In the following chronology, a few items have been included even though they
occurred after Poe’s death
1806 (March 14) - Traveling stage actors David Poe, Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins marry. (A. H. Quinn
gives the date as “between March 14 and April 9, 1806, and probably
between April 5th and April 9th, in Richmond,” Quinn, p. 24.)
1807 (Jan. 30) - William Henry Leonard Poe (usually called
Henry) is born to David and Elizabeth Poe in Boston.
1809 (Jan. 19) - Edgar Poe is born in Boston. (On the back of a
miniature portrait of herself, Elizabeth Poe wrote: “For my little son
Edgar, who should ever love Boston, the place of his birth, and where his mother
found her best, and most sympathetic friends.” A. H. Quinn discusses the
location of Poe’s birth on pp. 727-729.)
1810 (Dec. 20) - Rosalie
Poe (often called Rosie or Rose) is born in Norfolk, Virginia. (In a letter
from John Allan to Henry Poe, November 1, 1824, Allan makes the odd statement about
Rosalie that, “At least She is half your Sister & God forbid my
dear Henry that We should visit upon the living the Errors & frailties of
the dead,” The Poe Log, p. 62. There is, however, no real reason to
presume that Rosalie was illegitimate. See also Mabbott, Poems, 1969, pp.
520-521.)
1811 (Dec. 8) - Elizabeth Arnold Poe, Edgar’s mother,
dies in Richmond, Virginia. Her remains are buried at Old St. John’s
Church in old Richmond. (The exact cause of her death is unknown other than some
illness, perhaps pneumonia. Suggestions that she died from tuberculosis are
unfounded. The location of her death is discussed in some detail by A. H. Quinn, pp.
732-741.) David Poe, Edgar’s father, apparently dies within a few days of
his wife. (According to W. F. Gill, this would be Dec. 10.) (The circumstances
surrounding David Poe’s death, and the reason why he was not with his
family at the time, are shrouded in mystery. Around 1890, Mrs. Byrd, the daughter of
the Mackenzies, who took in Poe’s sister Rosalie, stated, “It is
certain that Mr. [David] Poe died in Norfolk; where the company with which they were
playing . . . were compelled to leave him on account of illness,
while they went on to Richmond. On hearing of his death, one of them returned to
Norfolk and brought the whole family to Richmond, intending to take them to their
friends in Baltimore, but Mrs. Poe being taken with pneumonia, died
. . .” Weiss, “Reminiscences of Edgar Allan
Poe,” The Independent, August 25, 1904, p. 447. Disagreeing
somewhat with Mrs. Byrd is a November 2, 1811 letter from Samuel Mordecia to his
sister Rachel: “A singular fashion prevails here this season —
it is — charity — Mrs. Poe, who you know is a very handsome
woman, happens to be very sick, and (having quarreled and parted with her husband)
is destitute” The Poe Log, p. 13. Unfortunately, appeals for money
for Mrs. Poe in Richmond newspapers of the time make no mention of David Poe. A
notice of a benefit for Mrs. Poe from July 26, 1811 in the Norfolk Herald,
however clearly suggests that David Poe was already not with the family:
“Left alone, the only support of herself and several small
children. . . . Shame on the world that can turn its back
on the same person in distress, that it was wont to cherish in
prosperity,” The Poe Log, p. 11. In all of these cases, David
Poe’s absence by death or desertion should have elicited much additional
sympathy. David Poe was last known to have appeared on stage on October 18, 1809,
The Poe Log, p. 8. Mary Phillips confidently quotes from an unidentified
newspaper clipping that David Poe died, “at Norfolk, Va., Oct. 19,
1810,” Phillips, Poe the Man, p. 77. A. H. Quinn discusses this
clipping on p. 44, n. 85. Quinn also notes that David Poe “apparently did
not die in New York,” Quinn, p. 40. The legend that either or both of
Poe’s parents died in the Richmond Theater fire of December 26, 1811 is
romantic fiction.)
1811 (Dec. 26) - The orphaned Edgar is taken into the home of John and Frances Allan of Richmond. His sister, Rosalie, is taken in by Mr. and Mrs.
William Mackenzie, also of Richmond. His brother, Henry, remains in Baltimore with
his grandparents. Allan never legally adopts Poe, although Poe calls John Allan
“Pa” and Frances Allan “Ma.” John and
Frances never have children of their own. John Allan has at least one illegitimate
child (Edwin Collier). (After Frances’s death, John remarried in 1830 and
had children through the second Mrs. Allan.)
