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Revised Check List of
the Correspondence of Edgar Allan Poe
(Part III: 1842-1844)


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~~~ 1842 ~~~

1842 - January 10  (letter text) RCL#354 .
Richard Bolton (Pontotoc, MS) to Poe (Philadelphia). Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal, 15 Nov. 1925 (misdated as June 10, 1842); Thomas, 1978, pp. 309-310. (CL41-307; CL48-354 and CL48-[370c].)
1842 - January 13   (letter text) RCL#355 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Poe Log, 357-358. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-293; CL48-355 and CL48-[355a].)
1842 - February 3   (letter text) RCL#356 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Autograph (Jan.-Feb. 1912) 1:42-43; L (1948) 1:191-193. MS at PP (Gimbel) (formerly in the collection of Thomas F. Madigan). SP $17,000 (1978). (L48-132 // CL41-294; CL48-356.)
1842 - February 14 RCL#357 .
J. N. McJilton (Baltimore ?) to Poe (Philadelphia) (with a translation by Esther Wetherweld of “Russian Revenge”). Cited in Poe to McJilton, 13 March 1842: "I duly received your letter of 14th ult. . . ." (CL48-357.)
1842 - February 26  (letter text) RCL#358 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:105-106 (misdated as Feb. 6); W (1909) 1:318-321. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-295; CL48-358 and CL48-[356a].)
1842 - before 6 March (?) RCL#359 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to C. Dickens (Philadelphia) (apparently with a set of Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque). Implied in Dickens to Poe, 6 March 1842: "I have glanced over the books you have been so kind as to send me . . ." (CL41-296; CL48-359 and CL48-[358a].)
1842 - March 6   (letter text) RCL#360 .
C. Dickens (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:730; H (Works) 17:107; W (1909) 1:327; The Letters of Charles Dickens, ed. Madeline House et al., 11 vols. as of 2000 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965-), 3:106-107; Poe Log, p. 362. MS at NN. (CL41-297; CL48-360.)
1842 - March 13   (letter text) RCL#361 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. N. McJilton (Baltimore?). Parke-Bernet Galleries sale (from the collection of McJilton’s grandson), 19-20 Nov. 1945, item 422. L (1948) 1:194. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). SP $550 (1946). (L48-133 // CL48-361.)
1842 - March 13 RCL#362 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Cited in Thomas to Poe, 21 May 1842: ". . . in not answering yours of March 13th . . . " (CL41-298; CL48-362.)
1842 - April (?)   (letter text) RCL#362a
Poe (Philadelphia) to E. L. Carey (Philadelphia). Auction cat. (Vrogille), Paris, May 1990. MS unlocated. (New CL item.)
1842 - May 13   (letter text) RCL#363 .
D. Bryan (Alexandria, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-301; CL48-363.)
1842 - May 21   (letter text) RCL#364 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:732; H (Works) 17:108-110; W (1909) 1:322-324. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-302; CL48-364.)
1842 - May 25   (letter text) RCL#364a
Poe (Philadelphia) to Publishers of the Public Ledger (Philadelphia). (A due bill for $32.85 to Swain, Abell, and Simmons.) Phillips 1:742; Thirteen Author Collections of the Nineteenth Century, ed. J. C. S. Wilson and D. A. Randall (NY: Scribners, 1950), 1:323. MS unlocated (formerly in the collections of J. K. Jackson and C. A. Wilson). SP $40 (March 23, 1938.) (CL81-364a.)
1842 - May 25   (letter text) RCL#365 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:732-733; H (Works) 17:110-111; W (1909) 1:324-326; L (1948) 1:197-198. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). SP $50 (1896); $3500 (1929). (L48-134 // CL41-303; CL48-365.)
1842 - ca. late May (?) RCL#366 .
J. Herron (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Implied by Poe to Herron, early June 1842. (CL48-366.)
1842 - [ca. early June]    (letter text) RCL#367 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. Herron (Washington). World (NY?) (1 May 1942, incorrectly combined with Poe to Herron, 30 June 1842); Quinn, p. 360; L (1948) 1:198-199. MS-fragment at TxU-Hu (Koester). (L48-135 // CL48-367.)
1842 - June 4    (letter text) RCL#368 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to G. Roberts (Boston). H (Works) 17:112-113; L (1948) 1:199-200. MS at InU (formerly in the collection of F. R. Halsey). (L48-136 // CL41-304; CL48-368.)
1842 - June 4    (letter text) RCL#369 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore). Anderson Galleries sale, 22 Nov. 1909 (Maier), item 1700; Quinn, pp. 355-357; Americana (July 1940) 34:442-446; L (1948) 1:201-203. MS at NNPM (MA 644-7). SP $480 (1909). (L48-137 // CL41-305; CL48-369.)
1842 - June 4 (?) RCL#370 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to [T. W. White or M. F. Maury] (Richmond) (as editor of SLM). Cited in Bangs sale (Frederickson), 24 May 1897, item 2302. (ABC, 1897, p. 509, item 83452, says “Relating to his ‘Murders in the Rue Morgue” and dating it only as 1842. Possibly the same as CL-368.) (CL41-306 and CL41-341; CL48-370.)
1842 - before June 7 RCL#370a
Poe (Philadelphia) to C. Dickens (NY en route to London). Cited in Dickens to Poe, 27 Nov. 1842. (In American Notes [London: Chapman and Hall, 1842], 2:227, Dickens says he left NY for England on 7 June [1842]. In his 27 Nov. [1842] letter to Poe, he refers to “a mission” that Poe entrusted to Dickens before he sailed. Cited in Thomas, pp. 394.) (CL81-370a.)
1842 - June 11 RCL#371 .
T. H. Chivers (Middletown, CT) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Chivers, 6 July 1842. (The two other letters cited are CL-250 and CL-351.) (CL41-309; CL48-371.)
1842 - June 15 (?) RCL#372 .
