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WILMINGTON, N. C., April 25, 1881.
To the Editor of The State:
Some time since you were kind enough to insert a bequest of mine for the names and addresses of gentlemen who were at the University of Virginia with Edgar Poe. This resulted in my securing a most valuable list, consisting of every living alumnus of the University who was in attendance at that institution with him. Please do me the additional kindness of requesting to be sent to me the names and addresses of those who were at West Point with him.
I would also be under many obligations to any who were personally acquainted with Poe for such information concerning his life and character as may be in their power to give. Very sincerely,
EDWARD A. OLDHAM,
Member National Poe Memorial Committee. Lock-box 309.
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Notes:
Edward Alexander Oldham (1860-1948) was a journalist, poet and editor of a series of newspapers including the New South (of Wilmington, NC.), the Western Sentinel (of Winston, NC.), the Durham Recorder, and the Hot Blast (of Anniston, AL). In 1881, he wrote a letter to William F. Gill in regard to the Poe monument that had been proposed in the New York Herald of January 20, 1881.Gill was apparently impressed by the letter, and authorized Oldham to advocate for the memorial and serve on the committee, which explains that portion of his signature and the reason for his inquiries regarding Poe's classmates at the University of Virginia and West Point. He is buried in Durham, NC.
His prior note to the State appeared in the issue for January 18, 1881, p. 2, col. 2:
WILMINGTON, N. C., January 17, 1881.
To the Editor of The State:
Will you kindly issue a request in my behalf for the names and addresses of any who were attending the University at the time Edgar Allan Poe was a student there. Sincerely,
EDWARD A. OLDHAM.
Member of Poe Memorial Committee.
The parties referred to will please communicate with THE STATE or with the writer of the above.
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