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Text: John Ward Ostrom, "Revised Check List of the Correspondence of Edgar Allan Poe," Studies in the American Renaissance (edited by Joel Myerson), 1981, pp. 169-255. (This information is reprinted here with permission of the copyright holder. It has been reformatted for HTML and updated where additional information is known.)










Revised Check List of
the Correspondence of Edgar Allan Poe
(Part I: 1817-1837)





Scroll down, or select date:  1817   1824   1826   1830   1831   1832   1833   1834   1835   1836   1837





~~~ 1817 ~~~


 
1817 - August 14

 
RCL#001 


J. Allan or Mrs. F. Allan (Cheltenham, England) to Poe (London, England). Cited in J. Allan to G. Dubourg, 14 Aug. 1817 (RF-1) ["Enclosed is a letter for Edgar who, if he writes at all, must direct his Mama as I do not think she will return with me"]. (CL48-1.)



~~~ 1824 ~~~


 
1824 - October 25
 
RCL#002 


Wm. H. L. Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in J. Allan to Wm. H. L. Poe, 1 Nov. 1824 (RF-2) ["I have just seen your letter of the 25th ult. to Edgar and am much afflicted that he has not written you"]. (CL41-1; CL48-2.)

 
1824 - November 17  (letter text)
 
RCL#003 


Poe and J. Lyle (Richmond, VA) to the Governor & Council of Virginia (Richmond, VA). Calendar of Virginia State Papers (1892), 10:518; Allen [1926], 1:124; Quinn, p. 88; L [1948], 1:3 and 1:100 (facing) (F). James Pleasants, Jr. was Governor of Virginia in 1824. MS at Vi (Executive Papers of James Pleasants, Jr., box 286). (LTR48-1 // CL48-3.)

 
1824 - November 23  (letter text)
 
RCL#004 


Poe and J. Lisle [Lyle] (Richmond, VA) to P. V. Daniel (Richmond, VA). L [1948], 1:3-4. MS at Vi (Executive Papers of James Pleasants, Jr., box 286). (LTR48-2 // CL48-4.)



~~~ 1826 ~~~


 
1826 - ca. February 21 (?) 
 
RCL#005 


Poe (U. VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61) ["In a week after my arrival [at U. VA], I wrote you for some more money . . . ."]. (CL41-2; CL48-5.)

 
1826 - ca. February 24-27 
 
RCL#006 


J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (U. VA). Cited in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61) ["You replied in terms of the utmost abuse . . . ."]. (CL41-3; CL48-6.)

 
1826 - May [25]  (letter text)
 
RCL#007 


Poe (U. VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 37-39 and 41-42 (F); L [1948], 1:4-5. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-3 // CL41-4; CL48-7.)

 
1826 - September 21  (letter text)
 
RCL#008 


Poe (U. VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Stanard, pp. 43-45 and 47-48 (F); L [1948], 1:6-7. MS at ViRVal. (LTR48-4 // CL41-5; CL48-8.)

 
1826 - October - November (?)
 
RCL#008a


Poe (U. VA) to J. Allan (Richmond, VA). Implied in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61), and suggested by the fact that J. Allan sent Poe $100 (CL-9). Cited in Ostrom’s note for LTR48-28. (CL07-8a.)

 
1826 - ca. December
 
RCL#009 


J. Allan (Richmond, VA) to Poe (U. VA) (with $100). Implied in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61) ["Towards the close of the session you sent me $100 . . . ."]. (CL48-9.)

 
1826 - late (?)
 
RCL#010 


Poe (U. VA) to J. Galt (Richmond, VA). Implied in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61) ["I applied to James Galt . . . ."]. (CL48-10.)

 
1826 - after late (?)
 
RCL#011 


J. Galt (Richmond, VA) to Poe (U. VA). Implied in Poe to J. Allan, 3 Jan. 1831 (CL-61) [". . . but he, I believe from the best of motives, refused to lend me any . . . ."]. (CL48-11.)

 
1826 - early-late (?)
 
RCL#011a


Poe (U. VA) to Miss S. E. Royster (Richmond, VA). Cited in “Conversation with Mrs. Shelton,” E. V. Valentine, 19 Nov. 1875 (RF-28). Mrs. Shelton (formerly Miss Royster) comments that “. . . during the time he was at the University he wrote to me frequently, but my father intercepted the letters . . . and I was not aware that he wrote to me until I was married to Mr. Shelton.” The exact dating and number of letters written at this time is unknown, but the recollection seems highly plausible. (CL07-11a.)



~~~ 1827 ~~~

1827 - [March 19] Monday  (letter text) RCL#012 .
Poe (Richmond) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 55-58, 59-61 (F); L (1948) 1:7-8. MS at ViRVal. (L48-5 // CL41-6; CL48-12.)

1827 - [March 20] Tuesday  (letter text) RCL#013 .
Poe (Richmond) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 63-64, 65 (F); Robertson, Bibliography (1934) 2:30 (F); L (1948) 1:8-9. MS at ViRVal. (L48-6 // CL41-7; CL48-13.)

1827 - March 20  (letter text) RCL#014 .
J. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 69-70 (F). MS at ViRVal. (CL41-8; CL48-14.)

1827 - March 25  (letter text) RCL#015 .
E. G. Crump (Dinwiddie Co., VA) to Poe (en route to Boston?). Stanard, pp. 52-53; Phillips, 1:270-271; Allan, 1:200; Quinn, p. 115-116. MS at DLC (Ellis-Allan). (CL41-9; CL48-15.)