D. Bryan to Poe – should be deleted. In Bryan to Poe, 27 June 1842 (CL 373), Bryan refers to having sent Poe “some verses” some “weeks” ago. In Poe to Bryan, 6 July 1842, Poe erroneously refers to the period as “three weeks” (see Thomas, pp. 401-402; see also CL 377). (CL48-372.)
1842 - June 18 RCL#372a
O. T. Keeler to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Keeler, July 18, 1842. (New CL item.)
1842 - June 24   (letter text) RCL#372b
Poe to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Poe Log, p. 371. MS at PP (Gimbel).  (New CL item.)
1842 - June 27    (letter text) RCL#373 .
D. Bryan (Alexandria, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-310; CL48-373.)
1842 - ca. June 27 RCL#374 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Cited in Poe to Thomas, 27 Aug. 1842. (CL41-[A27]; CL48-374.)
1842 - before June 30 RCL#375 .
J. Herron (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia) (with a check for $20). Cited in Poe to Herron, 30 June 1842. (CL41-[A26]; CL48-375.)
1842 - June 30  (letter text) RCL#376 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. Herron (Washington). The Critic (16 April 1892); H (1903) 2:462-464; Quinn, pp. 360-361; L (1948) 1:204. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). (L48-138 // CL41-311; CL487-376.)
1842 - July 6   (letter text) RCL#377 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to D. Bryan (Alexandria, DC). The Critic (16 April 1892); H (1903) 2:462-464; W (1909) 1:330-334; L (1948) 1:204-207. (The correspondent was misidentified by Allen 2:542 as F. W. Thomas.) MS at Ia-HA. (L48-139 // CL41-313 and CL41-320; CL48-377, CL48-[382a] and CL48-[384a].)
1842 - July 6   (letter text) RCL#378 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to T. H. Chivers (Middletown, CT). Independent (NY) (March 1901) pp. 940-941; Century Mag. (Jan. 1903) ns 43:439 (excerpts quoted, misdated as June 6); H (Works) 17:113-115 (repeating Woodberry’s misdating); Chase & Parks, 1:11-14; L (1948) 1:207-209 and L (1966) 2:697-698. MS at ViU (Barrett) (formerly in the collection of Wm. Nelson, sold 4-6 May 1903, item 953). (L48-140 // CL41-312; CL48-378 and CL48-[370a].)
1842 - July 7  (RCL#379)  (letter text) RCL#379 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Mrs. E. R. Tutt (Woodville, VA). Anderson Galleries sale, 18 Jan. 1922, item 229 (fragment). L (1948) 1:209. MS unlocated. (Tutt was the married name of Miss E. R. Herring.) SP $450 (1922). (L48-141 // CL41-314; CL48-379.)
1842 - July 11  (letter text) RCL#380 .
D. Bryan (Alexandria, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-315; CL48-380.)
1842 - July 12   (letter text) RCL#381 .
T. H. Chivers (NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:115-117; Chase & Parks, 1:14-15. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-316; CL48-381.)
1842 - July 18  (letter text) RCL#382 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. & H. G. Langley (NY). Anderson Galleries sale, 19 April 1904, item 689, cited; Am. Lit. (March 1957) 29:80-81; L (1966) 2:698-699. MS in the collection of Roger W. Barrett. (L66-141a // CL41-317; CL48-382.)
1842 - July 18   (letter text) RCL#382a
Poe (Philadelphia) to O. T. Keeler. MS in private collection of “The Eastern Collector.” (New CL item.)
1842 - July 26   (letter text) RCL#383 .
D. Bryan (Alexandria, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia). Poe Log, pp. 375-376. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-318; CL48-383.)
1842 - July 27 - August 3 (?) RCL#384 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to D. Bryan (Alexandria, DC). Implied in Bryan to Poe, 4 Aug. 1842. (CL41-319; CL48-384.)
1842 - August 4   (letter text) RCL#385 .
D. Bryan (Alexandria, DC) to Poe (Philadelphia) (with three issues of the Independent). Poe Log, p. 376. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-321; CL48-385.)
1842 - August 27  (letter text) RCL#386 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). W (1909) 1:335-337; L (1948) 1:209-210. MS at ViU. (L48-142 // CL41-323; CL48-386.)
1842 - September 2 RCL#387 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Thomas, 12 Sept. 1842. (CL41-[A28]; CL48-387.)
1842 - September 12  (letter text) RCL#388 .
G. G. Foster (NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). Implied in Poe to Thomas 12 Sept. 1842. (Foster was the editor of the Aurora.) (CL41-[A29.])
1842 - September 15 RCL#389 .
T. H. Chivers (NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Chivers, 27 Sept. 1842. (CL41-325; CL48-389.)
1842 - September 15 RCL#390 .
E. Janvier & W. W. McNair (Easton, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Janvier & McNair, 27 Sept. 1842, according to D. K. Jackson (see CL-395). (CL48-390.)
1842 - September [21]  (letter text) RCL#391 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:733; H (Works) 17:118-119; W (1909) 1:337-339; L (1948) 1:213-214. MS at CSmH (HM 21871). SP $250 (1916). (L48-144 // CL41-326 and CL41-329; CL48-391 and CL48-[395a].)
1842 - September 21 RCL#392 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Tomlin, 5 Oct. 1842. (CL48-392.)
1842 - September 26   (letter text) RCL#393 .
T. H. Chivers (NY) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:119-120; Chase & Parks, 1:16. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-327; CL48-393.)
1842 - September 27   (letter text) RCL#394 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to T. H. Chivers (NY). Century Mag. (Jan. 1903) ns 43:439-440; Quinn, pp. 367-369; L (1948) 1:214-216; Chase & Parks, 1:16-19. MS at CSmH (HM 24211). (L48-145 // CL41-328; CL48-394.)
