Text: Sidney P. Moss, “Index,” Poe's Major Crisis , 1970, pp. 226-238 (This material is protected by copyright)


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INDEX

Aldrich, James: Poe accuses of plagiarism, 46, 47

Allen, Hervey: 31

American Literary Gazette and New York Weekly Mirror: 219-21. See also Weekly Mirror

American Review: A Whig Journal (New York): Poe contributes to, 217; stops paying contributors, 218; mentioned, 17

Anthon, Charles: in “Literati,” 18

Appleton and Company: publish Halleck, 93

Aristidean, The (New York): as Poe's ally, 26-7; Poe's relations with, 27; reviews Hirst, 27, 44; reviews Longfellow, 27; Poe on, 29, 32; Poe publishes in, 164, 165, 169; mentioned, 33. See also English, Thomas Dunn

Arthur, Timothy Shay: 7. See also Arthur's Ladies’ Magazine

Arthur's Ladies’ Magazine (Philadelphia): merges with Godey's, 7, 8, 12-3, 15

Atheneum, The (London): Poe cites on Tales and Poems, 23; Clark quotes on Poe, 111, 113

Atlanta Enterprise: Chivers reprints Duyckinck's defense of Poe in, 204

Auld, Jedidiah B.: edits Yankee Doodle, 219, and American Literary Gazette, 219-20; writes to George Duyckinck, 220; did not edit Trippings of Tom Pepper, 221

Barnum, P. T.: 51, 62

Barrett, Miss Elizabeth Barrett: Poe quotes letter of, 21, 23-4; Poe dedicates Raven volume to, 25; letter of to Poe, 25-6; on English reception of “The Raven” and “Valdemar Case,” 26; Poe reviews, 118; English alleges Poe asked for favorable notice, 121; Poe sends letter of to Duyckinck, 141; Duyckinck quotes from letter of to Poe, 143; mentioned, 140

Baudelaire, Charles: Forgues helps bring Poe to attention of, 144

Bayless, Joy: quotes Griswold on Mrs. Ellet, 156

Behrin, Nathan: viii

Benjamin, Park: denies starting rumor that Poe engaged in forgery, 58

Bennett, James Gordon: Fuller threatens with libel suit, 87; Fuller compares Poe to, 185; Clason cowhides, 187

Bisco, John: English pays to help Poe buy Broadway Journal, 34, 49, 164, 167, 169; Poe's letter to, 68-9. See also Broadway Journal

Boston Chronotype: sued for libel, 207; Fuller advises to eschew libels, 208

Boston Flag of Our Union: Poe reduced to publishing in, 217

Boston Lyceum: Poe's performance at, xv, 35, 36, 89; Poe's appearance at announced by Morris, 41; Poe ignores English's charges on his performance at, 49; reactions to Poe's performance at, 127

Boston Transcript: See Walter, Cornelia Wells

Bostonian, The: announces distress of the Poes, 127; Miss Walter cites, 136

Botta, Mrs. Anne C. L.: See Lynch, Anne Charlotte

Briggs, Charles Frederick (“Harry Franco”): Fuller on, 18, 49; Poe on, 46, 50, 51; said to squib Poe in Mirror, 48; connection of with Mirror, 49, 195, 219; “quotes” Horne on Poe, 118; lures Poe away from Mirror, 128; editor of Broadway Journal, 195; Fable for Critics dedicated to, 195; mentioned, 9

Trippings of Tom Pepper, The: Knickerbocker, Literary World, and Yankee Doodle on, 194-5; serialized in Mirror, 194, 195, 196; satirizes Duyckinck, Mrs. Ellet, Mathews, Simms, and Poe, 194-202 passim; book version of misreported as edited by Auld and Duyckinck, 221

British Critic, The (London): Poe cites on Tales and Poems, 23

Broadway Journal (New York): Field quotes on occasion, 20; “Little Longfellow War” conducted in, 26; occupies same office as Aristidean, 27; English helps Poe buy, 34, 49, 166-7, 177; last number of edited by English, 55-6; owned by Bisco, 68; reprints Simms's defense of Poe in, 89; Poe's review of Miss Barrett in, 118; Briggs offers Poe co-editorship of, 128; Poe borrows from Greeley to help buy, 134, 188; Briggs and Poe on staff of, 195; mentioned, 3, 41, 155

Brook Farm: Ripley major founder of, 134

Brother Jonathan (New York): murder of Mary Rogers reported in, 152

Brown, Charles Brockden: Forgues identifies, 145, and compares to Poe, 154

Brown, Thomas Dunn: See English, Thomas Dunn

Browne, John Ross: court appoints to obtain English's testimony, 160, 161, 163; background of, 161; unable to take English's testimony, 166, 170

Browning, Robert: Miss Barrett cites on “The Raven,” 24, 26

Bryant, William Cullen: Simms on, 93; horsewhips Stone, 187

Burns, Robert: Poe's view of satirized in 1844, 117, 118, 120, 121

Burton, William Evans: English mentions in deposition, 166

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine (Philadelphia): English mentions in deposition, 166

Bush, George: Fuller on “Literati” sketch of, 8, 18

Carey and Hart: publish Longfellow, 86

Carlyle, Thomas: Clark “quotes” Poe on, 113; Poe on, 117-8; in 1844, 119-21; mentioned, xvi

Cary, Henry (John Waters): in “Literati” and “Marginalia,” 46

Channing, William Ellery (the younger): Poe on, 117

Charivari (Paris): Poe cites on “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” 140

Charleston Courier: Poe alleges he was flatteringly noticed in, 67, 68

Chivers, Thomas Holley: Poe sends Reveille notice to, 20; charges Poe with plagiarism, 72; receives letter from Poe, 72-3; reprints Duyckinck's defense of Poe, 204; Clark alludes to, 112n

Chronotype (Boston): sued for libel, 207; Fuller advises to eschew libels, 208

Churton's Literary Register (London): Poe cites on Tales and Poems, 23

Clark, Lewis Gaylord: in slanging match with Poe, xv; on Poe and “Literati,” 3-7, 89, 111-3, 122; in “Literati,” 4, 5, 10, 98, 109-10; Fuller's relations with, 48, 217, 221, 222; Poe on, 50, 51; reprints Fuller on Poe, 71; Yankee Doodle on, 159; on Trippings of Tom Pepper and Mathews, 194; mentioned, 8, 9, 15, 34, 196. See also Knickerbocker Magazine