1827 - March  (?) RCL#015a
Mrs. F. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (en route to Boston?) (Two letters). Noted by Whitty (1911), p. xxx; and Phillips, 1:294. [Phillips describes these as freeing “him from all blame in the Allan family disturbing affairs.” Poe apparently kept both letters, at some point giving them to his wife, Virginia. After her death, they supposedly passed to Poe’s cousin, Elizabeth (by then, Mrs. Edmund Smith). Phillips also repeats a story that Poe “wrote his foster-mother when he was in Europe,” which may be dismissed along with the notion that Poe ran off to Europe in 1827.] (New CL item.)

~~~ 1828 ~~~

1828 - December 1  (letter text) RCL#016 .
Poe (Fort Moultrie [Charleston, SC]) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 75-78, 79-81 (F); L (1948) 1:9-11. MS at ViRVal. (L48-7 // L41-11; CL48-16.)

1828 - December 22  (letter text) RCL#017 .
Poe (Fortress Monroe [Old Point Comfort, VA]) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 87-90, 91-94 (F); L (1948) 1:11-13. MS at ViRVal. (This is probably the letter cited in Poe to Allan, 4 Feb. 1829: "I wrote you some time ago . . . .") (L48-8 // CL41-12 and CL41-13; CL48-17.)

1828 - before December 23, 1828 - February 3, 1829 RCL#018 .
J. Mackenzie (Richmond) to Poe (Fortress Monroe [Old Point Comfort, VA]). Cited in Poe to Allan, 4 Feb. 1829: ". . . he [John Mackenzie] wrote me before I wrote to him . . . ." (CL48-18.)

1828 - December 23, 1828 - February 3, 1829 RCL#019 .
Poe (Fortress Monroe [Old Point Comfort, VA]) to J. Mackenzie (Richmond). Cited in Poe to Allan, 4 Feb. 1829: "I wrote John Mackenzie . . . ." (CL41-14; CL48-19 and CL48-[19a].)

~~~ 1829 ~~~

1829 - February 4  (letter text) RCL#020 .
Poe (Fortress Monroe [Old Point Comfort, VA]) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 99-102, 103-106 (F); L (1948) 1:13-15. MS at ViRVal. (L48-9 // CL41-15; CL48-20.)

1829 - March 10  (letter text) RCL#021 .
Poe (Fortress Monroe [Old Point Comfort, VA]) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 113-114, 115-116 (F); L (1948) 1:15-16. MS at ViRVal. (L48-10 // CL41-16; CL48-21.)

1829 - May 11  (letter text) RCL#022 .
W. Wirt (Baltimore) to Poe (Baltimore). Stanard, pp. 131-132. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-17; CL48-22.)

1829 - May 12-27 RCL#023 .
Poe (Baltimore) to R. Walsh (Philadelphia). Implied in Poe to Allan, 29 May 1829: "Mr Wirt & Mr Walsh have advised me of [the difficulty of getting a poem published in this country] . . . ." (CL48-23.)

1829 - after May 12-27 RCL#024 .
R. Walsh (Philadelphia) to Poe (Baltimore). Implied in Poe to Allan, 29 May 1829. (CL48-24.)

1829 - ca. May 14 RCL#025 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond) (formerly dated May 16). Cited in Allan to Poe, 18 May 1829: "I duly recd your letter . . . . " Stanard, p. 121.(CL41-18; CL48-25 and CL48-[25a].)

1829 - May 18  (letter text) RCL#026 .
J. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Stanard, pp. 121-122 (F). MS at ViRVal. (CL41-19; CL48-26.)

1829 - May 20  (letter text) RCL#027 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 125-126, 127-128 (F); L (1948) 1:16-17. MS at ViRVal. (L48-11 // CL41-20; CL48-27.)

1829 - before May 27  (letter text) RCL#028 .
Poe (Philadelphia, Heiskell’s Indian Queen Hotel) to I. Lea (Philadelphia). Quinn, pp. 138-143 (F); Parke-Bernet Galleries catalog (Drexel Institute sale), 17-18 Oct. 1944, item 199 (F, of first page); L (1948) 1:18-19; Sotheby (NY) sale, (Chrysler) 7 Dec. 1954, item 263. MS at TxU-Hu. SP $2500 (1944); $3000 (1954). (L48-12 // CL41-21; CL48-28 and CL48-[28a].)

1829 - May 27 RCL#029 .
I. Lea (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia?). Docketed on Poe to Lea, before 27 May 1829: "Ans May 27." (CL48-29.)

1829 - May 29 (letter text) RCL#030 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 133-136, 137-140 (F); L (1948) 1:19-21. MS at ViRVal. (L48-13 // CL41-22; CL48-30.)

1829 - June 8 RCL#031 .
J. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to Allan, 25 June 1829: "In reply to yours of the 8th . . . ." Also docketed on Poe to Allan, 29 May 1829. (CL41-23; CL48-31.)

1829 - June 10 RCL#032 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Cited in Poe to Allan, 25 June 1829: "I wrote you on the 10th of June . . . . " (CL41-24; CL48-32.)

1829 - after June 25 RCL#033 .
E. M. Poe (Baltimore) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to Allan, 25 June 1829. [Poe calls his cousin “Edward Mosher.” See also “Genealogy,” L (1948) 2:685.] (CL48-33.)

1829 - June 25  (letter text) RCL#034 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard pp. 145-147, 149-152 (F); L (1948) 1:21-23. MS at ViRVal. (L48-14 // CL41-25; CL48-34.)

1829 - July 15  (letter text) RCL#035 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 153-154, 155-156 (F); L (1948) 1:23-24. MS at ViRVal. (L48-15 // CL41-26; CL48-35.)