1842 - September 27 RCL#395 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to E. Janvier & W. W. McNair (Easton, PA). Cited in Am. Lit. (Nov. 1941) 13:283 (but MS not at Lafayette College as stated). [Edgar Janvier (class of 1843) and William Wyncoop McNair (class of 1844) appear to have been representatives of the Washington Literary Society of Lafayette College, which is noted on Poe's address list (see Friends, p. 38). A fire destroyed many of the early records of the Washington Literary Society, but it seems probable that Janvier and McNair communicated with Poe in regard to an honorary membership.] MS unlocated. (CL48-395.)
1842 - October 3   (letter text) RCL#395a
Poe (Philadelphia) to Robert Hamilton (NY). HRCL, item 53. Noted in L (1974) 521. MS at TxU-Hu. (L74-145a // CL74-395a.)
1842 - October 5   (letter text) RCL#396 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. Tomlin[?] (Jackson, TN). Holden’s Dollar Mag. (Dec. 1848) 2:718; Heartman & Rede, 2:37; Heartman & Canny, p. 212; L (1948) 1:216-217. MS unlocated. (At one time, the correspondent of this letter was thought to be Charles W. Holden, but the author of the series in Holden’s Dollar Mag., and therefore the real correspondent, was identified as J. Tomlin by T. O. Mabbott, Notes & Queries 162:437.) (L48-146 // CL41-330 and CL41-[A30]; CL48-396.)
1842 - November 14 RCL#397 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Thomas, 19 Nov. 1842. (CL41-331; CL48-397.)
1842 - November 16   (letter text) RCL#398 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. R. Lowell (Boston). W (1885) 48:733-734; W (1909) 1:344; L (1948) 1:217. [H (Works) 17:120 merely summarizes.] MS at MH-H. (L48-147 // CL41-332; CL48-398.)
1842 - November 19   (letter text) RCL#399 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:733-734; W (1909) 1:339-342; L (1948) 1:218-219 and L (1966) 2:699-701. MS in the McCormick Collection at NjP. SP $300 (1911). (L48-148 // CL41-333; CL48-399.)
1842 - November 19 RCL#400 .
J. R. Lowell (Boston) to Poe (Philadelphia). Scribner’s Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:170; H (Works) 17:120-121; W (1909) 1:345-346. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-334; CL48-400.)
1842 - November 27   (letter text) RCL#401 .
C. Dickens (London) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:730; H (Works) 17:124-125; W (1909) 1:328-329; The Letters of C. Dickens (see CL-360) 3:384-385; Thomas, pp. 394, 476-477; Poe Log, pp. 387-388 (incomplete); Library of H. B. Martin, Sotheby’s sale cat., Jan. 30-31, 1990, item 2227 (F). MS unlocated. (MS not in MB as once stated.) (CL41-336; CL48-401.)
1842 - early December (?) RCL#402 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Editor, Boston Miscellany [Henry T. Tuckerman]. [Implied as accompanying “The Tell-Tale Heart,” offered for publication. See Lowell to Poe, 17 Dec. 1842.] (CL41-[A31]; CL48-402.)
1842 - December 7   (letter text) RCL#403 .
T. H. Chivers (Augusta, GA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Jan. 1903) ns 43:440-441; Chase & Parks, 1:19-21. A draft of the letter at CSmH (HM 24226). (CL41-337; CL48-403.)
1842 - before December 16 RCL#404 .
Editor [H. T. Tuckerman], Boston Miscellany to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Lowell, 25 Dec. 1842. (CL41-[A32]; CL48-404.)
1842 - before December 17 (?) RCL#405 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. R. Lowell or Bradbury & Soden (Boston). Implied in Lowell to Poe, 17 Dec. 1842. (CL41-335; CL48-405 and CL48-[400a].)
1842 - December 17 RCL#406 .
J. R. Lowell (Boston) to Poe (Philadelphia). Scribner’s Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:170-171; H (Works) 17:125; W (1909) 1:346-347. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-338; CL48-406.)
1842 - [December 25]   (letter text) RCL#407 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. R. Lowell (Boston). W (1885) pp. 177-178; W (1909) 1:347-348; L (1948) 1:220.  [H (Works) 17:126 merely summarizes.] MS at MH-H. SP $230 (1919). (L48-149 // CL41-339; CL48-407, CL48-406a and CL48-[460b].)
1842 - December 27   (letter text) RCL#408 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. R. Lowell (Boston). Quinn, p. 365; L (1948) 1:221. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). (L48-150 // CL48-408.)
1842 -  ca. 1842-1843   (letter text) RCL#408a
Poe (Philadelphia) to Mrs. Jane Clarke (Richmond). E. M. Miller, “A Chat about Poe,” Courier Journal (Louisville), March 8, 1885. (New CL item.)

~~~ 1843 ~~~

1843 -  before January 29 (?) RCL#409 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Implied in Thomas to Poe, 1 Feb. 1843: "You judged rightly, I did not write to you  . . ." (CL41-[A33]; CL48-409.)
1843 - ca. 30-31 January RCL#410 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Cited in Thomas to Poe, 1 Feb. 1843: "I duly received your notes . . ." (CL41-342; CL48-410.)
1843 - February 1   (letter text) RCL#411 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:734; H (Works) 17:128-129; W (1909) 2:3-4. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-344; CL48-411.)
1843 - February 4   (letter text) RCL#412 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. R. Lowell (Boston). W (1885) pp. 178-180; W (1909) 1:348-350; L (1948) 1:221-223. [H (Works) 17:130 merely summarizes.] MS at MH-H. (L48-151 // CL41-345; CL48-412.)
1843 - [February 8 (?)] RCL#413 .
[F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Moved to Spurious, etc.]
1843 - before February 16 RCL#414 .
R. Carter (Boston) to Poe (Philadelphia). Implied in Poe to Carter, 16 Feb. 1843: "What you tell me about Mr Lowell's health . . . " [Validity depends on CL-415.] (CL48-414.)
1843 - [February 16]   (letter text) RCL#415 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to R. Carter (Boston) (with MS of “Eulalie”). L (1948) 1:223. MS at InU. [Mabbott suspected the validity of this letter. Should it prove to be spurious, then it should be deleted along with CL 414.] (L48-152 // CL41-720; CL48-415 and CL48-[830c].)