Clarke, McDonald: Bostonian likens Poe to, 127

Clason, Augustus W., Jr.: co-owner of Mirror, 42, 68, 77, 128, 172, 184, 186, 216; Poe sues for libel, 68, 77, 79-85, 95, 96, 105, 190; English's acquaintance with, 168; conducts defense at libel trial, 172-7 passim, 203; cowhides Bennett, 187; Fuller's brother-in-law, 188, 189; mentioned, 161, 162, 163, 166. See also Evening Mirror, Libel Suit, and Weekly Mirror

Clemm, Mrs. Maria: as Poe's courier, 45, 68, 138, 205, 206; Fuller alludes to as Poe's “aged female relative,” 69, 70, 112; begs from friends, 125, 126; Willis sends regards to, 129, and terms Poe's mother, 131; letter of to Neilson Poe, 138; mentioned, 140, 181

Colton, George Hooker: in “Literati,” 8, 17

Columbian Magazine (New York): Post publishes, 126; Poe contributes to, 217; fails, 218; mentioned, 197

Commerce, Le (Paris): publishes version of “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” 139

Commercial Advertiser (New York): 187

Cooke, Philip Pendleton: Poe's letter to, 144-5

Cooper, James Fenimore: Simms on, 93; Poe considered on par with in France, 143; libel suits of, 173; sues Greeley, 187

Cornwall, Barry: Poe accuses English of imitating, 29, 31

Cranch, Christopher Pearse: in “Literati” and Literary America, 30, 124

Cranston, William: contributes to Godey's, 7, 8

Daily Picayune: See Picayune, Daily

Daily Reveille: See Reveille, Daily

Daily Tribune: See Tribune, Daily

Davis, Richard Beale: editor of Chivers's biography of Poe, 72

Dedmond, Francis B.: on Poe's libel suit, 223

Democratic Review (New York): Poe contributes to, 46, 47; Duyckinck helps Poe publish in, 217; stops paying contributors, 218; mentioned, 17

Devereaux, Miss Mary: at Mrs. Poe's funeral, 165

Dial, The (Boston): Simms on, 93; English alleges Greeley worships, 99

Dickens, Charles: Simms on, 95; mentioned, 144, 146

Dickinson, Miss Emily: Holland's friend, 110

Dunciad, The (Pope): “Literati” likened to, 4, 11, 218

Du Solle, John Stephenson: on English's “Reply to Mr. Poe,” 40; thrashed English, 44, 53; prints Poe's “Reply to Mr. English and Others,” 87; on Poe's open letter to Willis, 158; on libel trial, 190. See also Spirit of the Times

Duyckinck Circle: edits Yankee Doodle, 99, 132, 159, 194; misreported as buying Weekly Mirror, 221

Duyckinck, Evert Augustus: on Poe, xvii, 45, 207, 219; edits Library of American Books, 7, 42; on Clark, 7; Griswold's letter to, 42-3; on “Literati,” 45; Poe asks information from on Cary, 46; tells Mrs. Clemm of Poe's fame in France, 138; Poe's letter to, 140-1; defends Poe in Home Journal, 142-3, 204; on Poe's unemployment as editor, 143, 218; selects stories for Poe's Tales, 144-5; Poe enlists as ally, 155; Mathews's closest friend, 159; North American Review on, 159; on Major Noah, 171; satirized in Trippings of Tom Pepper, 194-202 passim; helps Poe publish in Democratic Review, 217, 218; Auld's friend, 219; edits Literary World and connection of with American Literary Gazette, 220; did not edit Trippings of Tom Pepper, 221; mentioned, 139. See also Literary World

Duyckinck, George Long: Auld's letter to, 220; helps brother edit Literary World, 220

Duyckinck Manuscript Collection: quoted on Poe, xvii, 45, 207, 219; Auld's letter and Duyckinck's correspondence with Wiley and Putnam in, 220; mentioned, viii, 142

Eaves, T. C. Duncan: co-editor of Simms's letters, 225

1844; or, The Power of the “S. F.”: See English, Thomas Dunn

Ellet, Mrs. Elizabeth Frieze Lummis: Poe involved with, xv; persecutes Poe, 7, 89, 155, 195; alleged letters of to Poe, 28; English charges Poe with slandering, 35, 37, 61; Fuller alludes to as “innocent,” 88; maligns Mrs. Osgood, 89, 195; Poe alleges insanity to escape persecution of, 92, 196; as Mrs. Grodenap in 1844, 99, 103; Willis alludes to, 131; Poe considers manipulator of Fuller and English, 155; persecutes Griswold, 155-6; Colonel Lummis brother of, 172, 174; as Lizzy in Trippings of Tom Pepper, 195-202

Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Poe on, 118; in 1844, 120

English, Thomas Dunn: Poe's relations with, 26-8; pays Bisco to help Poe buy Broadway Journal, 28, 34, 49, 164, 167, 169; in “Literati,” 28-30, 124, 176, 183; Poe's revised “Literati” sketch of, 31-4, 124; Griswold substitutes revised sketch of for Literati volume, 31; deposition of, 34, 166-70, 182, 203; libels Poe, 35-6, 77, 184, 191; Poe accuses of plagiarizing from Hirst, 43; on Hirst, 44; thrashed by Du Solle, 53; on Wise, 54, 55; Poe sues Mirror for circulating libels of, 80-5; Fuller alludes to as Poe's friend, 88; Poe asks Simms to offset comments of, 89; veracity of argued in court, 96-8; satirizes Poe in John-Donkey, 101, 206; possibly manipulated by Mrs. Ellet, 155; co-edits John-Donkey, 159; fails to appear at libel trial, 160, 162, 170, 203, 216; court appoints commission to obtain testimony of, 161-70 passim; acquaintance of with Fuller and Clason, 168; deposition of read at libel trial, 172, 175, 177, 181, 184; Poe offered free use of Mirror to reply to, 183; Greeley on “Literati” sketch of, 188-9; on “Literati” sketch of Poe, 190, 191; mentions Mrs. Osgood and Thomas in deposition, 193; weakness in deposition of, 206; Fuller calls “literary humbug,” 206; Eveleth on Poe's “Reply” to, 213, 214, and Poe, 215; reports Poe resumes “Literati,” 218; mentioned, 66, 217

— “Azthene”: Poe on, 28-9, 31, 55

— “Card, A: In Reply to Mr. Poe's Rejoinder”: text of, 61-3; reactions to, 63-4; alluded to, 176

— “Card, A: Mr. English's Reply to Mr. Poe”: text of, 35-9; general reactions to, 39-43; Poe on, 43-5, 155; in Mirror, 48, 77; Poe answers, 50-9, Poe considers libelous, 83; not an advertisement, 87, 137, 169, 172, 207; court questions charges in, 163, 164; English acknowledges authorship of, 168-9; English introduces rumor of forgery into, 181; Fuller on, 183-4, 185, 208; Greeley on, 188; mentioned, 176