1812 (Jan. 7) - Poe is baptized by the Reverend John Buchanan
and christened as “Edgar Allan Poe,” with the Allans presumably
as godparents. Poe’s sister Rosalie is baptized on September 3, 1812 as
“Rosalie Mackenzie Poe.”
1814 - Five year old Edgar begins his formal education. His
teacher is either Clotilda or Elizabeth Fisher (Mabbott, Poem, p. 533).
1815 - Poe briefly moves on to the school of Mr. William
Ewing.
1815 (June 22) - John and Frances Allan, with Edgar and
Frances’s younger sister, Ann Moore Valentine (called Nancy), leave for
England aboard the Lothair.
1816 - Poe goes to the boarding school of the Misses Dubourg
(146 Sloan Street, Chelsea, London, The Poe Log, p. 29). Here, Edgar is known
as “Master Allan” (Quinn, p. 69). Among the subjects taught are
geography, spelling and the Catechism of the Church of England.
1818 - Poe attends the Manor House School run by the Reverend
John Bransby (Stoke Newington, London). (The description of the school in
Poe’s “William Wilson” is based, lightly, on his
experiences here. Dr. Bransby is mentioned there by name.) Here, Poe is called Edgar
Allan (Quinn, p. 71). Among his subjects is dancing. (As Bransby had a reputation as
a classical scholar, there is little doubt that classes also taught at least some
Latin and perhaps even Greek.)
1820 (July 22) - Edgar and his family return to America from
England aboard the Martha. Stopping briefly in New York, they continue on to
Richmond, Virginia, arriving there on July 27.
1821 - Poe attends the school of Joseph H. Clarke.
1823 (April?) - Poe attends the school of William Burke.
1824 (June or July) - Poe swims six or seven miles up the James
River, against a heavy tide. His schoolmaster follows in a boat in case he needs
help.
1824 (October 26-28) - During his tour of American, General
Lafayette visits Richmond, Virginia. The Richmond Junior Volunteers partake in the
ceremonies welcoming him. Poe is a lieutenant of the Volunteers.
1824 (November ?) - Poe writes a two-line poem: “— Poetry - Edgar
A. Poe — Last night, with many cares & toils oppres‘d,
Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest —.” (This is Poe’s
earliest surviving poem. It was never published during his lifetime, nor used as
part of a longer poem.)
1825 (March) - Poe leaves Burke’s school and attends
the school of Dr. and Mrs. Ray Thomas.
1825 (March 26) - John Allan’s uncle William Galt dies
in Richmond. John Allan is named in Galt’s will and inherits a comfortable
fortune.
1825 (June 28) - John Allan purchases an enormous brick mansion
called “Moldavia” for $14,950 and moves his family there.
(Moldavia stood on the southeast corner of Fifth and Main Streets in Richmond until
it was torn down sometime around 1890.)
1826 (Feb. 14) - Edgar Allan Poe enters the University of
Virginia, in Charlottesville. (The school, founded by Thomas Jefferson, first opened
its doors on March 7, 1825.)
1826 (Dec.) - Poe returns to Richmond and finds that his
childhood sweetheart, Elmira Royster, is
engaged to Alexander B. Shelton. Elmira’s parents did not approve of a
marriage with Edgar, finding the wealthy business man Shelton more to their
liking.
1827 (March) - Poe feuds with John Allan over gambling debts of
$2,000 Poe incurred at the University of Virginia. Although possibly cheated,
Poe’s sense of honor insists that the debts must be paid, but Allan
refuses to help him. Poe leaves and heads to his family in Baltimore.
1827 (May 26) - Poe enlists in the United States Army under the
name Edgar A. Perry.
1827 - Poe’s first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems is
published in Boston by Calvin F. S. Thomas. The author is noted only as “A
Bostonian.” The thin pamphlet sells perhaps 50 copies, many likely
distributed free for reviews. (After Poe’s death, the existence of this
little book, then lost in obscurity, was offered by Griswold as an example of
Poe’s lying nature. This position was accepted until 1880, when John
Ingram found a copy in the library of the British Museum. Today, only twelve copies
are known to exist. As much as $172,000 has been paid at auction. Most copies are
imperfect.)
1827 (Nov.) - Poe’s battery arrives at Fort Moultrie,
Sullivan’s Island, Charleston, South Carolina.