1843 - ca. February 15-18 RCL#416 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington) (a letter of introduction for Professor Wyatt, see CL-417). Cited in Poe to Thomas, 25 Feb. 1843. (CL48-416.)
1843 - ca. February 15-18 RCL#417 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Professor T. Wyatt (Washington). Cited in Poe to Thomas, 25 Feb. 1843: "About a week since I enclosed an introductory letter to yourself in one to a friend of mine (Professor Wyatt) now in Washington . . ." (CL41-346; CL48-417 and CL48-[413a].)
1843 - February 25   (letter text) RCL#418 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:734-735; H (Works) 17:131-133; W (1909) 2:5-8; L (1948) 1:223-225. MS at MB (Griswold). (L48-153 // CL41-347; CL48-418.)
1843 - March 1   (letter text) RCL#419 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:133. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-348; CL48-419.)
1843 - March 7   (letter text) RCL#419a
Poe (Philadelphia) to R. Carter (Boston). L (1948) 1:225-226 [see also L (1966) 2:702] and L (1974) 521. MS letter at TxU-Hu (Koester); envelope at PP (Gimbel). (L48-153a // CL48-419a.)
1843 - March 9  (letter text) RCL#420 .
Poe (Washington) to J. K. Townsend (Washington). Phillips 1:803; Anderson Galleries, cat. 2099, 15-16 Nov. 1926; American Transcendental Quarterly, no. 14 (Spring 1972): pt. 2, 89-[92] (F). [Kenneth Rendell once offered the letter for sale at $3500; it was also offered to Graphic Antiquity, 6 Nov. 1973. It did sell for $2000. Mabbott questioned its authenticity, but Thomas makes a strong case for its validity: see pp. 523-524, 527-528, 538-539, 920.] L (1948) 1:226-227. MS unlocated. (L48-154 // CL41-349; CL48-420.)
1843 - March 11   (letter text) RCL#421 .
Poe (Washington) to T. C. Clarke (Philadelphia). Gill, p. 120 (F); H (Works) 17:134; H (1903) 2:134 (F); W (1909) 2:8-9; L (1948) 1:227-228. MS at NN (Berg). (L48-155 // CL41-350; CL48-421.)
1843 - before March 16 RCL#422 .
Subscribers for the Stylus (several) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Thomas and Dow, 16 March 1843: "Upon getting here I found numerous letters of subscribers to my magazine . . ." (CL41-353; CL48-422.)
1843 - March 16 RCL#423 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas and J. E. Dow (Washington). Quinn & Hart, pp. 17-18 (F). [Original draft of the letter of same date (see CL-424) is at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe).] (CL41-351; CL48-423.)
1843 - March 16  (letter text) RCL#424 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to F. W. Thomas and J. E. Dow (Washington). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:735-736; H (Works) 17:134-138; W (1909) 2:11-15; L (1948) 1:228-230. [See CL 423.] MS at MB (Griswold). (L48-156 // CL41-352; CL48-424.)
1843 - before March 24 RCL#424a
Thomas Mackenzie (Richmond) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Mackenzie, 22 April 1843: "You write me some time ago . . ." (CL66-431a; CL74-424a.)
1843 - March 24   (letter text) RCL#425 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to P. D. Bernard (Richmond). H (Works) 1:178; L (1948) 1:230-231. (This is the letter cited in Poe to Mackenzie, 22 April 1843, in which Poe notes that Bernard did not reply.) MS at Vi. (CL41-354; CL48-425.)
1843 - March 24   (letter text) RCL#426 .
J. R. Lowell (Boston) to Poe (Philadelphia). Scribner’s Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:171; H (Works) 17:138-139; W (1909) 2:19-20. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-355; CL48-426.)
1843 - March 27   (letter text) RCL#427 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. R. Lowell (Boston). W (1885) pp. 183-185; H (Works) 1:176 (excerpts) [17:139-140 merely summarizes]; W (1909) 2:20-23; L (1948) 1:231-233. MS at MH-H. (L48-158 // CL41-356; CL48-427.)
1843 - March 27  (letter text) RCL#428 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:736; H (Works) 17:140-141; W (1909) 2:17-18. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-357; CL48-428.)
1843 - before March 31 RCL#429 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Robert Tyler (Washington). Cited in Tyler to Poe, 31 March 1843: "I have received your letter . . ." (CL41-299; CL48-429 and CL48-[362a].)
1843 - March 31   (letter text) RCL#430 .
Robert Tyler (Washington) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:732; H (Works) 17:141; W (1909) 1:321 (where it is misdated “1842"). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-300; CL48-430 and CL48-[362b].)
1843 - April 17 RCL#431 .
J. R. Lowell (Boston) to Poe (Philadelphia). Scribner’s Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:171-172; H (Works) 17:142-143; W (1909) 2:23-25. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-358; CL48-431.)
1843 - April 22   (letter text) RCL#431a
Poe (Philadelphia) to Thomas Mackenzie (Richmond). Am. Lit. (Nov. 1963) 35:360, L (1966) 2:702-703. MS at Nbu. (L66-158a // CL66-431b; CL74-431a.)
1843 - after April 22   (letter text) RCL#432 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Wm. Mackenzie (Richmond). Henkels’ sale (20 Nov. 1935) item 185a; L (1948) 1:233. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). (Poe Log says the correspondent is more likely John Mackenzie, and dates the letter as before March.) (L48-159 // CL48-432.)
1843 - after April 22 RCL#432a
Poe (Philadelphia) to Miss R. Poe (Richmond). Implied by Poe to Wm. Mackenzie, after 22 April 1842: "Tell Rose . . . that I will write her soon" (see Poe Log, p. 411).
1843 - May 8 RCL#433 .
J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Scribner’s Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:172; H (Works) 17:143-144; W (1909) 2:25-27. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-359; CL48-433.)
