass.
My time is entirely at your disposal — whenever you will be kind enough to let me know that you require it.
Very respectfully
Yr ob. St.
Edgar A Poe
Chas. E. West Esq.
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Notes:
In the original, the first line of the paragraphs in the body of the letter are indented by about 2 inches.
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[S:0 - MS, 18xx] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Letters - Poe to C. E. West (LTR200a/RCL544b)