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Edwin Howard Norton Patterson











(Born: January 27, 1828 - Died: 1880)

American journalist and editor. He was born in Winchester, VA. In 1835, his father, John B. Patterson, moved to Oquawka, IL, where he founded the Oquawka Spectator. In 1836, Edwin and his mother joined his father. On his 21st birthday, Edwin inherited control of the Spectator. He corresponded briefly with Poe in 1849, ultimately agreeing to assist Poe in establishing the Stylus, but Poe died before the plans could be finalized or Poe's dream magazine became a reality. In 1859, Patterson moved to Colorado, where he remained until his death.














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Bibliography:
  • Field, Eugene, ed. Some Letters of Edgar Allan Poe to E. H. N. Patterson of Oquawka, Illinois. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1898. (Reprinted from “Poe, Patterson, and Oquawka,” America, April 11 and May 16, 1889, 2:45-50 and 208-210.)

  • Heartman, Charles F. and James R. Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Hattiesburg, MS: The Book Farm, 1943.
  • Higgins, Francis, "The Man From Oquawka," 519-533.
  • Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Vols 2-3 Tales and Sketches), Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1978. (Second printing 1979)
  • Thomas, Dwight and David K. Jackson, The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849, Boston: G. K. Hall & Sons, 1987.





 
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