1843 - before May 15 RCL#434 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Wm. Poe (Baltimore). Cited in Wm. Poe to Poe, 16 June 1843: "Mine [of the 15th] was in answer to a letter rec'd . . ." (CL41-360; CL48-434 and CL48-[433a].)
1843 - May 15 RCL#435 .
Wm. Poe (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Wm. Poe to Poe, 16 June 1843: "I wrote you on the 15th ulto . . ." (CL41-361; CL48-435.)
1843 - May 16 (letter text) RCL#436 .
J. R. Lowell (Boston) to Poe (Philadelphia). Scribner’s Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:172-173; H (Works) 17:144-145; W (1909) 2:27-28. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-362; CL48-436.)
1843 - early summer RCL#437 .
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Two letters, cited in Chivers to Poe, 15 June 1844: "I wrote you two letters about one year ago, to which I have received no answer . . ." and Poe to Chivers, 10 July 1844. (One of these letters may be Chivers to Poe, 7 Dec. 1842.) (CL41-382; CL48-437.)
1843 - [June 11] RCL#438 .
[Poe to R. W. Griswold. Moved to Spurious, etc.]
1843 - June 16 (letter text) RCL#439 .
Wm. Poe (Baltimore) to Poe (Philadelphia) [formerly 15 June]. Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:737; H (Works) 17:145-146; W (1909) 2:31-33. MS at MB (Griswold). (See Thomas, pp. 567-569.) (CL41-364; CL48-439 and CL48-[460a].)
1843 - June 19   (letter text) RCL#440 .
Robert Carter (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Scribner’s Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:173;  H (Works) 17:146-148; W (1909) 2:28-31. (CL41-365; CL48-440.)
1843 - before June 20 (?) RCL#441 .
Miss R. Poe (Richmond) to Poe (Philadelphia). Implied by Poe to Miss L. D. Henry, 20 June 1843. (Miss Henry wrote to Rosalie Poe on March 26, as cited in Poe’s letter in reply.) (CL48-441.)
1843 - June 20  (letter text) RCL#442 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to Miss L. D. Henry (Red Mill, VA). L (1948) 1:234. MS at ViRP. (L48-160 // CL41-366; CL48-442.)
1843 - June 20  (letter text) RCL#443 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. R. Lowell (Boston). H (Works) 17:149; W (1909) 2:33-34; L (1948) 1:234-235. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). (H incorrectly identifies Poe’s correspondent as James T. Fields.) (L48-161 // CL41-367; CL48-443 and CL48-[441a].)
1843 - June 20 RCL#444 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN). Cited in Tomlin to Poe, 2 July 1843: ". . . before I received your letter of the 20 ult. . . ." (CL41-368; CL48-444.)
1843 - July 2   (letter text) RCL#445 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:149-151. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-369; CL48-445.)
1843 - after July 2 (?) RCL#446 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN). Implied in Poe to Tomlin, 28 Aug. 1843: ". . . have you forgotten that I asked you, some time since, to render me an important favor?" (CL48-446.)
1843 - August 9  (letter text) RCL#447 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-370; CL48-447.)
1843 - August 26   (letter text) RCL#447a
Poe (Philadelphia) to Ezra Holden (Philadelphia). Charles Hamilton Autographs, cat., 23 July 1970, item 268 (F), where it was first printed. L (1974) 521-522. (The “Patterson, of The ‘Post’,” was Samuel D. Patterson, a Philadelphia publisher; see Thomas, pp. 617-618.) MS at TxU-Hu. SP $5250 (1970). (L74-161a // CL74-447a.)
1843 - August 28  (letter text) RCL#448 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN). W (1885) pp. 190-192; [H (Works) 17:151-152 merely summarizes]; W (1909) 2:39-42; L (1948) 1:235-237. MS unlocated. (L48-162 // CL41-371; CL48-448.)
1843 - September 10  (letter text) RCL#449 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:736; H (Works) 17:152; W (1909) 2:42. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-372; CL48-449.)
1843 - September 13   (letter text) RCL#450 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. R. Lowell (Boston). W (1909) 2:44; L (1948) 1:237-238. MS at MH-H. (L48-163 // CL41-373; CL48-450.)
1843 - September 15 RCL#450a
Elwood Evans (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Evans, Sept. 21, 1843: ". . . your note of the 15th is only this moment received . . ." (New CL item.)
1843 - September 21  (letter text) RCL#450b
Poe (Philadelphia) to Elwood Evans (Philadelphia). Auction cat. (Darvick), April 5, 1990. MS unlocated. SP $14,000 (1988). (New CL item.)
1843 - September 25   (letter text) RCL#451 .
T. E. Van Bibber (Avondale, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Bangs sale, 11 April 1896, item 113. (Wm. Nelson sale, 16-17 April 1914, item 550.) (CL48-451.)
1843 - September 28   (letter text) RCL#452 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to L. M. Wilkins (– ?). Cited in Am. Art Assoc. sale, 5 Nov. 1923, item 632. MS unlocated. SP $85 (1923). (CL41-374; CL48-452.)
1843 - October 1   (letter text) RCL#453 .
A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:153-155. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-375; CL48-453.)
1843 - October 10  (letter text) RCL#453a
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. B. Morris (Baltimore). Ex Libris (Friends of the Johns Hopkins U. Library), 14, no. 2 (May 1955); L (1966) 2:703-704. MS at MdBJ. (L66-163a // CL66-453a.)
1843 - October 13 RCL#454 .
J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia) (enclosing $5). Cited in Poe to Lowell, 19 Oct. 1843: ". . . I received yours of the 13th . . ." (CL41-376; CL48-454.)
1843 - before October 19 RCL#455 .
R. Carter (Boston) to Poe (Philadelphia) (enclosing $5). Cited in Poe to Lowell, 19 Oct. 1843: "I was upon the point of . . . replying to Mr Carter's letter . . ." (Poe Log, p. 437, dates this letter as late September.) (CL48-455.)