1829 - July 19 RCL#036 .
J. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to Allan, 26 July 1829: "I received yours of the 19th . . . ." (CL41-27; CL48-36.)

1829 - July 26 (letter text) RCL#037 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard pp. 157-161, 163-166 (F); L (1948) 1:24-27. MS at ViRVal. (L48-16 // CL41-29; CL48-37.)

1829 - July 28 (letter text) RCL#038 .
Poe (Baltimore) to Carey, Lea & Carey (Philadelphia). Phillips 1:335; Allen 1:250-251; L (1948) 1:27-28. (First printed, in a limited edition of 25 copies, by Charles Brombach in 1917.) MS at NN (Berg). (L48-17 // CL41-30; CL48-38.)

1829 - August 3 RCL#039 .
Carey, Lea & Carey (Philadelphia) to Poe (Baltimore). Docketed on Poe to Carey, Lea & Carey, 28 July 1829: "Ans Aug. 3." (CL41-31; CL48-39.)

1829 - August 4 (letter text) RCL#040 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard pp. 171-173. 175-176 (F); L (1948) 1:28-29. MS at ViRVal. (L48-18 // CL41-32; CL48-40.)

1829 - ca. August 7 RCL#041 .
J. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to Allan, 10 Aug. 1829: "I received yours this morning . . . ." (CL41-33; CL48-41.)

1829 - August 10 (letter text) RCL#042 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 181-183, 185-187 (F); L (1948) 1:29-30. MS at ViRVal. (L48-19 // CL41-34; CL48-42.)

1829 - August 10 RCL#043 .
J. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Docketed on Poe to Allan, 10 Aug. 1829: "Answd. Aug 19, 1829 / included him $50." (CL48-43.)

1829 - before September(?) RCL#044 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Neal (Boston). Implied by Neal in Yankee and Boston Literary Gazette (Sept. 1829, no. 3) ns 1:168. (CL41-[A2]; CL48-44.)

1829 - ca. October 27-28 RCL#045 .
J. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to Allan, 30 Oct. 1829: "I received your letter this evening. . . . " (CL41-35; CL48-45.)

1829 - October 30 (letter text) RCL#046 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 193-195, 197-198 (F); L (1948) 1:30-32. MS at ViRVal. (L48-20 // CL41-36; CL48-46.)

1829 - [October-November]  (letter text) RCL#047 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Neal (Boston). See Yankee and Boston Literary Gazette, (Dec. 1829, no. 6) ns 1:295-298; Portland Daily Advertiser (26 April 1850) 20:2; H (1903) p. 443; W (1909) 1:58-60. L (1948) 1:32-33. MS unlocated; Neal’s transcript (10 May 1875) at ViU (Ingram, item 224). (L48-21 // CL41-41; CL48-47 and CL48-[53a].)

1829 - November 12  (letter text) RCL#048 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 203-204, 205 (F); L (1948) 1:33-34. MS at ViRVal. (L48-22 // CL41-37; CL48-48.)

1829 - ca. November 15 RCL#049 .
J. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to Allan, 18 Nov. 1829: "I duly recd your letter . . . ." (CL41-38; CL48-49.)

1829 - November 18  (letter text) RCL#050 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 213-214, 215 (F); L (1948) 1:34. MS at ViRVal. (L48-23 // CL41-39; CL48-50.)

1829 - November(?) RCL#051 .
Poe (Baltimore) to N. P. Willis. Possible letter similar to Poe to Neal, before Sept. (?) 1829. Willis criticized “Fairyland” in American Monthly Magazine (Nov. 1829) 1:587.(CL41-[A3]; CL48-51.)

1829 - November(?) RCL#051a
Poe (Baltimore) to Mrs. S. J. Hale. Possible letter similar to Poe to Neal, before Sept. (?) 1829. The Ladies Magazine (Jan. 1830) printed a brief review of Al Aaraaf. The Poe Log, p. 103, says the review is not by Hale. (New CL item.)

1829 - before December 29(?) RCL#052 .
J. Neal (Boston) to Poe (Baltimore). Implied by Neal in Portland (ME) Advertiser, 26 April 1850. See also Neal to Mrs. M. N. Gove, 30 Nov. 1846 (MS at MB, cited in Quinn, pp. 152-153). (CL48-52.)

1829 - [December 29]  (letter text) RCL#053 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Neal (Boston). Portland Daily Advertiser (26 April 1850) 20:2; W (1909) 1:369; L (1948) 1:35-36. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). (L48-24 // CL41-40; CL48-53.)

~~~ 1830 ~~~

1830 - ca. January (?) RCL#053a
Poe (Baltimore) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Boston). Implied by what Ostrom describes as “an unpublished scratch note” at MB (Griswold) in which Poe copies almost all of a 30 Jan. 1830 review from the Ladies’ Magazine, which was edited by Mrs. Hale. Poe’s note includes a line that reads “Dr Madam,” suggesting a letter in reply to the review, which would have been quite typical for Poe. [See L (1948) 1:106. Mrs. Hale’s son, David Hale, was at West Point with Poe.] (New CL item.)

1830 - before May 1-3 RCL#054 .
Sgt S. Graves (Old Point Comfort, VA) to Poe (Washington). Cited in Poe to Graves, 3 May 1830: "I suppose the reason for my not getting the other . . . ." (CL48-54.)

1830 - May1-3 RCL#055 .
Sgt. S. Graves (Old Point Comfort, VA) to Poe (Richmond). Cited in Poe to Graves, 3 May 1830: "I have just received your letter . . . ." (CL41-42; CL48-55.)

1830 - May 3 (letter text) RCL#056 .
Poe (Richmond) to Sgt S. Graves (Old Point Comfort, VA). Stanard, pp. 221-223, 225-227 (F); L (1948) 1:36-37. MS at ViRVal. (L48-25 // CL41-43; CL48-56.)

1830 - May 21 RCL#057 .
J. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore; forwarded to West Point, NY). Cited in Poe to Allan, 28 June 1830: ". . . acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 21rst May . . . ." (CL41-44; CL48-57.)

1830 - June 28  (letter text) RCL#058 .
Poe (West Point, NY) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 233-235, 237-238 (F); L (1948) 1:37-38. MS at ViRVal. (L48-26 // CL41-45; CL48-58.)

1830 - November 6  (letter text) RCL#059 .
Poe (West Point, NY) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 243-245, 247-248 (F); L (1948) 1:38-39. MS at ViRVal. (L48-27 // CL41-46; CL48-59.)

1830 - December 27-28 RCL#060 .
J. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (West Point, NY). Cited in Poe to Allan, 3 Jan. 1831: ". . . answering your final letter . . . ." (CL41-47; CL48-60.)