1828 (Dec. 15) - Poe’s battery arrives at Fort Monroe,
Old Point Comfort, Virginia.
1829 (Jan. 1) - Poe is promoted to Sergeant-Major of the
Regiment of Artillery.
1829 (Feb. 28) - Francis Keeling Allan, Poe’s doting
foster mother, dies in Richmond. She is buried in the Shockoe Hill Cemetery on March
2. Poe obtains leave from the army and arrives in Richmond on the evening of the day
following her burial.
1829 (April 15) - Poe is released from the Army and applies for
an appointment to West Point. (To obtain his release, it was necessary for Poe to
provide a substitute at no expense to the government.)
1830 (Oct. 5) - John Allan marries Louisa Patterson. (By John
Allan’s death in 1834, they will have three sons.)
1830 (June) - Poe enters West Point.
1831 (Jan. 27) - Poe, wishing to get out of West Point, refuses
to attend classes or church. He is court-martialed on February 8 and dismissed as of
March 6.
1831 - Poe’s Poems is published in New
York by Elam Bliss.
1831 (July) - Poe submits several stories to a contest sponsored
by the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. He does not win first prize. Five of
his stories are published, although without his name.
1831 (Aug. 1) - William Henry Leonard Poe, Edgar’s
older brother, dies in Baltimore, probably of tuberculosis or cholera. (Discounting
the possiblity of cholera, it has been noted that the disease did not arrive in the
United States until 1832.)
1833 (Oct.) - Poe receives his $50 prize for “MS.
Found in a Bottle” from the Baltimore Saturday Visiter.
1834 (March 27) - John Allan, Poe’s foster father,
dies in Richmond, Virginia. He is buried next to his first wife, Frances, in the
Shockoe Hill Cemetery. Edgar’s name is omitted from Allan’s will
and Poe inherits nothing from the large estate.
1835 (Sept) - Leaving his home in Baltimore, Poe moves to
Richmond and becomes editor of Thomas W. White’s Southern Literary
Messenger. (White was reluctant to grant Poe the title, although
quite willing to let him do the work.) Poe writes a great many critical reviews and
receives both praise and scorn for these frank commentaries. He prints a number of
his own poems and stories, including reprints of several earlier pieces.
1836 (May 16) - Edgar (aged 27) and Virginia (aged 13) marry in
Richmond, Virginia. The ceremony is officiated by the Reverend Amasa Convers, a
Presbyterian minister who was also editor of the Southern Religious
Telegraph.
1837 (Jan.) - The Southern Literary Messenger announces
that Poe has left the position of editor.
1837 (Feb.) - Poe and his family move to New York.
1839 - The Conchologist’s First
Book is published in Philadelphia by Haswell, Barrington and
Haswell. Professor Thomas Wyatt secured Poe’s assistance in the
book’s production. Poe writes the “Preface” and
“Introduction,” and perhaps provides some translation from
Cuvier. The book runs for three editions by 1845, becoming Poe’s only
commercial success in book form. (Poe’s association with this book has
brought charges of plagiarism from the conchology textbook by Captain Thomas Brown,
published in Glasgow in 1833.)
1839 (May) - Poe becomes an editor for wealthy comedian William
Evans Burton’s two-year old Gentleman’s
Magazine. (The title page for volume V, beginning with the issue
for July of 1839, prominently shows the names of the editors as “William
E. Burton and Edgar A. Poe.”)
1840 (Feb. 10) - Poe’s “Journal of Julius Rodman”
(Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine, Jan. 1840, first of
four installments) is mistaken as an actual account of an expedition and is noted in
a document submitted to the U. S. Senate.
1840 (June 6) - Poe’s prospectus for a new magazine appears in the
Saturday Evening Post: “Prospectus of the Penn Magazine, a
monthly literary journal, to be edited and published in the city of Philadelphia, by
Edgar A. Poe — Since resigning the conduct of The Southern Literary
Messenger, at the commencement of its third year, I have constantly held in view the
establishment of a Magazine which should retain some of the chief features of that
journal, abandoning the rest. . . . It shall be the first
and chief purpose of the Magazine now proposed, to become known as one where may be
found, at all times, and upon all subjects, an honest and fearless opinion. This is
a purpose of which no man need be ashamed. . . . To the
mechanical execution of the work the greatest attention will be given which such a
matter can require. . . The price will be $5 per annum, payable in
advance, or upon receipt of the first number, which will be issued on the first of
January, 1841” (The Poe Log, pp. 300-301). (Poe was unable to raise
the necessary support and the first issue of the Penn never appeared. By
1841, he was forced to put his plans on hold. The final prospectus for the Penn was
printed on January 1, 1841, of which Poe sent a copy to J. E. Snodgrass on January
17, 1841.)