1843 - October 19   (letter text) RCL#456 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA). Cited in Ide to Poe, 2 Nov. 1843. [The MS for this letter was sold as item 77 at auction by Skinner, Inc (Boston) on Nov. 10, 2001 (F) for $36,800. MS in S. J. Tane Collection (formerly owned by descendants of Ide). (CL41-377; CL48-456.)
1843 - October 19   (letter text) RCL#457 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). W (1885) pp. 192-194; [H (Works) 17:155-156 merely summarizes]; W (1909) 2:44-47; L (1948) 1:238-240. MS at MH-H. (L48-164 // CL41-378; CL48-457.)
1843 - September-October   (letter text) RCL#457a
Poe (Philadelphia) to G. R. Graham (Philadelphia). Graham’s Mag. (March 1850) 36:224-226; Quinn, p. 343; L (1948) 1:272-273. MS-fragment unlocated. (The transcript by Mrs. Whitman at ViU [Ingram, item 71] is apparently from the Graham’s article rather than the MS.) (L48-187 // CL41-722; CL48-512.)
1843 - November 2   (letter text) RCL#458 .
A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:156-157. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-378; CL48-458.)
1843 - November 14 RCL#459 .
J. H. Hedges (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Hedges, 16 Nov. 1843: ". . . your note of the 14th . . ." (CL41-[A34]; CL48-459.)
1843 - November 16   (letter text) RCL#460 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. H. Hedges (Philadelphia). Henkels’ sale, 22 Feb. 1907, item 161, cited. Whitty (1917) p. 196; L (1948) 1:240. MS unlocated. (L48-165 // CL41-380; CL48-460.)
1843 - December 29 RCL#460a
J. C. Myers, Samuel Williams, or Wm. Graeff, Jr. (Reading, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Myers, Williams, or Graeff, 1 March 1844: ". . . your letter dated and postmarked Dec. 29 . . ." (CL81-460a.)
1843 - December 1843 - January 1844 RCL#461 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). Implied in Lowell to Poe, 6 March 1844: "When I received your last letter . . ." (CL41-383; CL48-461 and CL48-[457a].)

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1844 - January   (letter text) RCL#461a
J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (– ?) (Philadelphia). Goodspeed sale cat., no. 237, MS unavailable. (There is some question as to whether or not this letter is addressed to Poe.) (CL48-461a.)
1844 - January 13   (letter text) RCL#462 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. B. Sutherland (Philadelphia). L (1948) 1:240-241. (Sutherland was a naval officer in the Custom House.) MS at PHC. (L48-166 // CL48-462.)
1844 - before January 31  (letter text) RCL#463 .
Poe (Philadelphia?) to Mr. Clark(e?) (Philadelphia or Baltimore?). Robert H. Dodd sale cat., no. 27, March 1918; Parke-Bernet sale, 5-6 April 1943, item 374. L (1948) 1:241. MS-fragment at TxU-Hu (Koester). (L48-167 // CL48-463.)
1844 - [January 31]   (letter text) RCL#464 .
Poe (Baltimore) to I. Munroe (Baltimore). L (1948) 1:241-242. MS unlocated; transcript by J. C. French at MdBJ (French). (Munroe was editor of the Baltimore Patriot.) (L48-168 // CL48-464.)
1844 - [February 1]   (letter text) RCL#464a
Poe (Baltimore) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore). Sotheby sale (London), 2-3 June 1924, item 321. L (1948) 1:242 and L (1966) 2:704. MS at ViU (Clement Dixon Johnston). (L48-168a // CL48-464a.)
1844 - before February 9 RCL#464b
Poe (Philadelphia) to Lowell (Cambridge, MA). Implied by Lowell to Poe, 6 March 1844. (New CL item.)
1844 - before February 18 (?) RCL#465 .
G. Lippard (Philadelphia) to Poe (Philadelphia). Implied by Poe to Lippard, 18 Feb. 1844. (CL48-465.)
1844 - February 18   (letter text) RCL#466 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to G. Lippard (Philadelphia). G. Lippard, Herbert Tracy (Philadelphia: R. G. Berford, 1844) pp. 167-168; Heartman & Canny, pp. 93-94; L (1948) 1:242-243. (L48-169 // CL41-384; CL48-466.)
1844 - February 18   (letter text) RCL#466a
Poe (Philadephia) to L. J. Cist. MS in the collection of the “California Collector.”
1844 - February 23   (letter text) RCL#467 .
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894) ns 26:736-737; H (Works) 17:158; W (1909) 2:55-56. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-385; CL48-467.)
1844 - March 1   (letter text) RCL#468 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. C. Myers, S. Williams, or W. Graeff, Jr. (Reading, PA). Am. Art Assoc. sale, 18-19 March 1925, item 569 (F); Israfel in Berkshire, J. B. Nolan (1948), p. 12, 13 (F). L (1948) 1:244. MS at TxU-Hu (Koester). (Poe misspells the third name as Greaff.) (L48-170 // CL41-386; CL48-468.)
1844 - March 5 RCL#469 .
S. Williams & W. Graeff, Jr. (Reading, Pennsylvania) to Poe (Philadelphia). Cited in Poe to Williams & Graeff, 7 March 1844: "I have just received your favor of the 5th . . ." (CL48-469.)
1844 - March 6   (letter text) RCL#470 .
J. R. Lowell (Elmwood, Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Scribner’s Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:173-174;  H (Works) 17:158-160; W (1909) 2:56-59. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-387; CL48-470.)
1844 - March 7   (letter text) RCL#471 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to S. Williams & W. Graeff, Jr. (Reading, PA). Phillips 1:858; J. B. Nolan, Israfel in Berkshire (1948), p. 14; L (1948) 1:244-245. MS unlocated; transcript by T. F. Madigan at ViU. SP $3700 (1974). (L48-171 // CL41-388; CL48-471.)
1844 - after March 7 RCL#472 .
