New-York--Sep. 5. 48.Dear Madam--
Being engaged in making a collection of autographs of the most distinguished American authors, I am, of course, anxious to procure your own, and if you would so far honor me as to reply, however briefly, to this note, I would take it as a very especial favor.
Resy Yr mo. ob. st
Edward S. T. Grey.
Mrs Sarah Helen Whitman
[The origin of the pseudonym "Edward S. T. Grey" is not known, though Poe used it on at least one other occasion.]
[The following note appears on the envelope, written in the hand of Mrs. S. H. Whitman: "Sent by E. A. P. under an assumed name in order to ascertain if[ I was] in Providence."]
[S:0]