1844; or, The Power of the “S. F.”: discussed, 98-100; installments of satirizing Poe, 101-4, 105, 106-9, 113-23; Mrs. Ellet as Mrs. Grodenap and Mrs. Osgood as Mrs. Flighty in, 103; Greeley satirized in, 113-5, 134; Locke mentioned as author of “Moon Hoax” in, 114; Yankee Doodle on, 159; serialized in Mirror, 159; mentioned, 196

— “Untranslated Don Quixotte, The”: satirizes Poe, 101

— “Walter Woolfe”: alleged to satirize Poe, 101. See also Aristidean, Evening Mirror, John-Donkey, Libel Suit, and Weekly Mirror

Eveleth, George W.: writes to Poe, 124, 202, 214; Poe writes to, 124-5, 141, 203; writes to Duyckinck, 141-2; Poe sends “Reply to Mr. English and Others” to, 213, 214; on Poe's “Reply to Mr. English and Others,” 214

Evening Mirror (New York): on “Literati” as journalistic hit, 8, 9; Godey's Card in, 16; Poe sends Field Fuller's attack in, 22; Field charges with persecuting Poe, 22; English's Cards on Poe in, 34-9, 61-3; periodicity of, 128; Poe on staff of, 131, 138; editors of, 137, 138; Yankee Doodle mocks for persecuting Poe, 159; Poe offered free use of to reply to English, 183; format of, 207; merges with Gazette and Times, 221, 222. See also Fuller, Hiram, and Weekly Mirror

Evening Post (New York): Simms mentions, 93

Express (New York): Fuller quotes on libel suits, 210-1, 212

Fable for Critics, A: See Lowell, James Russell

Fancher, Enoch L.: Poe engages to conduct libel suit, 68; Poe visits, 69; draws up Poe's Declaration of Grievances, 77, 85; at preliminary hearing of Poe's lawsuit, 79, 96; argues English's Card libelous, 95, 97; lawsuit of postponed, 105; calls witnesses at libel trial, 171, and turns witness, 172, 183, 184, 193, 208, 216; offers to settle libel suit out of court, 183, 184; Fuller on, 186, 193, 205, 208, 211-2; Mrs. Clemm picks up “award money” from, 205; Poe's letter to, 206; commences libel suit against Fuller, 209, 210, but does not prosecute, 212; mentioned, 163, 165, 175, 176, 177, 207. See also Libel Suit

Fermat, Pierre: 144

Field, Joseph M.: relations of with Poe, 20; Poe enlists help from, 20, 140, 155; on Poe, 21-4; charges Evening Mirror with persecuting Poe, 22; influences Picayune to defend Poe, 65; rebukes Poe's persecutors, 133. See also Reveille, Daily

Flag of Our Union (Boston): Poe reduced to publishing in, 217

Fordham: why Poe moved to, 4, 93; thirteen miles from city, 72, 138; Poe asks Simms to visit him in, 89; Mrs. Poe's funeral in, 165; Poe secludes himself in, 207; Duyckinck and Mathews visit Poe in, 207; mentioned, 125, 205, 206. See also Poe Cottage

Forgues, E.-D.: denies plagiarism involving “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” 139; publishes first French critique on Poe, 140, 142, 145-54; as literary figure, 144

Foster, George G.: co-edits John-Donkey, 101, 159, 206; edits Yankee Doodle, 159; on Tribune staff, 159

Fourier, Charles: Poe mentions, 134

Francis, Dr. John W.: in “Literati,” 9, 196; Fuller reprints “Literati” sketch of, 14; English alludes to in “Reply to Mr. Poe,” 37; explains Poe's “irregularities,” 52; certifies Poe as temporarily insane, 92; conveys Poe's alibi to Mrs. Ellet, 196; Briggs alludes to in Trippings of Tom Pepper, 201

Franco, Harry: See Briggs, Charles Frederick

Fuller, Hiram: on “Literati” and Poe, 8-10, 13-20, 35, 47, 48-9, 69-70, 85-9 passim, 98, 105-6, 115, 116, 123, 137, 138, 155, 183-7, 189, 19-24, 205, 208-9; on Willis, 8, 15, 132-3, 189; on Clark and Knickerbocker, 9, 19, 48, 98, 217, 221, 222; publishes Godey's Card, 10; reprints “Mustard Mace” on Poe, 13; association of with Morris and Willis on Mirror, 15, 41, 128; on Godey's Card, 16; Poe asks Field and Simms to offset attack of, 20, 94; biographical facts on, 21; Poe on, 22, 24, 25, 50, 51, 59; prefaces English's “Reply to Mr. Poe,” 34, 35; friend of Kirkland, 46; rebuked for too frequent notices of “Literati,” 47; copies English's “Reply to Mr. Poe” from Morning Telegraph, 34, 48, 77, 87, 137, 185, 207; Poe engages Fancher to conduct libel suit against, 68; Morning News censures for vituperating Poe, 71; Poe sues for libel, 77, 79-85, 190; threatens countersuits against Poe's publishers, 87; pleads not guilty of libeling Poe, 95; at preliminary hearing, 96; serializes English's 1844, 98, 100; libel suit against postponed, 105; Clark quotes Poe, 111; on English's Card as an advertisement, 137, 169, 208; possibly manipulated by Mrs. Ellet, 155, 212-3; on Yankee Doodle's attacks on Mirror, 159, 222; English's acquaintance with, 168; announces he stands trial, 170; keeps transcript of trial, 171, 193; co-owner of Mirror, 172, 177, 186, 189; on verdict in trial, 176, 183-7, 192-3, 207-9, 216; Fancher offers to settle with out of court, 183, 184; on Fancher turning witness in trial, 183, 184, 208, 216; offers Poe free use of Mirror to reply to English, 186, 192; sympathizes with Greeley, 187; Clason's brother-in-law, 188, 189; Greeley quotes on trial, 189; alleges Poe plans another libel suit against several ladies, 193, 194, 204, 205; Briggs's connection with on Mirror, 195; convicted of libeling Poe, 203; asserts Fancher bilked Poe, 205-6; alludes to English as “literary humbug,” 206, 207; satirized in John-Donkey, 206; Poe visits, 207, 208; libels Fancher, 209-10; on Fancher, 211-2, 213, 216; Eveleth quotes on Poe's “Reply to Mr. English and Others,” 213; drops Auld's and Duyckinck's names from Weekly Mirror ad, 219; mentioned, 39, 40, 67, 160-3 passim, 174, 182, 196. See also Evening Mirror, Godey, Louis Antoine, Godey's Lady's Book, Libel Suit, and Weekly Mirror