1841 (February 20) - The Saturday Evening Post
(Philadelphia) announces that Poe has become an editor for Graham’s
Magazine, beginning with the April issue. (Both the Post
and Graham’s were owned by George Rex Graham.Volume I of
Graham’s Magazine appeared as volume XVIII because, in creating
his new magazine, Graham merged Burton’s Gentleman’s
Magazine with the Casket. The latter, which Graham had purchased in May
of 1839, had already issued seventeen volumes by the end of 1840. The last issue of
both the Gentleman’s Magazine and the Casket are virtually
identical, each bearing the inscription of Graham’s Magazine on
their title pages, noted “as a specimen of the new volume.”
Poe’s engagement with Graham as an editor may have been discussed as early
as December of 1840. This possibility is suggested by the fact that both of these
final issues contain Poe’s story “The Man of the
Crowd.” Burton had stopped printing Poe’s material as of the
August issue of the same year. Poe, however, was still hoping to make real his plans
for the Penn Magazine, plans he did not abandon for several months.)
1841 (April) - Graham’s Magazine features
Poe’s “Murders in the Rue
Morgue,” the first modern detective story. During Poe’s
tenure, the circulation of Graham’s Magazine increases from about
5,000 to nearly 37,000 subscribers, making it far and away the most popular
periodical of its day. (An abridged translation of “Murders in the Rue
Morgue” appeared on October 12, 1846 in Le Commerce, a Parisan
newspaper. There, the title was given as
“L‘Orange-Otang” but Poe’s name is not
mentioned.)
1842 (March 6) - During Dickens’ tour of America, Poe
and Charles Dickens arrange to meet while he is in Philadelphia. (Dickens had been
greatly impressed by Poe’s ability to guess the ending of his Barnaby
Rudge. In the Saturday Evening Post for May for 1841, Poe had reviewed
the work, which was being published serially in a magazine a chapter at a time.)
Dickens agrees to consider writing for Graham’s and to try to find
an English publisher for Poe’s Tales of the Grotesque and
Arabesque, although nothing of substance will ever come of either promise.
1842 (May) - Poe leaves the editorship of Graham’s
Magazine. He is replaced by Rufus W. Griswold. In a letter to his friend F. W.
Thomas, Poe notes, “The report of my having parted with Graham, is
correct; although, in the forthcoming June number, there is no announcement to that
effect; nor had the papers any authority for the statement made. My duties ceased
with the May number. I shall continue to contribute
occasionally. . . . My reason for resigning was disgust
with the namby-pamby character of the Magazine — a character which it was
impossible to eradicate — I allude to the contemptible pictures, fashion
plates, music and love tales. The salary, moreover, did not pay me for the labor
which I was forced to bestow. With Graham, who is really a very gentlemanly,
although exceedingly weak man, I had no misunderstanding” (Ostrom,
Letters, p. 198). (Although Poe complained about his pay, he would never
again attain such a relatively secure financial position.)
1843 (January 31) - Poe and Thomas Cottrell Clarke sign an
agreement to proceed with Poe’s plans for a magazine. The original name,
The Penn, was deemed too regional sounding and the new magazine is called
The Stylus, which is, of course, a pen. (Again, Poe found it impossible to
raise sufficient interest and capital. Although he revisited the effort from time to
time until his death, The Stylus never appeared.)
1843 (February 25) - A biographical notice of Poe, by Henry Beck
Hirst, is printed in the Philadelphia Saturday Museum. Full of erroneous
information, presumably provided by Poe, this biography begins to establish
Poe’s public image. (The article is reprinted in the March 4 issue.)
1843 (March) - Through contacts of his friend F. W. Thomas, Poe
hopes to gain a government job as a clerk, which will still leave him with time to
write. Although one of his supporters is Robert Tyler, the son of President John
Tyler, Poe fails to obtain a position.