~~~ 1831 ~~~

1831 - January 3   (letter text) RCL#061 .
Poe (West Point, NY) to J. Allan (Richmond) (misdated by Poe as 1830). Stanard, pp. 253-258, 259-262 (F); L (1948) 1:39-43. MS at ViRVal. (L48-28 // CL41-48; CL48-61 and CL48-[53b].)

1831 - ca. February 20 (?) RCL#062 .
Poe (NY) to W. H. L. Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to Allan, 21 Feb. 1831: "I have written to my brother. . . ." (CL41-49; CL48-62.)

1831 - February 21  (letter text) RCL#063 .
Poe (NY) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 267-269, 271-273 (F); L (1948) 1:43-44. MS at ViRVal. (L48-29 // CL41-50; CL48-63.)

1831 - March 10  (letter text) RCL#064 .
Poe (NY) to Colonel S. Thayer (West Point, NY). NY Sun (30 Oct. 1902); H (1903), p. 449; W (1909) 1:79-80; Stanard, p. 277; Allan 1:304; L (1948) 1:44-45. MS at NWM. (L48-30 // CL41-51; CL48-64.)

1831 - May 6  (letter text) RCL#065 .
Poe (Baltimore) to W. Gwynn (Baltimore). Atlantic Monthly (Dec. 1884) 54:824-825; W (1885), pp. 63-64; W (1909) 1:88; L (1948) 1:45. MS at PHi. (L48-31 // CL41-53; CL48-65.)

1831 - ca. May - August (?) RCL#065a
Poe (Baltimore) to Miss Kate Bleakley (Baltimore). [Mentioned by Phillips 1:421-422, where she notes that Poe wrote Miss Bleakley “verses and letters.” (Her father, Matthew Bleakley, was proprietor of the Armistead Hotel, “on ‘short Swan Street,’ between  Market Space and Jones Falls.”) Miss Bleakley was later married, twice (first to W. B. Paine and then Mr. Henderson). All of these papers were apparently burned after the death of Miss Bleakley’s daughter, Annie Paine, following an outbreak of yellow fever in New Orleans. Phillips gives her source as an article in the New York Herald of 14 June 1903.] (New CL item.)

1831 - October 16  (letter text) RCL#066 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard pp. 279-281, 283-284 (F); L (1948) 1:46-47. MS at ViRVal. (L48-32 // CL41-54; CL48-66.)

1831 -  before November 18 (?) RCL#067 .
J. Allan (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Implied in Poe to Allan, 18 Nov. 1831: "After your late kindness . . . ." (CL48-67.)

1831 - November 18  (letter text) RCL#068 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 291-292, 293 (F); L (1948) 1:47-48. MS at ViRVal. (L48-33 // CL41-55; CL48-68.)

1831 - December 15  (letter text) RCL#069 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 299-301, 303-304 (F); L (1948) 1:48-49. MS at ViRVa1. (L48-34 // CL41-56; CL48-69.)

1831 - December 29  (letter text) RCL#070 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 305-306, 307 (F); L (1948) 1:49. MS at ViRVal. (L48-35 // CL41-57; CL48-70.)

~~~ 1832 ~~~

1832 - (?) RCL#070a
There are no cited or specifically identifiable letters for this period, although Whitty (1911) says “An old printer told me that he carried letters for Poe from Baltimore to Richmond prior to 1835” (p. xxxv). Whitty states that Poe learned through this correspondence that John Allan was ill, and arranged a trip to Richmond about June 1832 in hope of a reconciliation. Whitty further suggests that this correspondence was with Miss Valentine (Frances Allan’s sister) and “the old Allan servants.”Allen repeats part of this story, saying “A printer by the name of Askew is known to have carried letters back and forth for Poe from Richmond” (Allen 1:337, where he gives his source as “information given to the author in Richmond, July, 1925”). (New CL item.)

~~~ 1833 ~~~

1833 - April 12  (letter text) RCL#071 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. Allan (Richmond). Stanard, pp. 313-314, 315 (F); L (1948) 1:49-50. MS at ViRVal. 
(L48-36 // CL41-59; CL48-71.)