Fuller, Miss Margaret: unrelated to Hiram Fuller, 21; in “Literati,” 85, 86, 133, 195; Fuller on “Literati” sketch of, 86; Simms on, 93; in 1844, 99; Poe antagonizes, 133; Tribune book reviewer, 134; Mrs. Ellet prompts to retrieve Mrs. Osgood's letters from Poe, 195

Galaxy (Philadelphia): spreads rumor Poe plans libel suit against several ladies, 204, 205

Galligher: Officer, at trial, 174, 175

Gauss, Karl Friedrich: 144

Gay and Company: private express firm, 42

Gazette and Times (New York): quoted by Clark and Miss Walter on Poe, 6; on “Literati” and Poe, 7, 8; merges with Evening Mirror, 221, 222; mentioned, 196

Gilbert, Josiah Holland: on Poe, 110, 111, 113

Gillespie, William: in “Literati,” 8, 17

Godey, Louis Antoine: informs Clark he is in “Literati,” 5; Knickerbocker and Transcript slur, 5, 6; reprints first installment of “Literati,” 9; publishes Card defending Poe and himself against Clark, 10-1, 16, 34, 109; urged to discontinue “Literati,” 11; on “Literati,” 11-3, 45; Fuller on, 15, 16, 19, 47, 70, 98; Poe sends Reveille article to, 20; Poe writes to about “Literati,” 49; sends Poe's “Reply to Mr. English and Others” to Spirit of the Times, 67-8, 190; Simms counsels to publish Poe, 91; Poe does not send Simms's notice of “Literati” to, 92; discontinues “Literati,” 115, 116, 123; mentioned, 35, 51, 66, 89. See also Godey's Lady's Book

Godey's Lady's Book (Philadelphia): Mrs. Hale literary editor of, 7; Fuller on “Literati” in, 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, 35, 47, 48, 85-8 passim, 98, 115-6, 123, 183; merges with Arthur's Ladies’ Magazine, 8, 12-3, 15; reprints first installment of “Literati,” 9; Poe's sketch of English in, 28-30, 176, 191; circulation of, 49, 50; does not publish Poe's “Reply to Mr. English and Others,” 67; “Literati” submitted to in toto, 73; Simms on “Literati” in, 94; on authorship of 1844, 99; Clark alludes to as “Milliner's Magazine,” 111; discontinues “Literati,” 115, 116; Poe's essays on Mathews and Hawthorne in, 118, 218; Poe alleges he discontinued “Literati” in, 124; squibbed in Trippings of Tom Pepper, 197, 199; mentioned, 4, 5, 10, 22, 39, 40, 42, 45. See also Godey, Louis Antoine

Godwin, Parke: Simms on, 93-4

Godwin, William: Forgues compares Poe to, 154

Gould, Miss Hannah Flagg: Poe unacquainted with, 52; in “Literati,” 98

Gove, Mrs. Mary: Fuller on, 48; on distress of the Poes, 125, 126; on Poe's editing of Mrs. Lewis's poems, 218; writes article on Poe, 225

Graham, John Lorimer: court appoints to obtain English's testimony, 160, 161, 163; obtains Poe's own copy of Raven volume, 161; unable to take English's testimony, 166, 170

Graham, William H.: on “extraordinary demand” for “Literati,” 12

Graham's Magazine (Philadelphia): Duyckinck asked to review Simms in, 43; Poe's articles on Channing and Horne in, 117, 118; Poe on Greeley in, 134; publishes “Murders in the Rue Morgue” in, 140; Poe makes leading literary journal, 218

Gravely, William Henry, Jr.: locates English's article on Wise, 44; on “Walter Woolfe,” 101; English's biographer, 174, 223

Greeley, Horace: satirized in 1844, 99, 113-5, 122-3; has mixed views of Poe, 133-4; Poe on, 134; alleges Poe no longer in financial distress, 135; Miss Walter quotes article on Poe by, 136; attacked by True Sun, 186, 187; sued by Cooper and caned by Rust, 187; on “Literati,” 188; Poe indebted to, 188; on Poe's libel suit, 188-9; Poe asks to retract article, 191-2; Poe sends “Reply to Mr. English and Others” to, 192. See also Tribune, Daily

Griswold, Rufus Wilmot: Poe's literary executor, 30-1; on Poe in “Memoir of the Author” (Preface to The Literati), 31, 129, 156; letter of to Duyckinck, 42-3; attributes song to Cary, 46, 47; writes “Ludwig” obituary of 46, 47; writes “Ludwig” obituary of Poe, 134; Mrs. Ellet persecutes, 155-6; tions [[sic]] Poets and Poetry edited by, 197

Hale, Mrs. Sarah Josepha: literary editor of Godey's, 7, 8

Halleck, Fitz-Greene: Simms on, 93

Hammerhead, Marmaduke: See English, Thomas Dunn, 1844

Harbinger, The (West Roxbury, Mass.): Poe on, 134

Harlem Railroad: runs to Fordham, 72, 138

Harnden and Company: private express firm, 42, 43, 45, 68

Harper and Brothers: Simms mentions, 95

Harris, Sandy: identified, 44; threatens English, 53

Harrison, James A.: editor of Poe, 223

Haunted Palace, The (Winwar): 31

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Duyckinck ranks as writer, 45; Simms on, 94-5; Forgues translates and writes on, 144; Poe reviews, 218

Hazlitt, William: Fuller compares “Literati” to sketches by, 18; English quotes, 104; Forgues quotes on Godwin, 154

Headley, Joel Tyler: North American Review on, 142; Poe reviews, 218

Helfenstein, Ernest: contributes to Godey's, 7-8

Herald (New York): See Bennett, James Gordon

Herring, Eliza (Mrs. Smith): at Mrs. Poe's funeral, 165

Hewitt, Mrs. Mary E.: helps the Poes, 125-6; reports Mrs. Clemm forced to borrow, 138

Hirst, Henry B.: Aristidean reviews poems of, 27, 44; Poe charges English with plagiarizing from, 29, 32, 43; English on, 44; Poe writes to, 44-5; pummels English for plagiarizing, 53-4

