Text: Anonymous, “Letters of Poe's Fiancee,” New York Times (New York, NY), January 31, 1909, p. 26, col. 4

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LETTERS OF POE'S FIANCEE.

Included in a Number of Poe Items to. be Sold In Boston.

An Edgar Allan Poe collection will be sold by Libbie in Boston next day. Among the items in It of interest are:

“Collection of Early American Engraved Music.” 4to, New York, 1800, containing the rare plece of engraved music, I’m Sure I Never Can Forget,” sung by Mrs. Poe in the comic opera of Who Wins?”

First American and English editions, 1835, of Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.”

An engraved portrait of Sarah Helen Whitman, who was to have married Poe, but who broke off the engagement, and two autograph letters of hers, four and six pages, respectively, One is signed with her initials, and with the other are nine additional pages in her handwriting, all relating to Poe.

Autograph notes made by Eugene L. Didier, one of the biographers and champions of Poe, at an interview with Mrs. Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law.

Engraved portrait of Poe, accompanied by autograph letters of William Fearing Gill, his biographer; W. J. Widdleton, publisher; Andrew Johnson, schoolmate; J. H. Clarke, teacher; Robert Carter, editor, and others, all relating to Poe.

First editions of “Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque and Conchologist's First Book.”

Graham's Magazine. April, 1841, to March, 1842, edited by Poe.

The American Review. Vols. I. and New York, 1845, containing the first appearance of “The Raven and Eulalie,” a song, by Poe, also his “Criticisms.”