1833 - May 4  (letter text) RCL#072 .
Poe (Baltimore) to Messrs. Buckingham (Boston). Quinn, pp. 200-201 (F); L (1948) 1:53-54; Library of H. B. Martin, Sotheby’s sale cat., Jan. 30-31, 1990, item 2219 (F). Sale cat. of the 19th Century Shop (Baltimore), 1992, item 27 (F). Quoth the Raven, Selections from the Susan Jaffe Tane Edgar Allan Poe Collection, 1997, pp. 24-26. MS in the collection of Susan J. Tane (formerly in the collections of Mrs. G. Blumenthal and H. B. Martin). (First printed, in a limited edition facsimile of 25 copies, by G. Blumenthal, about 1925.) (L48-37 // CL41-60; CL48-72.)

~~~ 1834 ~~~

1834 - ca. November [19]  (letter text) RCL#073 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) ns 26:573-574; H (Works) 1:1-2; W (1909) 1:104-105; L (1948) 1:54-55. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 6). (L48-38 // CL41-61; CL48-73 and CL48-[73a].)

1834 - December 19  (letter text) RCL#074 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore). [A follow-up note to the letter of ca. 19 Nov.] Sotheby’s sale cat. (London), 18-19 Dec. 1934, item 246 (F); L (1948) 1:55-56. SP $200 (1930s); ca. $5000 (1950s). MS at TxU-HRCL. (L48-39 // CL41-62; CL48-74 and CL48-[73b].)

1834 - December 22   (letter text) RCL#075 .
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore) to Poe (Baltimore). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) ns 26:574; H (Works) 17:3; W (1909) 1:105-106. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-63; CL48-75.)

~~~ 1835 ~~~

1835 - March 15, Sunday  (letter text) RCL#076 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) ns 26:574; H (Works) 17:4; W (1909) 1:107; L (1948) 1:56. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 7). (L48-40 // CL41-66; CL48-76.)

1835 - March 15 RCL#077 .
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to Kennedy, Sunday 15 [March] 1835: "Your kind invitation . . . ." (CL41-65; CL48-77.)

1835 - [March] 15, Sunday  (letter text) RCL#078 .
Poe (Baltimore) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore). Tuckerman, Life of Kennedy (NY: Putnam, 1871); Atlantic Monthly (Dec. 1884) 54:826; Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) ns 26:574; H (Works) 17:2; W (1909) 1:107-108; L (1948) 1:56-57. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 8). (Harrison misdates the letter as “1833.”) (L48-41 // (CL41-67; CL48-78 and CL48-[70a].)

1835 - before April 30 (?) RCL#078a
Poe (Baltimore) to L. A. Wilmer (Baltimore). In Our Press Gang (1860), Wilmer states that Poe planned to join him in the creation of a literary magazine in Baltimore and that they “had some correspondence” in regard to these plans before Poe accepted a position at the SLM. Assuming that Wilmer’s recollections (reprinted by TOM (Merlin) p. 26) were accurate, we may presume several letters written between the two men about this time. (New CL item.)

1835 - before April 30 (?) RCL#079 .
T. W. White (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Implied in Poe to White, 30 April 1835: "Your opinion of it [Berenice] is very just . . . ." (CL48-79.)

1835 - [April 30]  (letter text) RCL#080 .
Poe (Baltimore) to T. W. White (Richmond). First portion of letter printed in SLM (May 1835) 1:468; Whitty, pp. xxviii-xxix. Anderson sale (Brewster) 9 May, 1921, item 565. Rest of letter (with a few words missing) printed in Modern Philology (Aug. 1927) 25:101-105; Phillips, 1:488-489; L (1948) 1:57-59. SP #120 (1921). MS fragment of second portion at CSmH (HM 21868). (L48-42 // CL41-68 and CL41-69; CL48-80 and CL48-[84a].)

1835 - before May 18 RCL#081 .
Poe (Baltimore) to H. C. Carey (Philadelphia). Cited in H. C. Carey to Kennedy, 18 May 1835: "Poe has written to me . . ." [Sewanee Review (Jan. 1917) 25:197-198, and Poe Log, p. 152]. MS of Carey to Kennedy in MdBJ-P. (At one time, the correspondent was assumed as E. L. Carey.) (CL41-70; CL48-81 and CL48-[81a].)

1835 - May 20 RCL#082 .
T. W. White (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to White, 30 May 1835: "I duly recd through Mr. Kennedy your favour of the 20th . . . ." (CL41-71; CL48-82.)

1835 - May 21-25 (?) RCL#083 .
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore) to Poe (Baltimore). Implied in Poe to White, 30 May 1835. (CL41-72; CL48-83 and CL48-[82a].)

1835 - May 30  (letter text) RCL#084 .
Poe (Baltimore) to T. W. White (Richmond). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) ns 26:574-575; H (Works) 17:4-6; W (1909) 1:110-113; L (1948) 1:59-61. MS at MB (Griswold). [Griswold quotes two paragraphs, and a brief excerpt of this letter, G (Memoir) 3:xiii and 3:xxxiii-xxxiv.] (L48-43 // CL41-73; CL48-84 and CL48-[83a].)

1835 - June 8 RCL#085 .
T. W. White (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to White, 12 June 1835: "Your letter of June 8th . . . ." (CL41-74; CL48-85.)

1835 - June 12  (letter text) RCL#086 .
Poe (Baltimore) to T. W. White (Richmond). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) ns 26:575; H (Works) 17:7; W (1909) 1:114-115, L (1948) 1:61-62. MS at MB (Griswold). (L48-44 // CL41-75; CL48-86.)

1835 - June 18 RCL#087 .
T. W. White (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to White, 22 June 1835: "I received your letter of the 18th . . . ." (CL41-76; CL48-87.)

1835 - June 22  (letter text) RCL#088 .
Poe (Baltimore) to T. W. White (Richmond). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) ns 26:575; H (Works) 17:8-10; W (1909) 1:115-118; L (1948) 1:62-64. MS at MB (Griswold).  [Griswold quotes a paragraph from this letter, G (Memoir) 3:xiii.] (L48-45 // CL41-77; CL48-88 and CL48-[84b].)