1843 (June) - Poe’s tale of pirate treasure,
‘The Gold-Bug,”
wins the $100 prize from the Dollar Newspaper (Philadelphia). So successful
is the tale that a second printing of the newspaper is required. In additon to the
prize, Poe receives substantial national attention. A theatrical production based on
Poe’s story, dramatized by Silas S. Steele, is performed on August 8, 1843
at the American Theatre in Philadelphia (Mabbott, Tales and Sketches, p.
805). (In November of 1845, a French translation, “Le Scarabee
d‘or” was printed in the Revue britannique and again in
installments in La Democratie pacifique in May of 1848 and in La Journal
du Loiret in June of 1848. A pirated English edition appeared in London around
1846.)
1843 (July) - Poe’s Prose Romances is
published in Philadelphia by William H. Graham.
1843 (July 19) - Poe registers to study law in the office of
Henry Beck Hirst, a long-time friend (Mabbott, Poems, p. 553. The Poe
Log disputes this claim, p. 427.)
1843 (November 21) - Poe delivers the first of his lectures on
American Poetry, beginning in Philadelphia. The large audience overflows the hall
and reviews are generally favorable, inspiring Poe to proceed with other
performances of the lecture. (Among Poe’s later lectures are
“The Poets and Poetry of America,” “The Poetic
Principle” and “The Universe.” The last of these
became the basis for his 1848 book Eureka.)
1844 (April 7) - Poe and his family move to New York, where Poe
may have joined the Sunday Times as a subeditor.
1844 (October 7) - Poe is engaged by George Pope Morris and
Nathaniel Parker Willis as part of the staff of the Evening Mirror (New
York). (In 1849, N. P. Willis recalled, “Mr. Poe was employed by us, for
several months, as critic and subeditor. This was our first personal acquaintance
with him. He resided with his wife and mother at Fordham, a few miles out of town,
but was at his desk in the office, from nine in the morning till the evening paper
went to press. . . . he was invariably punctual and
industrious.” See N. P. Willis, “Death of Edgar Allan
Poe” from the Home Journal, October 20, 1849, reprinted in Carlson,
Recognition of Poe, pp. 36-41.)
1845 (Jan. 29) - Poe’s most famous poem, “The Raven” is published in the
New York Evening Mirror, where it becomes a sensational hit. It is widely
reprinted and brings Poe considerable praise and fame, although financially he
receives only about $15 for the initial printing. (Many stories have been told of
the writing of “The Raven.” Indeed, the list of people who
claimed to be present at its infancy seemed to grow with each reminiscence published
after Poe’s death. Poe’s explanation of the poem’s
creation, “The Philosophy of
Composition,” is largely fictional, by Poe’s own
admission. The most probable account is that Poe wrote the poem in late 1844, while
staying at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Henry Brennan in New York.)
1845 (Feb. 22) - Poe becomes an editor of the Broadway Journal. By July
12, he is the sole editor, and by October 24 the sole owner as well. Poe finally has
full control of a magazine, but one already laboring perilously under serious
debts.
1846 (Jan. 3) - Buried under with financial problems, the
Broadway Journal ceases publication.
1846 (April) - Godey’s Lady’s
Book publishes the first installment of Poe’s
“The Literati of New York City: Some Honest Opinions at Random Respecting
Their Authorial Merits, with Occasional Words of Personality.” Copies of
Godey’s sell unusually well, requiring an additional printing.
Poe publishes five additional installments before ending the series with the October
issue.
1846 (about May) - Poe moves his family to a cottage in Fordham,
New York. (This quaint little house, now cared for by the Bronx Historical Society,
is open to the public.)
1847 (Jan. 30) - Virginia Poe dies of tuberculosis in Fordham,
New York. She is entombed on February 2 in the Valentine family vault in the Dutch
Reformed Church at Fordham. (The bed in which she died may still be seen in this
house. The tops of the posts at the foot of the bed are cut off so that it will fit
under the sloping roof.)
1848 (about July 15) - Poe’s prose poem Eureka is published by
George Putnam. Criticism is mixed, some lauding it as containing brilliant insights
and some denouncing it as pantheisic. Poe denies charges of pantheism. The
publishers do not hold Poe’s enthusiam for the work and print only 500
copies, of which an unknown number were actually sold. There is insufficient
interest to justify Poe’s much-hoped-for second edition.
1848 (November) - Poe begins to court New England widow and
poetess Sarah Helen Whitman. After considerable effort, he manages to secure a
promise of marriage. Mrs. Whitman is concerned about his reputation for drinking.