S. Williams & W. Graeff, Jr. (Reading, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia). Implied in Poe to Williams & Graeff, 7 March 1844: "Please reply by return of mail . . ." and by lecture delivered 13 March. (CL48-472.)
1844 - March 15   (letter text) RCL#473 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to C. Mathews (NY). Bixby, pp. 22-23 (F); Quinn, p. 402; L l:245-246. MS at CSmH (HM 21864). (L48-172 // CL41-390; CL48-473.)
1844 - March 22   (letter text) RCL#474 .
A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia). H (Works) 17:162-164. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-391; CL48-474.)
1844 - [late] March RCL#475 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to R. H. Horne (London). Cited in Horne to Poe, 16 April 1844: "I have received your letter this morning . . ." (CL41-392; CL48-475 and CL48-[473a].)
1844 - March 30  (letter text) RCL#476 .
Poe (Philadelphia) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). W (1885) pp. 197-199; [H (Works) 17:161-162 merely summarizes]; W (1909) 2:60-63; L (1948) 1:246-248. MS at MH-H. (L48-173 // CL41-393; CL41-389 and CL41-396; CL48-476 and CL48-[472a].)
1844 - April 7   (letter text) RCL#477 .
Poe (NY) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Philadelphia). W (1885) pp. 201-204; H (Works) 17:165-167; W (1909) 2:65-68; Quinn, pp. 406-407; Quinn & Hart, p. 20 (F); L (1948) 1:251-253. MS at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe). (L48-174 // CL41-394; CL48-477.)
1844 - April 16   (letter text) RCL#478 .
R. H. Horne (London) to Poe (Philadelphia; forwarded to NY, before 14 May). Columbia Spy (14 May 1844) (excerpt); Century Mag. (Oct. 1894) ns 26:857-858; W (1909) 2:50-52. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-395; CL48-478.)
1844 - April 27   (letter text) RCL#479 .
R. H. Horne (London) to Poe (Philadelphia; forwarded to NY, 20 May). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894) ns 26:858; H (Works) 17:167-169; W (1909) 2:52-55. MS at MB (Griswold) (formerly in the collection of Harry B. Forman, sold by Andersen Galleries, March 1920). (CL41-397; CL48-479.)
1844 - April 30 RCL#479a
L. J. Cist (Cincinnati) to Poe (Graham’s Office, Philadelphia, forwarded to NY). Cited in Poe to Cist, 3 June 1844: "Yours, dated April 20th, has only this moment reached me . . ." (CL66-479a.)
1844 - May 21   (letter text) RCL#479b
Poe (NY) to N. P. Willis (NY). [Stedman and Woodberry, eds., The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, 1903 reprint of 1894-1895 edition, 4:facing p. 154 (F).] Cat. of the Library of Charles Templeton Crocker (Hillsborough, Cal.: n.p., 1918), p. 232. Sold by John Howell in 1975 to another dealer, Maurice F. Neville. SP $7500. MS owned by Neville. (CL81-479b.)
1844 - ca. May 23 RCL#480 .
J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia) (forwarded to NY). Cited in Poe to Lowell, 28 May 1844: "I received yours last night . . ." (CL41-398; CL48-480.)
1844 - May 28  (letter text) RCL#481 .
Poe (NY) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, Mass). W (1885) pp. 208-209; [H (Works) 17:174 merely summarizes]; W (1909) 2:69-71; L (1948) 1:253-254. MS at MH-H. (L48-175 // CL41-399; CL48-481and CL48-[479b].)
1844 - May 29  (letter text) RCL#482 .
Poe (NY) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Philadelphia). NY Times (Mag. section) 28 Jan. 1917, p. 14; Anderson galleries sale, 25 Jan. 1917 (partial printing) item 48; Phillips 2:877; Am. Lit. (March 1957) 29:82-83; L (1948) 1:254-255 and L (1966) 2:705. MS at TxU-Hu. SP $200 (1917). (L48-176 // CL41-400; CL48-482.)
1844 - May 30 RCL#483 .
Mrs. S. J. Hale (Philadelphia) to Poe (NY). Cited in Poe to Hale, 31 May 1844: "I hasten to reply to your kind . . . letter . . ." (CL41-401; CL48-483.)
1844 - May 31   (letter text) RCL#483a
Poe (NY) to E. L. Carey (Philadelphia). Am. Lit. (Nov. 1952) 24:364-365; L (1966) 2:706. MS at PHi. (L66-176a // CL66-483a.)
1844 - May 31  (letter text) RCL#484 .
Poe (NY) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Philadelphia). NY Times, 28 Jan. 1917; Quinn, pp. 417-418; L (1948) 1:255. MS at CSmH (HM 21875). SP $305 (1917). (L48-177 // CL41-402; CL48-484.)
1844 - June 3  (letter text) RCL#485 .
Poe (NY) to L. J. Cist (Cincinnati). Anderson Galleries sale, 16 Jan. 1923, item 215, cited. Am. Lit. (Jan. 1955) 26:560-561; L (1966) 2:706-707. MS ViU (Barrett). SP $100 (1923). (L66-177a // CL41-403; CL48-485.)
1844 - June 3 (?) RCL#486 .
Poe (NY) to G. R. Graham (– ?) (Philadelphia). Henkels’ sale, 8-10 May 1895, item 289. (No MS or printing known; may be the same as CL-485.) (CL41-404; CL48-486; CL66-486.)
1844 - [June 4]   (letter text) RCL#487 .
Poe (NY) to E. Bowen (Columbia, PA). NY Times (14 Jan.  1912); J. E. Spannuth, Doings of Gotham (Pottsville, PA: J. E. Spannuth, 1929), p. 55; L (1948) 1:255-256. MS unlocated. (This letter is actually an extra note pencilled on the MS of the article printed in the Columbia Spy [8 June 1844].) (L48-178 // CL41-406; CL48-487 and CL48-[487b].)
1844 - June 15  (letter text) RCL#488 .