1835 - July 14 RCL#089 .
T. W. White (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to White, 20 July 1835: "I duly received both your letters (July 14th & 16th) . . . ." (CL41-78; CL48-89.)

1835 - July 16 RCL#090 .
T. W. White (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to White, 20 July 1835. (CL41-79; CL48-90.)

1835 - July 20  (letter text) RCL#091 .
Poe (Baltimore) to T. W. White (Richmond). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) 48:575-576; H (Works) 17:10-12; W (1909) 1:118-121; L (1948) 1:64-66. MS on loan at ViRP (formerly owned by Merrill Griswold of Boston, who died in 1962). (L48-46 // CL41-80; CL48-91.)

1835 - ca. August 17 RCL#092 .
Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Richmond). Cited in Poe to Wm. Poe, 20 Aug. 1835: "I received your kind and complimentary letter . . . " and Poe to Clemm, 29 Aug. 1835. (CL41-81; CL48-92 and CL48-[92a].)

1835 - August 20  (letter text) RCL#093 .
Poe (Richmond) to Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA). H (Works) 17:13-16 (incomplete); Gulf States Historical Mag. (Jan. 1903) 1:281-283; L (1948) 1:66-69 (see also L [1966] 2:672). MS at NN (Berg) (formerly in the collection of Mrs. W. V. Dill, Wm. Poe’s granddaughter). (L48-47 // (CL41-82; CL48-93.)

1835 - ca. August 20 RCL#094 .
Poe (Richmond) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Baltimore). Cited in Poe to Clemm, 29 Aug. 1835: "I wrote you that Wm. Poe had written me . . . ." (CL41-83; CL48-94.)

1835 - August 20-26 RCL#095 .
Mrs. M. Clemm (Baltimore) to Poe (Richmond). Cited in Poe to Clemm, 29 Aug. 1835: ". . . your letter reached . . . . the tone of your letter wounds me to the soul . . ." and Mrs. Clemm to N. Poe, 26 Aug. 1860 [Miller (1977), pp. 50-51]: “I wrote to Eddie asking his advice . . .” (CL41-84; CL48-95.)

1835 - August 27-28 RCL#096 .
Mrs. M. Clemm (Baltimore) to Poe (Richmond). Cited in Poe to Clemm, 29 Aug. 1835: "I have just received another letter from you . . . ." (CL41-85; CL48-96.)

1835 - August 29  (letter text RCL#097 .
Poe (Richmond) to Mrs. M. Clemm (and Virginia E. Clemm) (Baltimore). Hart & Quinn, p. 6 (F); Quinn, pp. 219-224 (F); L (1948) 1:69-71. MS at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe). (L48-48 // CL41-86; CL48-97.)

1835 - September 4  (letter text) RCL#098 .
Poe (Richmond) to John Neal (Boston). Am. Art Assoc. Sale (Brown) 15-16 Oct. 1935, item 413 (F). L (1948) 1:72. MS at TxU-Hu. SP $400 (1935). (L48-49 // CL41-87; CL48-98.)

1835 - before September 8 RCL#099 .
Poe (Richmond) to Dr. J. H. Miller (Westminister, MD). Implied in Poe to Kennedy, 11 Sept. 1835. (CL48-99.)

1835 - September 8-9 RCL#100 .
Dr. J. H. Miller (Westminster, MD) to Poe (Richmond). Cited in Poe to J. P. Kennedy, 11 Sept. 1835: "I received a letter yesterday from Dr. Miller . . . ." (CL41-88; CL48-100 and CL48-[98a].)

1835 - September 11   (letter text) RCL#101 .
Poe (Richmond) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore). Tuckerman, Life of Kennedy (1871) (incomplete); Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) ns 26:576 (the rest of the letter); H (Works) 17:16-18; W (1909) 1:138-141; L (1948) 1:73-75. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 9). (L48-50 // CL41-89; CL48-101 and CL48-[72a].)

1835 - September 15-20 (?) RCL#102 .
Poe (Richmond or Baltimore?) to T. W. White (Richmond). Implied in White to Poe, 29 Sept. 1835 (where the suggestion is that White is responding to a written promise from Poe.) (CL41-90; CL48-102.)

1835 - September 19  (letter text) RCL#103 .
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore) to Poe (Richmond or Baltimore?). G (Memoir) 3:xiii-xiv (incomplete); Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) ns 26:576 (the rest of the letter); H (Works) 17:19-20; W (1909) 1:141-143. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-91; CL48-103.)

1835 - September 29  (letter text) RCL#104 .
T. W. White (Richmond) to Poe (Baltimore). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) ns 26:578; H (Works) 17:20-21; W (1909) 1:144-146. MS at MB (Griswold). [Griswold quotes most of this letter, but with alterations, G (Memoir) 3:xiv.] (CL41-92; CL48-104.)

1835 - before October 6 RCL#105 .
Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Richmond). Cited in Mrs. M. Clemm to Wm. Poe, 7 Oct. 1835: "Edgar received a letter from you yesterday . . ." (H [Works], 17:379, where it is misdated “1836"). (CL41-[A4]; CL48-105.)

1835 - October 8  (letter text) RCL#106 .
Poe (Richmond) to R. M. Bird (Philadelphia) (with Poe as amanuensis for T. W. White). Anderson Galleries cat. (Hall), 13-14 Nov. 1916, item 71; Am. Art Assoc. cat., 20-21 April 1921, part 3, item 493 (misdated as Oct. 6, 1845); Thomas F. Madigan cat., no 145 (Nov. 1923), p. 19; L (1948) 1:75-76. SP $155 (1916); $140 (1921). MS unlocated. (L48-51 // CL41-94; CL48-106 and CL48-[105a].)

