June 15 -- 48Bayard Taylor Esq.
Dr Sir.
I would feel greatly indebted to you if you could spare time to look over the lines enclosed and let me know whether they will be accepted for "The Union"--if so, what you can afford to pay for them, and when they can appear.
Truly Yours,
Edgar A. Poe.
P.S. I feel that I have been guilty of discourtesy in not sooner thanking you for your picturesque and vigorous "Views A-Foot"--but when they reached me, and long afterwards, I was too ill to write-- and latterly I have been every day hoping to have an opportunity of making your acquaintance and thanking you in person.
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