Hoffman, Charles Fenno: edits Literary World, 220

Hoffmann, Ernest Theodor Amadeus: 146

Holland, Josiah Gilbert: on Poe, 110

Holmes, Oliver Wendell: 144

Home Journal (New York): founded, 42, 128; on Godey's, 85; Willis's plea for the Poes, 127-31, 135, and obituary of Poe in, 129, 138; Fuller on Willis's plea for the Poes in, 132, 133, and Yankee Doodle, 132, and Miss Walter, 136; Willis reports French libel suit involving Poe in, 139-40; available to Duyckinck, 141; publishes Poe's open letter to Willis and Duyckinck's defense of Poe, 141, 142, 155; Poe on Willis's article in, 156; Du Solle on Poe's open letter in, 158; on Mrs. Poe's death, 165; Chivers reprints Duyckinck's defense of Poe in, 204; Fuller alludes to Willis's defense of Poe in, 207, 208; Poe contributes to, 217. See also Morris, George Pope, and Willis, Nathaniel Parker

Hood, Thomas: Poe charges Aldrich indebted to, 46, 47

Horne, Richard Henry: Poe on, 118; in 1844, 121

Hudibras (Butler): Poe quotes on English, 53

Hudson, Henry Norman: Poe on, 127

Hunt, Freeman: at libel trial, 171-7 passim, 184

Hurley, Leonard B.: discovers satire of Poe in 1844, 224

Ingram Collection: 155

Ingram, John: 60

Irving, Washington: Clark quotes on Briggs, 6; Poe borrows Duyckinck's Paris edition of, 43; Simms on, 93; Forgues on, 146, 153-4

Israfel (Allen): 31

Jeffrey, Francis P.: Briggs on, 199, 200

John-Donkey (Philadelphia): English and Foster edit, 30, 159, 206; on Hirst, 44; on Poe, 101, 218; on Fuller, 206

Jones, Chief Justice Samuel: approves form creating commission to obtain English's testimony, 161; presides at libel suit, 171, 173, 176; Fuller on, 183, 216

Judgment Record: See Libel Suit

King, William C.: on Poe and “Literati,” 7-9; mentioned, 14, 15. See also Gazette and Times

Kirkland, Mrs. Caroline S.: her Western Clearings in Library of American Books, 7; contributes to Godey's, 8; wife of William Kirkland, 85; Fuller on “Literati” sketch of, 86

Kirkland, William: close friend of Fuller, 46; Fuller on essay by, 47; husband of Mrs. Kirkland, 85

Knickerbocker Magazine (New York): on Poe, 5-7, 111-3, 122; Fuller on, 9, 19, 48, 98, 221, 222; Godey defends himself and Poe against Clark's attack in, 10; reprints Fuller on Poe, 71; Poe on, 110; Poe never contributed to, 111; on Trippings of Tom Pepper, 194; address of, 207; Poe makes Southern Literary Messenger rival of, 218; mentioned, 3, 159, 196. See also Clark, Lewis Gaylord

Lane, Thomas H.: has financial hand in Aristidean and Broadway Journal, 27; English mentions in deposition, 170

Laplace, Marquis de: as probabilist, 144, 145, 147, 152

Lewis, Mrs. Sarah: Poe paid to edit poems of, 165, 218

Libel Suit: English's actionable charges against Poe in, 34, 35-6, 49, 57, 77, 163, 166-8, 176, 184, 191; Poe announces, 59; Morning News announces, 60, 63; English announces, 62; Poe engages Fancher to conduct, 68-69; legal situation of, 77-9, 190, 203; Willis thinks his editorial will help Poe in, 129; Fuller on, 137, 213, 216; English fails to attend, 160, 162, 170, 216; commission appointed to obtain English's testimony in, 160, 161; Chief Justice Jones presides over, 171, 173, 176; transcripts of, 171, 186, 193-4; witnesses called in, 171-2, 174, 175; Fancher turns witness in, 172, 183, 184, 193, 208, 216; verdict in, 173, 175, 194, 207; “Rough Minutes” of, 174-5; jurymen in, 175; English's deposition read in, 175, 181; “Yorick” reports, 175-7; Fancher offers to settle out of court, 183, 184; Greeley on, 188-9; alleged that Poe will bring another against several ladies, 193-4, 204, 205; Poe on, 203, 214, 216; Mrs. Clemm collects “award money” from, 206; mentioned, vii, xv, 123, 132, 139, 155, 195, 202

— Poe's Declaration of Grievances: text of, 79-85; filed, 86; somewhat exaggerated, 88; mentioned, 171

— Preliminary Hearing: text of, 95-8; mentioned, 207

— Case of Poe vs. Fuller and Clason: Postponed, 105

— Creation of a Commission To Obtain English's Deposition: 161-2, 165

— Direct and Cross-Interrogatories To Be Put to English: 162-5

— English's Deposition: 166-70

— Verdict of the Trial: 171-4. See also English, Thomas Dunn, Fancher, Enoch L., and Fuller, Hiram

Library of American Books: Duyckinck edits, and Mrs. Kirkland and Simms in, 42, and Poe, 138; North American Review on, 142; Headley in, 142

Literary America: See Poe, Edgar A.

Literary Gazette (London): Poe cites on Tales and Poems, 23

Literary World (New York): on 1844, 100; Melville reviews for, 161; on Trippings of Tom Pepper, 194; Duyckinck edits, and Hoffman, 220. See also Duyckinck, Evert Augustus

“Literati of New York City, The”: See Poe, Edgar A.

Literati, The: See Griswold, Rufus Wilmot

Locke, Mrs. Jane: Poe writes to, 156

Locke, Richard Adams: in “Literati,” 30, 113, 124; in Literary America, 30, 124; alluded to as author of “Moon Hoax,” 114

London Athenæum: See Athenæum, The

London Literary Gazette: Poe cites on Tales and Poems, 23

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth: Poe's “war” on, xv, 26, 126-7, 128, 135; Aristidean on, 27; Miss Fuller on, 85; Fuller charges Poe made “lying insinuations” about, 85, 86; in 1844, 107-9 passim, 121; Clark “quotes” Poe on, 113; Poe reviews Waif edited by, 128; Yankee Doodle on, 159; mentioned, 19, 93, 117

Lowell, James Russell: on Yankee Doodle, 160; dedicates Fable for Critics to Briggs, 195; on Duyckinck's connection with Democratic Review, 217-8; Poe reviews, 218

Lummis, Col. William: threatens Poe, 28, 37, 174, 195-6; at libel trial, 172 174, 203; alluded to in Trippings of Tom Pepper, 201. See also Ellet, Mrs. Elizabeth Frieze Lummis

Lynch, Miss Anne Charlotte: prompted by Mrs. Ellet to retrieve Mrs. Osgood's letters from Poe, 195

Mabbott, Thomas Ollive: edits Raven volume, 161, and Eveleth's letters to Poe, 224