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (NY). H (Works) 17:170-173; Chase & Parks, 1:21-25. MS at MB (Griswold); MS draft at CSmH (HM 24227). (This letter is dated May 15, but postmarked June 15.) (CL41-407; CL48-488 and CL48-[479a].)
1844 - June 27   (letter text) RCL#489 .
J. R. Lowell (Elmwood, Cambridge, MA) to Poe (NY). Scribner’s Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:174-175; H (Works) 17:180-182; W (1909) 2:87-89. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-409; CL48-489.)
1844 - July 2   (letter text) RCL#490 .
Poe (NY) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). W (1885) pp. 211-214; [H (Works) 17:182-184 merely summarizes]; W (1909) 2:90-95; L (1948) 1:256-259. MS at MH-H. (L48-179 // CL41-412; CL48-490.)
1844 - July 10   (letter text) RCL#491 .
Poe (NY) to T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA). Century Mag. (Jan. 1903) ns 43:441-442; L (1948) 1:259-260; Chase & Parks, 1:25-27. MS at CSmH (HM 24212). (L48-180 // CL41-413; CL48-491.)
1844 - August 6   (letter text) RCL#492 .
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (NY). H (Works) 17:184-186; Chase & Parks, 1:27-32. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-414; CL48-492 and CL48-[492a].)
1844 - August 18   (letter text) RCL#493 .
Poe (NY) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). W (1885) pp. 215-216; [H (Works) 17:186-187 merely summarizes]; W (1909) 2:96-98; L (1948) 1:261. MS at MH-H. (L48-181 // CL41-415; CL48-493.)
1844 - August (?) RCL#494 .
Swedenborgians (Philadelphia) to Poe (NY). Cited in Aristidean (Oct. 1845) 1:317: "Some of the Swedenborgians, at Philadelphia, wrote word to Poe [about 'Mesmeric Revelation'] that at first they doubted, but in the end became convinced, of its truth." (CL48-494.)
1844 - September 2 (letter text) RCL#495 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (NY). Phillips 2:905. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-416; CL48-495.)
1844 - September 8  (letter text) RCL#496 .
Poe (NY) to F. W. Thomas (Washington). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894) ns 26:863; H (Works) 17:187-188; W (1909) 2:98-100; L (1948) 1:262-263 and L (1966) 2:708-709. MS in Otto O. Fisher Collection. (The MS is noted in Bangs sale, 11 April 1896, item 102.) (L48-182 // (CL41-417; CL48-496.)
1844 - September 24   (letter text) RCL#497 .
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (NY). H (Works) 17:188-190; Chase & Parks, 1:32-36. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-418; CL48-497.)
1844 - September 27   (letter text) RCL#498 .
J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (NY). W (1909) 2:100. MS at NN. (CL41-419; CL48-498.)
1844 - October 10   (letter text) RCL#499 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (NY). Phillips 2:905-906. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-420; CL48-499.)
1844 - October 15 RCL#500 .
Wm. Duane (Philadelphia) to Poe (NY). Cited in Poe to Duane, 28 Oct. 1844: ". . . I did not receive your letter of the 15th until this morning . . ." (CL41-421; CL48-500.)
1844 - before October 24 RCL#501 .
S. D. Craig (Quoque, NY) to Poe (NY). Implied in Poe to Craig, 24 Oct. 1844. (CL41-422; CL48-501 and CL48-[500a].)
1844 - October 24   (letter text) RCL#502 .
Poe (NY) to S. D. Craig (Quoque, NY). H (Works) 17:190; L (1948) 1:263. MS unlocated; transcript by Mrs. M. Clemm at MB (Griswold). (L48-183 // CL41-423; CL48-502.)
1844 - October 28  (letter text) RCL#503 .
Poe (NY) to Wm. Duane (Philadelphia). W (1885) pp. 204-205; [H (Works) 17:191 merely summarizes]; W (1909) 2:366; L (1948) 1:263-264. MS at PHi. (L48-184 // CL41-424; CL48-503.)
1844 - October 28  (letter text) RCL#504 .
Poe (NY) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). W (1885) pp. 216-218; [H (Works) 17:191-192 merely summarizes]; W (1909) 2:103-106; L (1948) 1:264-266. MS at MH-H. (L48-186 // CL41-425; CL48-504 and CL48-[500b].)
1844 - before November 2   (letter text) RCL#505 .
Poe (NY) to C. Anthon (NY) (draft of a letter with cancellations and corrections). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894) ns 26:855-857; H (Works) 17:175-180 (following Century Mag.); (W (1909) 2:72-79 (follows the draft, dates it “June,” and cites source as from Griswold MSS); Quinn, pp. 423-426; L (1948) 1:266-272; L (1948) 1:facing 212 (F of page 5). MS at CSmH (HM 21870). SP $300 (1918). (CL41-410; CL48-505 and CL48-[489a].)
1844 - before November 2 RCL#506 .
Poe (NY) to C. Anthon (NY). [A clean copy of CL-505.] Established as sent (see Anthon to Poe, 2 Nov. 1844). MS unlocated. (CL41-411; CL48-506 and CL48-[489b].)
1844 - November 2   (letter text) RCL#507 .
C. Anthon (NY) to Poe (NY). H (Works) 17:193; W (1909) 2:80-81; Quinn p. 427. Century Mag. (Oct. 1894) ns 26:857; MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-427; CL48-507.)
1844 - [before November 12 (?)] RCL#508 .
[Poe to N. P. Willis. Moved to CL-689a.]
1844 - [November 12] RCL#509 .
[N. P. Willis to Poe. Moved to CL-689b.]
1844 - December 10   (letter text) RCL#510 .
F. W. Thomas (Washington) to Poe (NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-430; CL48-510.)
1844 - December 12   (letter text) RCL#511 .
J. R. Lowell (Elmwood, Cambridge, MA) to Poe (NY). Scribner’s Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:175-176; H (Works) 17:194-195; W (1909) 2:106-108. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-431; CL48-511.)

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