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New-York April 28 46

My Dear Sir,

Enclosed I send you 47 autographs -- all I have on hand; but I believe that I shall be able to supply nearly all the rest. Here follows a list of the whole series of authors to come in.

\/ Bush                   \/ Kirkland                \/ E. Sargent
\/ Colton                 \/ English                  \/ Anthon
   Cheever                 Mrs Stephens          Verplanck
   Cary                      Francis                    Aldrich
\/ Lawson              \/ Osborn                  \/ Mrs Embury
\/ Willis                     Clark                       Maroncelli
\/ Gillespie              \/ Miss Fuller            \/ Hoyt
\/ Duyckinck           \/ Miss Mowatt         \/ Halleck
   Cranch                \/ Hunt                        Wetmore
\/ Briggs                  \/ Mrs Gove (Mary Orme)
\/ Mrs Osgood            Seba Smith           \/ Slidell
\/ Miss Lynch             Mrs. Child               Mrs Godwin
   Fay                        Gardner Spring     \/ Miss Sedgwick
\/ Herbert                \/ Irving                      Gallatin
   Greeley                \/ Mathews             \/ Bryant
   Godwin                   Jno. Stepens        \/ Otis
   J. Willis                \/ Wallace                  Harring
\/ Reynolds                 Cooley                 \/ Johnston
   Maturin                   Mancur                \/ Locke
\/ O'Sullivan                King                    \/ Webber
   Deming                \/ Keese                     J. Sargent
\/ Mrs Hewitt              T. Irving                 Prof. Robinson
   Mrs Smith            \/ Mrs Kirkland        \/ Miss Bogart
   Raymond                Inman                     W. H. Channing
   Headley               \/ Paulding               \/ Hoffman
   Brownlee             \/ Lester                     Lewis
\/ Morris                     W. A. Jones            Schoolcraft
   Kent                        Tuckerman             Dewey
   Ward                    \/ Noah                      Brisbane
   Tellkampf             \/ Gouraud               \/ Henry
\/ Foster                      Earle                   \/ Dawes
                                                               Tasistro

Of these, all above the first line are already sent -- the notices, I mean. Of those marked thus, \/, I now send autographs. You will see that I send an autograph of all included in the May No. with the exception of Dr. Frances: -- and him I will supply to-morrow. For the article intended for the June No. There are 3 signatures wanting -- viz: Maroncelli, Verplanck, and Cheever; and unless you have these, or can get them at once, perhaps it will be better to leave out these names for the present. Suppose you put in the June No. Mrs. Mowatt, Halleck, Epes Sargent, Anthon, and Miss Fuller, in the order I write them: -- I send the signatures of all of these. After that, no special order need be observed -- put them in as you get the autographs done.

N.B. I send you James Lawson with an L. between the names. It should be simply James Lawson.

It is possible that some on the list I shall be forced to omit, for want of room.

Thank you for the prompt payment of the 4 drafts.

Very cordially yours

Edgar A Poe.

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