Text: Anonymous, “[Death of Edgar A. Poe],” Daily Union (Washington, DC), vol. V, no. 137, October 9, 1849, p. 3, cols. 2 and 5

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DEATH OF EDGAR A. POE — We regret to learn that Edgar A. Poe, esq, the distinguished American poet, scholar and critic, died in this city yesterday morning, after an illness of four or five days. This announcement, coming so sudden and unexpected, will cause poignant regret among all who admire genius and have sympathy for the frailties too often attending it. Mr. Poe, we believe, was a native of this State, though reared by a foster-father at Richmond, where he lately spent some time on a visit. He was in the 38th year of his age. — Balt. Sun, 8th inst.

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Edgar A. Poe, the distinguished poet and critic, died yesterday at the Washington Hospital, where he has been lying since election day in a most deplorable condition. He was found by some friends in the street, and taken to the hospital in a deranged state, where the most unremitting attention was given him. He had just returned from a visit to Virginia, where he had delivered several series of most able lectures to delighted audiences, and has now fallen a victim to that frailty that is so often the besetting sin of an erratic genius.