1835 - October 31  (letter text) RCL#107 .
Poe (Richmond) to Lucian Minor (Charlottesville, VA) (written by Poe, but signed "Thomas W. White"). Merwin-Clayton cat. (Wallace), 18 Jan. 1911, item 255; Anderson Galleries cat. (Coggeshall) 25-27 April 1916, item 465. L (1948) 1:76. SP $24 (1911); $210 (1916). MS unlocated. (L48-51a // (CL41-95; CL48-107.)

1835 - November 26 (?)  (letter text) RCL#107a
Poe (Richmond?) to – ? (Baltimore?), fragment. MS at ViRP. (L03-51b // New CL item.)

1835 - before November 29 RCL#107b
Poe (Richmond) to Carey & Lea. Implied by Carey & Lea to Poe 29 Nov. 1835: "Mess. E. L. Carey & A. Hart . . . cannot find the story to which you allude . . . ." (New CL item.)

1835 - November 29  (letter text) RCL#108 .
E. L. Carey &  I. Lea (Philadelphia) to Poe (Richmond). W (1909) 2:375 (where it is misdated “1836”). (Poe Log, p. 181, suggests that the writer of the letter was Henry C. Carey.) (CL41-144; CL48-108 and CL48-[165a].)

1835 - before December 1 (?) RCL#109 .
P. P. Cooke (Winchester, VA) to Poe (Richmond). Implied in Poe to B. Tucker, 1 Dec. 1835. (CL48-109.)

1835 - December 1  (letter text) RCL#110 .
Poe (Richmond) to Beverley Tucker (Williamsburg, VA). Century Mag. (March 1924) n.s 85:653-655;  L (1948) 1:76-79. MS at ViU (gift of Charles W. Davison, Jr., formerly in the collection G. P. Coleman). (L48-52 // CL41-96; CL48-110.)