Poe pledges to be temperate.
1848 (December 23) - Poe fails to meet the condition of total
abstinence from drinking and Mrs. Whitman calls off the engagement.
1849 (June 29) - Poe begins a southern lecture tour to raise
money and support for his proposed magazine, The Stylus. He arrives in
Richmond on July 14.
1849 (July?) - Poe meets with the now widowed Elmira Royster
Shelton. Rekindling the youthful romance, Poe asks her to marry him. Mrs. Shelton is
initially hesitant, but by August 25 has apparently accepted Poe’s
proposal. (By remarrying, Mrs. Shelton would have had to give up a large portion of
the inheritance left by her husband, as stipulated in his will.)
1849 (August 27) - Poe joins the Sons of Temperance, Shockoe
Hill Division, No. 54. (This society required that its members abstain completely
from the drinking of any alcoholic beverages.)
1849 (Sept. 27) - Poe leaves Richmond, perhaps aboard the
steamship Pocahontas. He arrives in Baltimore on September 28.
1849 (Oct. 7) - Edgar Allan Poe dies
in Baltimore in the Washington University Hospital (later Church Home and Hospital).
1849 (Oct. 8 or 9) - Edgar Allan Poe is buried in his grandfather’s lot in the
Westminster Burying Ground. The ceremony is officiated by the Reverend William T. D.
Clemm.
1849 (Oct. 9) - Rufus Wilmot Griswold’s slanderous obituary of Poe, the so-called “Ludwig” article, is
published in the New York Tribune. It is widely copied.
1850 (January 10) - The first two volumes of
Griswold’s collected Works of the Late Edgar Allan
Poe are published. Volume I contains a preface “To the
Reader” by Maria Clemm,
Poe’s mother-in-law, announcing that Poe himself had selected Griswold as
his literary executor and describing the edition as having been put together for her
benefit. (There is no other substantiation for the idea that Poe selected Griswold
and it may or may not be true. Despite the claim that the books were “for
my benefit,” Maria Clemm saw none of the profits gathered by Griswold and
the publishers. Instead, she was given copies of the set to sell on her own. After
her death in 1871, there is a gap of four years in publication of the set, resuming
in 1876, without Maria Clemm’s preface.)
1850 (September 21) - The third volumes of Griswold’s
collected Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe is published. This volume
contains Griswold’s infamous “Memoir of the Author.”
In 1856, the fourth and final volume of Griswold’s edition of
Poe’s works is published. (Beginning in 1853, Griswold’s
“Memoir” shifted to volume I.)
1856 (about February 13) - The fourth and final volume of
Griswold’s collected Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe is
published, containing “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym” and
other miscellaneous items.
1857 (Aug. 27) - Poe’s literary nemesis, Rufus Wilmot
Griswold, dies. His slanderous biographical memoir of Poe continues to accompany the
standard edition of Poe’s works until 1875, selling as many as several
thousand copies a year.
1860 - Sarah Helen Whitman,
Poe’s former fiancee, publishes a defense of Poe in a book called Edgar
Poe and His Critics.
1871 (Feb. 16) - Maria Clemm dies in Baltimore in the Church
Home and Hospital (the same hospital in which Edgar Allan Poe died 22 years
earlier.)
1874 (June 14) - Rosalie Poe, Edgar’s younger sister,
dies at the Epiphany Church Home in Washington, D.C. Found in her hands is an
envelope containing a check for $50, sent by a philanthropist hoping to ease her
financial plight. She is buried with the nuns in a section of Rock Creek Cemetery.
(Her tombstone erroneously reads 1812-1874. Rosalie was born in 1811.)
1874 - A new edition of Poe’s collected works appears
with a favorable memoir by John Henry
Ingram.
1875 (Nov. 17) - Poe’s Memorial Grave is dedicated in Baltimore with elaborate
ceremonies.
1880 - John Henry Ingram publishes his full-length biography of
Poe: Edgar Allan Poe: His Life, Letters and Opinions (London, 2 vols).
1885 (May 4) - The Actors’ Monument, a sculpture by
Richard Henry Park, is unveiled in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
The ceremonies include a presentation by Edwin Booth, the most respected actor of
his day. (In 1994, this statue was moved to the Poe Museum in Richmond,
Viriginia.)
1910 - Poe is inducted into the Hall of Fame in New York.