Mathews, Cornelius: Duyckinck's closest friend, 45, 159; Poe reverses critical judgment on, 118; satirized in 1844, 121; North American Review on, 142, 159; edits Yankee Doodle, 159; satirized in Trippings of Tom Pepper, 194-202 passim; Clark on, 194; visits Poe, 207; urges Auld to edit American Literary Gazette, 220

Melville, Herman: writes for Yankee Doodle, 159, and Literary World, 161; mentioned, 144

Mercury (New York): reports murder of Mary Rogers, 152

Mexican War: beginning of, 60; General Taylor in, 61; called “heathenish,” 127

Miller, Perry: 220-1

Mirror: See Evening Mirror and Weekly Mirror

Mirror Library: publishes 1844, 100, and Trippings of Tom Pepper, 195, 196

Moore, Thomas: Fuller cites to burlesque Poe, 106

Moriarty, Jos. F.: on libel suit, 224

Morning Express (New York): on illness of the Poes, 126, 128, 130; Greeley quotes on Poe, 134, 135; on libel trial, 175-7; mentioned, 133

Morning News (New York): on English's “Reply to Mr. Poe,” 39; on Poe's “Reply to Mr. English and Others,” 59-60, 63; announces Poe will prosecute Mirror, 60, 63; reprints article from Public Ledger on Poe's proposed libel suit, 64; on Fuller's vituperation of Poe, 71; on Poe's “brain fever,” 92; mentioned, 40

Morning Post (London): reprints “Valdemar Case,” 140, 141

Morning Telegraph (New York): first to print English's “Reply to Mr. Poe,” 34, 48, 77, 87, 137, 185, 207; why Poe may not have sued, 77

Morris, George Pope: as editor, 15, 21, 127-8, 137, 138; Poe on, 22; on Poe, 41; on English's “Reply to Mr. Poe,” 42; Home Journal of open to Duyckinck, 141; at Mrs. Poe's funeral, 165; sells Mirror to Fuller, 186, 189. See also Home Journal

Moss, Sidney P.: provides background on Poe's career, 224-5

“Mustard Mace”: on Poe, 13

National Press: A Journal for Home: See Home Journal

Neal, Joseph C.: publishes “Mustard Mace” on Poe, 13; reprints and comments on Poe's “Reply to Mr. English and Others,” 60-1

New Orleans Daily Picayune: See Picayune, Daily

New York City: literary capital of America, 134

New York City Hall: New York's literary world clustered around, xvii, 68, 134; preliminary hearing in Poe's libel suit held in, 78, 95; mentioned, 105

New York Commercial Advertiser: 187

New York Daily Tribune: See Tribune, Daily

New York Dispatch: spreads rumor Poe plans libel suit against several ladies, 204, 205

New York Evening Post: Simms mentions, 93

New York Express: Fuller quotes on libel suits, 210-1, 212

New York Hall of Records: documents in Poe's libel suit stored in, 78, 171, 174, 212. See also Libel Suit

New York Herald: See Bennett, James Gordon

New York Mercury: reports murder of Mary Rogers, 152

New York Mirror: See Evening Mirror and Weekly Mirror

New York Morning Express: See Morning Express

New York Sun: reports Poe's libel trial, 175-7

New York Superior Court: Poe's libel suit tried in, viii, 77, 98, 160-3 passim, 166, 171, 173, 174, 176. See also Libel Suit

New York Supreme Court: See New York. Superior Court

New York Times: obituary of Hunt in, 172

New York Tribune: See Tribune, Daily .

New York University: Poe fails to make scheduled appearance at, 35, 36, 49

Nichols, Mrs. Mary Gove: See Gove, Mrs. Mary

Noah, Maj. Mordecai Manuel: at libel trial, 171-7 passim, 184

North American Review (Boston): Poe feuds with coterie of, xv; on Duyckinck's Library of American Books, 142, 159; reported calling Poe's Tales “trash,” 143; Yankee Doodle on, 159; on Poe, Simms, and Mathews, 159

Odell, Alfred Taylor: co-editor of Simms's letters, 225

Oliphant, Mary C. Simms: co-editor of Simms's letters, 225

Osgood, Mrs. Frances Sargent: Poe involved with, xv, 89, 91; Poe alludes to as “common friend,” 57, 58; Fuller on, 98; satirized as Mrs. Flighty in 1844, 99, 103; Mrs. Hewitt writes to on distress of the Poes, 125-6, 138: English mentions in deposition, 167, 193; not mentioned in court, 171, 177, or in report of libel trial, 176, 182; family of, 181

Osgood, Samuel Stillman: husband of Mrs. Osgood, 167; asks Thomas for financial help, 182

Ostrom, John Ward: on Mrs. Ellet, 156; editor of Poe's letters, 225

Paine, William H.: Fuller's and Clason's attorney in libel suit, 95, 96-7, 105, 106, 162, 174; Clason supplants at libel trial, 172

Pascal, Blaise: 144, 147

Philadelphia Galaxy: spreads rumor Poe plans libel suit against several ladies, 204, 205

Philadelphia Public Ledger: See Public Ledger

Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post: accuses Poe of plagiarism, 202, 203

Philadelphia Saturday Museum: Hirst's sketch of Poe in, 43

Picayune, Daily (New Orleans): Poe asks Field to influence in his behalf, 20, 23; on Broadway Journal, 65; on Poe, 65-6; Poe refers to notice of himself in, 68; on Poe's “brain fever,” 92; mentioned, 67

Pinto, F. M.: See Briggs, Charles Frederick

Poe Cottage: Poe on, 72, and Mrs. Gove, 125; Harlem Railroad near, 138; rented from Valentine, 165; rent for sometimes in arrears, 181; Thomas on, 182. See also Fordham

Poe, Edgar A.: (For more detailed indexes to the works and letters cited below, as well as for Poe's relation to persons, events, and periodicals, see persons, events, and periodicals, concerned.)