1835 - December 5  (letter text) RCL#111 .
Beverley Tucker (Williamsburg, VA) to Poe (Richmond). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) n.s 26:581;  H (Works) 17:21-24. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-97; CL48-111.)

~~~ 1836 ~~~

1836 - January 12  (letter text) RCL#112 .
Poe (Richmond) to G. Poe (Mobile, AL). W (1885) pp. 78-79; H (Works) 17:25-26; W (1909) 1:161-163; Quinn & Hart, pp. 13-14; L (1948) 1:79-80. MS at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe). (L48-53 // CL41-98; CL48-112.)

1836 - January 21  (letter text) RCL#113 .
Poe (Richmond) to E. L. Carey &  A. Hart (Philadelphia) (misdated by Poe as 1835). Bangs cat., 16 Feb. 1898, item 690, cited. Princeton U. Lib. Chron. (Feb. 1949) 10:91-92; L (1966) 2:672-673. SP $10.50 (1898). MS at NjP. (L66-53a // CL41-64; CL48-113 and CL48-[75a].)

1836 - January 22  (letter text) RCL#114 .
Poe (Richmond) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) n.s 26:578; H (Works) 17:26-27; L (1948) 1:81-82. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 10). (L48-54 // CL41-99; CL48-114.)

1836 - January 23-24 RCL#115 .
Poe (Richmond) to B. Tucker (Williamsburg, VA). Cited in Tucker to T. W. White, 26 Jan. 1836: "Last night I received a letter from Mr. P. . . . I write this letter at his request . . ." [MS at MB (Griswold); W (1909) 1:154-156]. (CL41-100; CL48-115.)

1836 - January 26 (?) RCL#116 .
B. Tucker (Williamsburg, VA) to Poe (Richmond). Inferred from Phillips 1:521: "But Jan. 26, 1836 this atmosphere was cleared by a letter from Judge Tucker to Poe."  (This item may be an error, with Phillips confusing Tucker’s letter to White of this date, in which case it is the same as CL-115.) (CL41-101; CL48-116.)

1836 - February 5  (letter text) RCL#117 .
Poe (Richmond) to L. Minor (Charlottesville, VA). W (1909) 2:370-371; L (1948) 1:83. MS at MB (Griswold). (L48-55 // CL41-102; CL48-117.)

1836 - February 9  (letter text) RCL#118 .
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore) to Poe (Richmond). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) n.s 26:578 (incomplete); H (Works) 17:28-29; W (1909) 1:148-149. MS at MB (Griswold). (Quinn, p. 241 erroneously states that the MS is at MdBJ-P.) (CL41-103; CL48-118.)

1836 - February 9  (letter text) RCL#119 .
Poe (Richmond) to S. G. Bulfinch (Augusta, GA). Am. Lit. (Jan. 1957) 28:507. L (1948) 1:83 and L (1966) 2:673. MS at CLU-C. (MS noted in Am. Art Assoc. cat., 4-5 May 1925, item 466.) (L48-56 // CL41-104; CL48-119.)

1836 - February 11  (letter text) RCL#120 .
Poe (Richmond) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) n.s 26:579 (incomplete); H (Works) 17:29-31; L (1948) 1:83-85. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 11). (L48-57 // CL41-105; CL48-120.)

1836 - February 12 RCL#121 .
G. Poe (Mobile, AL) to Poe (Richmond). Docketed on  Poe to G. Poe, 12 Jan. 1836: "ans. 12 Feb. sent check for $100." (CL41-106; CL48-121 and CL48-[121a].)

1836 - before February 20 RCL#122 .
Poe (Richmond) to E. L. Carey &  I. Lea (Philadelphia). Cited in Carey &  Lea to Poe, 20 Feb. 1836: "I received your letter this morning . . . ." MS unlocated. (CL41-[A5]; CL48-122.)

1836 - February 20  (letter text) RCL#123 .
Carey &  Lea (Philadelphia) to Poe (Richmond). W (1909) 2:375. (CL41-107; CL48-123.)

1836 - February 24 RCL#124 .
J. C. McCabe (Richmond) to Poe (Richmond). Cited in Poe to McCabe, 3 March 1836: ". . .  replying to your letter of the 24th ult: . . . ." (CL48-124.)

1836 - ca. March (?) RCL#124a
Poe (Richmond) to F. W. Thomas (Baltimore). Cited in Phillips 1:438. (It is possible that this item could be CL-107a.) (CL41-114.)

1836 - March 3  (letter text) RCL#125 .
Poe (Richmond) to J. C. McCabe (Richmond). Armistead C. Gordon, Memories and Memorials of Wm. G. McCabe (Richmond: Old Dominion Press, 1925), 1:16-17; L (1948) 1:85-87 and L (1966) 2:674-675. MS at ViU (Barrett) (formerly in the collection of John McCabe). (L48-58 // CL48-125.)

1836 - March 10  (letter text) RCL#126 .
Poe (Richmond) to L. Minor (Charlottesville, VA). Anderson Galleries sale, 14-15 Jan. 1925, item 380 (F); Am Art. Assoc. sale (Meyer), 12-13 Jan. 1938, item 225 (with excerpts); L (1948) 1:87-88. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). (Poe is apparently replying to a letter from Minor to White.) SP $700 (1938). (L48-59 // CL41-108; CL48-126.)

1836 - before March 17 (?) RCL#127 .
Poe (Richmond) to J. K. Paulding (NY). Implied in Paulding to Poe, 17 March 1836: "In compliance with your wishes . . . ." (CL41-109 and CL41-[A6]; CL48-127 and CL48-[125a].)

1836 - March 17  (letter text) RCL#128 .
J. K. Paulding (NY) to Poe (Richmond). Century Mag. (Aug. 1894) n.s 26:583; H (Works) 17:31-32; W (1909) 1:159-160; The Letters of J. K. Paulding, ed. R. M. Aderman (Madison: U. of Wisconsin Press, 1962), pp. 177-178. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-110; CL48-128.)

1836 - before March 29 RCL#129 .
Washington Poe (Macon, GA) to Poe (Richmond). Cited in Poe to Wm. Poe, 12 April 1836: ". . . . I wrote to Washington Poe, Macon, in reply to a favor of his . . . ." (CL41-111; CL48-129.)

1836 - March 29 RCL#130 .
Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Richmond). Cited in Poe to Wm. Poe, 12 April 1836: ". . . replying to your kind letter of the 29th March . . . . " (CL41-112; CL48-130.)

1836 - ca. March 30 RCL#131 .
Poe (Richmond) to Washington Poe (Macon, GA). Cited in Poe to Wm. Poe, 12 April 1836: "On the day before receiving your letter I wrote to Washington Poe . . . ." (CL41-113; CL48-131.)

1836 - April 12  (letter text) RCL#132 .
Poe (Richmond) to Wm. Poe (Augusta, GA). W (1909) 1:377-378; L (1948) 1:88 [see also L (1966) 2:675]. A notarized copy of the MS at Vi. (This letter was not printed in NY Times, 15 Feb. 1908, as erroneously stated by W.) (L48-60 // CL41-115; CL48-132.)

1836 - April 12  (letter text) RCL#133 .
Poe (Richmond) to Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (Hartford, CT). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Perry), 11-12 March 1936, item 432 (F); Quinn, pp. 238-239; L (1948) 1:89-90. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). (L48-61 // CL41-116; CL48-133.)

1836 - April 23  (letter text) RCL#134 .
Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (Hartford, CT) to Poe (Richmond). Philadelphia Saturday Museum (4 March 1843), p. 1, col. 4 (one sentence); H (Works) 17:33-35. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-117; CL48-134.)

1836 - April 26  (letter text) RCL#135 .
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore) to Poe (Richmond). H (Works) 17:32-33. MS unlocated (formerly in the collection of Wm. M. Griswold). (CL41-118; CL48-135.)

1836 - May 2  (letter text) RCL#136 .
Poe (Richmond) to B. Tucker (Williamsburg, VA). Century Mag. (March 1924) ns 85:655-656; L (1948) 1:90-91. MS at ViW (Tucker-Coleman papers) (gift of C. W. Davison, Jr., formerly in the collection of G. P. Colman.) (L48-62 // CL41-119; CL48-136.)

1836 - May 3 RCL#137 .
S. G. Bulfinch (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Richmond). Cited in Poe to Bulfinch, 8 June 1836: "Your kind letter of the 3rd ult: . . . ." (CL48-138; CL66-137.)

1836 - May 23  (letter text) RCL#138 .
Poe (Richmond) to J. Sparks (Cambridge, MA). L (1948) 1:91. MS at MH-H. (Poe is apparently writing in reply to a letter from Sparks to White.) (L48-63 // CL41-120; CL48-137; CL66-138.)

1836 - June 3  (letter text) RCL#139 .
Poe (Richmond) to J. H. Causten (Washington). Daughters of the Am. Rev. Mag. (Sept. 1933), 67:539-546 (F); Anderson Galleries cat., 4-5 Jan. 1934, item 350 (F). L (1948) 1:91-93. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). SP $1800 (1934). (L48-64 // CL41-121; CL48-139.)

1836 - June 3 RCL#140 .
Poe (Richmond) to Harper & Brothers (NY). Cited in Harper & Brothers to Poe, 19 June 1836: "We have the honor of ackno