Text: James B. Reece, “Elizabeth Bogard,” Poe's Poe and the New York Literati Story, dissertation, 1954 (This material is protected by copyright)

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Elizabeth Bogart (1795-1879) was born in New York but spent most of her childhood at Southampton, Long Island. The education she received at the village school was supplemented by instruction from her father, a Presbyterian minister. In 1813 the family moved to Hempstead, Long Island, and in 1826 to New York, where Miss Bogart lived during the remainder of her life. Her literary career began in 1825, when a Long Island paper published one of her poems. Within a short time her poems and, more rarely, tales were appearing in the New York Mirror, under the pen-name “Estelle.” Many of her later productions went to this periodical, but in the 1840's she wrote occasionally for such publications as the Union Magazine and the Home Journal. In 1846 [page 216:] she made a tour of Europe. Her only volume appears to be Driftings from the Stream of Life; a Collection of Fugitive Poems (1866).(1)

Poe wrote of Miss Bogart only in the “Literati” sketch, and here he offered little criticism beyond the observation that her compositions are “noticeable for nerve, dignity, and finish.” Nothing is known of his personal relationship with Miss Bogart, but his remark that she is “fond of society”(2) suggests that he met at literary gatherings.

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