— “Al Aaraaf”: Poe fobs off as new poem, 127, 135

— “American Poetry”: figures in libel suit, 28, 164, 169, 170

— “Black Cat, The”: Forgues on, 153

— “Colloquy of Monos and Una, The”: Forgues on, 147-8

Conchologist's First Book, The: Poe accused of plagiarizing, 202

— “Conversation of Eiros and Charmion, The”: Forgues on, 148-9

— “Descent into the Maelstrom, A”: reprinted in Paris, 139; Forgues on, 150-1

Eureka: published by Putnam, 218

— “Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The”: reprinted in London, 23, 140-1, 158; Miss Barrett and Duyckinck on British reception of, 26, 143; Willis on European reception of, 139; Du Solle on, 158

— “Fall of the House of Usher, The”: 145

— “Gold-Bug, The”: reprinted in Paris, 139; Forgues on, 150

— “Haunted Palace, The”: Yankee Doodle parodies, 160

— Letters to: Field, 21-5; Hirst, 44-5; Duyckinck, 45, 46, 140-1; Godey, 49, 67-8; Bisco, 68, 69; Chivers, 72, 73; Eveleth, 124-5, 141, 202, 203, 215-6; Willis, 141, 155-8 passim, 189; Cooke, 144-5; Mrs. Locke, 156; Greeley, 191-2; Fancher, 206

— “Lionizing”: 145

Literary America: Poe on and extant chapters of, 30, 124; mentioned, 213, 214, 215

— “Literati of New York City, The”: Poe's reasons for writing, xvii, 3-4; Clark on, 3-7, 11, 89, 111-3, 122; Clark in, 4-5, 10, 98, 109-10; Miss Walter on, 5-7; Colton, Gillespie, and Willis in, 8, 17; Bush in, 8, 18; Gazette and Times on, 8, 221; Fuller on, 8-10, 15, 45, 46-9, 86, 98, 115, 116, 123, 183; first series exhausted and reprinted, 9, 12; Dr. Francis in, 9, 196; Godey on, 11, 12, 45; Poe on, 17n, 30, 49-51 passim, 73, 89, 124-5, 190-1; Verplanck and Anthon in, 18; Field on, 21-2; English in, 28-30, 124, 176, 183; Cranch in, 30, 124; English on, 35, 116, 117, 218; Duyckinck on, 45; Briggs in, 46, 50, 51, 195; Cary in, 46; Aldrich in, 47; Mrs. Gove in, 48; Public Ledger and Picayune on, 64; General Wetmore and Mrs. Kirkland in, 85, 86; Miss Fuller in, 85, 86, 133, 195; Longfellow in, 86; Simms on, 94; Miss Gould and Mrs. Osgood in, 98; Locke in, 113, 124; discontinued, 123, 124; costs Poe his livelihood, 138, 217; Greeley on, 188; Miss Lynch in, 195; Briggs on, 201; Mrs. Lewis in, 217; mentioned, xv, 38, 44

Literati, The: See Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, “Memoir of the Author”

— “Man of the Crowd, The”: Forgues on, 153

— “Marginalia”: Cary discussed in, 46

— “Mesmeric Revelation”: reprinted in London, 140; Forgues on, 150; mentioned, 141

— “Mr. Poe's Reply to Mr. English and Others”: Poe asks Duyckinck's and Mathews's opinions on, 45; text of, 50-9; reactions to, 59-61; in Spirit of the Times and Saturday Gazette, 60; Godey declines publishing, 67, 68; alludes to Fuller, 87; Poe sends to Greeley, 192; Poe on, 203, 214, 215; Poe sends to Eveleth, and Eveleth on, 213, 214; mentioned, 61, 69, 72, 155, 158

— “Murders in the Rue Morgue, The”: reprinted in Paris, 139, 143; mentioned, 140, 141

— “Mystery of Marie Roget, The”: probability theory in, 145n; Forgues on, 152-3

— “Politian”: 19

— “Raven, The”: makes Poe famous as poet, 3, 217; reception of in England, 23, 26; Picayune on, 66; Chivers alleges plagiarized, 72; English on, 101, 119, 120

Raven and Other Poems, The: publication of, 7, 126, 138, 218; dedicated to Miss Barrett, 25, 118; Morris on, 41; Graham owns Poe's personal copy of, 161

Tales: publication of, 7, 126, 138, 144-5, 218; Poe cites Tupper on, 23; Aristidean reviews, 27; in 1844, 114, 119; Forgues reviews, 140-54 passim; and North American Review, 142, 143

Tales and Poems (Tales and Raven volume combined): Poe on British reception of, 23; inscribed to Miss Barrett, 25

— “Ulalume”: Chivers alleges plagiarized, 72

Poe Park: 72

Poe, Mrs. Virginia Clemm: Simms alludes to, 89, 91; sickness and death of, 125, 133, 155, 157, 173, 177, 182, 205; Willis on, 131, 165; Mrs. Clemm alludes to, 138; receives anonymous letters, 157

Pope, Alexander: 117, 118, 121

Popular Record of Modern Science, The (London): Poe cites on Tales and Poems, 23; reprints “Valdemar Case,” 140

Post, Israel: See Columbian Magazine

Press, La (Paris): accuses Forgues of plagiarism, 139

Probability Theory: in relation to Poe's tales, 144-54 passim

Public Ledger (Philadelphia): on the Poe-English quarrel, 39-40, 63-4; prints English on Wise, 44

Punch (London): publishes Thackeray, 5; Yankee Doodle imitates, 159, 160

Putnam, George P.: publishes Eureka, 218

Quinn, Arthur Hobson: on Conchologist's First Book, 202; on Poe's death, 219

Quotidienne, La (Paris): adapts “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” 139

Ramsay, Arch: writes to Poe, 140; Poe sends letter of to Duyckinck, 141; Duyckinck alludes to as “Scotchman,” 143

Raven and the Whale, The (Miller): 220

Reece, James B.: on Poe and the New York literati, 225

Reveille, Daily (St. Louis): notices of Poe in, 20, 21; defends Poe, 21-4, 65; Poe sends defense of to Godey, 68, and Chivers, 72, 73; on Poe's: “brain fever,” 92; rebukes Poe's persecutors, 133; mentioned, 67. See also Field, Joseph M.

Revue Brittanique, La (Paris): reprints two Poe tales, 139

Revue des deux Mondes (Paris): Forgues's critique on Poe in, 140-4 passim

Richmond, Mrs. Annie: Poe writes to, 218

Ripley, George: friend of Greeley, 134

Rust, Hon. Albert: canes Greeley, 187

St. Louis Daily Reveille: See Reveille, Daily

Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art (Philadelphia): in precarious condition, 218

Saturday Evening Post (Philadelphia): accuses Poe of plagiarism, 202, 203

Saturday Gazette (Philadelphia): See Neal, Joseph C.

Saturday Museum (Philadelphia): Hirst's sketch of Poe in, 43

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe: Simms on, 94

Schreiber, Carl: 225

Schroeder, Francis: Simms on, 95

Short and Company: publishes “Valdemar Case,” 140; Poe alludes to as London publisher, 143

Simmons, William: contributes to Godey's, 7, 8

Simms, William Gilmore: defends Poe, 41, 89; Views and Reviews and Wigwam and Cabin by, 42; Griswold asks Duyckinck to review, 43; Poe enlists help of, 88-9, 155; letter of to Poe, 89-92; counsels Godey to publish Poe, 91; on Poe's “brain fever,” 92, 94; on “Literati,” 94; North American Review on, 142, 159; satirized in Trippings of Tom Pepper, 194, 195, 198; mentioned, 140

Smith, J. B. L.: court appoints to take English's testimony, 161, 163, 165, 168, 170

Smith, James L.: at libel trial, 175

Southern Literary Messenger (Richmond): Poe's work for, 218

Southern Patriot (Charleston): Simms defends Poe in, 41, 89; Simms on “Literati” in, 92

Spectator, The (London): Poe cites on Tales and Poems, 23

Spirit of the Times (Philadelphia): on English's “Reply to Mr. Poe,” 40-1; prints “Mr. Poe's Reply to Mr. English and Others,” 49, 60, 61, 62, 67, 87, 190; Fuller alludes to as “Philadelphia paper,” 138; on Poe's open letter to Willis, 158; mentioned, 44, 53, 192. See also Du Salle, John Stephenson

Stephens, Mrs. Ann Sophia: Poe mentions, 52

Stone, William Leete: horsewhipped by Bryant, 187

Sturtevant (?), O. W.: at Poe's libel trial, 172, 174, 175

Sun (New York): reports Poe's libel trial, 175-7

Superior Court: See New York Superior Court

Taylor, Gen. Zachary: 39, 61

Telegraph: See Morning Telegraph

Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (Arthur): outsold by Uncle Tom's Cabin, 7

Thackeray, William Makepeace: “Snobs of England” by, 5; mentioned, 144

Thomas, Edward J.: alluded to as “merchant,” 36, 81, 96, 167, 176, 177, 182; spreads libel on Poe, 57; Poe's letter to, 57-8; letter of to Poe, 58; at libel trial, 171, 172, 175; letter of to Mrs. Osgood, 181-2; mentioned, 174

Thorp, Willard: on “Walter Woolfe,” 101

Times: See Spirit of the Times

Times, The (London): reprints “Valdemar Case,” 23

Transcript, Daily Evening: See Walter, Miss Cornelia Wells

Tribune, Daily (New York): on “Literati,” 11; Graham's ad in, 12; on Poe's libel suit, 34, 175-7, 187-9; Miss Fuller reviews for, 85, 134; called “Sly Coon” in 1844, 99; prints Griswold's “Ludwig,” obituary of Poe, 134; Greeley's notice of Poe in, 134-5, and Miss Walter's quotation from, 136; Fuller alludes to as “New York paper,” 137; Foster on staff of, 159; open to Cooper for reply to Greeley, 187-8; circulation of, 190; Poe sends clipping from to Greeley, 191; address of, 207; mentioned, 186. See also Greeley, Horace

Trippings of Tom Pepper, The: See Briggs, Charles Frederick

True Sun (New York): on Greeley, 186

Tupper, Martin Farquhar: Poe cites on Tales, 23

Uncle Tom's Cabin (Stowe): 7, 114

Union Magazine: See Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art

United States Magazine and Democratic Review: See Democratic Review

Valentine, John: at Mrs. Poe's funeral, 165

Vanderpoel, Justice Aaron H.: role of in libel suit, 160-1; Mirror on, 161; creates commission to obtain English's testimony, 162, 163; mentioned, 18

Verplanck, Gulian C.: in “Literati,” 18

Voltaire: Poe indebted to, 147n; Forgues mentions, 154

Walter, Miss Cornelia Wells: Poe quarrels with, xv; on Poe, 5-7, 135, 136; mentioned, 8, 9, 15

“Walter Woolfe”: See English, Thomas Dunn

“War of the Literati, The”: 50, 64. See also English, Thomas Dunn, Fuller, Hiram, and Poe, Edgar A.

Waters, John: See Cary, Henry

Watson, H. C.: on Mirror staff, 219

Webb, E. H.: at libel trial, 174, 175

Weekly Mirror (New York): prints extra copies for “exchange,” 20; Poe's alleged reasons for Willis and Morris abandoning, 22; Poe cites disapproval of himself by, 24; Clason and Fuller as co-owners of, 42, 68, 77, 128, 172, 184, 186, 189, 216, 220; frequently notices “Literati,” 48; publishes English's Cards, 50, 60, 61, 137, 169, 208; Poe estimates circulation of, 51; Poe suggests criminal prosecution of, 57; Poe refers to as “filthy sheet,” 59, 87; Morning News announces Poe will prosecute, 60; Philadelphia correspondent of on Poe, 66-7; Briggs's connection with, 118; under Willis and Morris, 128, 137; Poe on staff of, 128, 137; chief target of Yankee Doodle, 159; serializes 1844, 159, 194, 195; open to Poe for rejoinder to English, 187, 192; serializes Trippings of Tom Pepper, 194, 196; address of, 207; changes name, 219; Duyckinck's and Auld's association with, 219-21. See also Fuller, Hiram

Welby, Mrs. Amelia B.: Poe mentions, 52

Western Clearings (Mrs. Kirkland): 7

Wetmore, Gen. Prosper M.: in “Literati,” 85, 86

Whitman, Mrs. Sarah Helen: on Poe, 4

Wiley and Putnam: publish Poe, 25, 126, 218; Duyckinck edits for, 42; publish Miss Fuller, 93; Simms mentions, 94; publish Hawthorne, 95; North American Review mentions, 142

Willis, Nathaniel Parker: in “Literati,” 8, 17; Fuller resents, 15; as writer and editor, 21, 22, 93, 127-8, 132; departs for Europe, 41; letter of to Poe, 128; on Poe, 129, 130-2; Fuller answers editorial on Poe by, 132-3; seeks to collect money for Poe, 134, 135; on Mirror staff, 137, 138; writes obituary of Poe, 138; reports French libel suit involving Poe, 139-40; publishes Poe's letter, 141, 156-7, 189, 214, and Duyckinck's defense of Poe, 141; invites Poe to reply to his editorial, 155; announces Mrs. Poe's death, 165. See also Evening Mirror, Home Journal, and Weekly Mirror

Winwar, Frances: 31

Wise, Henry A.: English on, 40, 44, 54, 56

Yankee Doodle (New York): Simms announces founding of, 95; on 1844, 99; on Willis's defense of Poe, 132, 160; editors, contributors, and targets of, 159-60, 219, 220; rebukes press for persecuting Poe, 160; on Trippings of Tom Pepper, 194-5; expiration of, 221; Fuller on, 222

“Yorick”: reports Poe's libel trial, 175-7

Zadig (Voltaire): Poe indebted to, 147


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