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| Date | 1844 | CL. No. |
Jan.
J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (?) (Philadelphia, PA). Goodspeed sale cat., no. 237. There is some question as to whether or not this letter is addressed to Poe. MS unlocated. (CL48-461a.)
Jan. 13
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. B. Sutherland (Philadelphia, PA). L [1948], 1:240-241. (Sutherland was a naval officer in the Custom House.) MS at PHC. (LTR48-166 // CL48-462.)
before Jan. 31 (or early 1846)
Poe (Philadelphia, PA?) to Mr. Clark(e?) (Philadelphia, PA or Baltimore, MD?). Robert H. Dodd sale cat., no. 27, March 1918; Parke-Bernet sale (Groves), 5-6 April 1943, item 374; L [1948], 1:241. MS-fragment at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $210 (1943). (LTR48-167 // CL48-463.)
[Jan. 31]
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to I. Munroe (Baltimore, MD). L [1948], 1:241-242. Munroe was editor of the Baltimore Patriot. MS unlocated; transcript by J. C. French at MdBJ (French). (LTR48-168 // CL48-464.)
[Feb. 1, Thursday morning, 7 a.m.]
Poe (Baltimore, MD) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD). Sotheby's (London) sale, 2-3 June 1924, item 321; L [1948], 1:242 and L [1966], 2:704. MS at ViU (Clement Dixon Johnston). (LTR48-168a // CL48-464a.)
before Feb. 9
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). Implied by J. R. Lowell to Poe, 6 March 1844 (CL-470). (CL08-464b.)
before Feb. 18 (?)
G. Lippard (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Implied by Poe to G. Lippard, 18 Feb. 1844 (CL-466). (CL48-465.)
Feb. 18
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to G. Lippard (Philadelphia, PA). G. Lippard, Herbert Tracy (Philadelphia: R. G. Berford, 1844) pp. 167-168; Modern Language Notes, 1917, 32:270 (excerpt); Phillips, 1:854 (excerpts); Heartman & Canny [1940], pp. 93-94 (quoted); L [1948], 1:242-243. (LTR48-169 // CL41-384; CL48-466.)
Feb. 18
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to L. J. Cist (Cincinnati, OH). Christie's (NY) sale, 9 Dec. 1998, item 47 (F). MS in the collection of the “California Collector.” SH $16,000 (1998). (LTR08-169a // CL08-466a.)
Feb. 23
J. Tomlin (Jackson, TN) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Century Mag. (Sept. 1894), 48:736-737; H [Works], 17:158; W [1909], 2:55-56. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-385; CL48-467.)
March 1
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. C. Myers, S. Williams, or Wm. Graeff, Jr. (Reading, PA). Anderson sale (Arnold), 19 April 1904, item 688; Merwin-Clayton sale, 20 Nov. 1905, item 426; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Manierre), 18-19 March 1925, item 569 (F, of first page); Israfel in Berkshire, J. B. Nolan (1948), p. 12, 13 (F); L [1948], 1:244. Poe slightly misspells the third name as Greaff. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $40 (688); $34 (1905). (LTR48-170 // CL41-386; CL48-468.)
March 5
S. Williams & W. Graeff, Jr. (Reading, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in Poe to S. Williams & Wm. Graeff, 7 March 1844 (CL-471). (CL48-469.)
March 6
J. R. Lowell (Elmwood, Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Scribner's Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:173-174; H [Works], 17:158-160; W [1909], 2:56-59. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-387; CL48-470.)
March 7
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to S. Williams & Wm. Graeff, Jr. (Reading, PA). Phillips 1:858; J. B. Nolan, Israfel in Berkshire (1948), p. 14; L [1948], 1:244-245; Hanzel sale (Joyce), 23 Sept. 1973, item 139; Sotheby's (NY) sale, 13 April 2004, item 191. MS unlocated; transcript by T. F. Madigan at ViU. SH $3,700 (1974); $33,600 (2004). (LTR48-171 // CL41-388; CL48-471.)
after March 7
(?) S. Williams & Wm. Graeff, Jr. (Reading, PA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Implied in Poe to S. Williams & Wm. Graeff, 7 March 1844 (CL-471), and by the lecture delivered 13 March. (CL48-472.)
March 15
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to C. Mathews (NY, NY). Anderson sale (McKee), 20 Feb. 1905, item 7748; Bixby, pp. 22-23 (F); Phillips, 2:965; Quinn, p. 402; L l:245-246. MS at CSmH (HM 21864). SH $38 (1905). (LTR48-172 // CL41-390; CL48-473.)
after March 15
C. Mathews (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). Implied by Poe to C. Mathews, 15 March 1844 (CL-473) and Poe to R. H. Horne, late March 1844 (CL 475). (CL08-473a.)
March 22
A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:162-164. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-391; CL48-474.)
late March
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to R. H. Horne (London, England). Cited in R. H. Horne to Poe, 16 April 1844 (CL-478). (CL41-392; CL48-475 and CL48-[473a].)
March 30
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). W [1885], pp. 197-199; H [Works], 17:161-162 (summary); W [1909], 2:60-63; Phillips, 1:862 (excerpts); L [1948], 1:246-248. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-173 // CL41-393; CL41-389 and CL41-396; CL48-476 and CL48-[472a].)
April 7, Sunday morning, just after breakfast
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Philadelphia, PA). W [1885], pp. 201-204; H [Works], 17:165-167; W [1909], 2:65-68; Phillips, 2:868-870 (condensed); Allen, 2:582-583; Quinn, pp. 406-407; Quinn & Hart, p. 20 (F); L [1948], 1:251-253. MS at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe). (LTR48-174 // CL41-394; CL48-477.)
April 16
R. H. Horne (London, England) to Poe (Philadelphia; forwarded to NY, before 14 May). Columbia Spy (14 May 1844) (excerpt); Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:857-858; W [1909], 2:50-52. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-395; CL48-478.)
April 27
R. H. Horne (London, England) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA; forwarded to NY, NY, 20 May). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:858; Anderson sale (Forman), 15 March 1920, item 551; H [Works], 17:167-169; W [1909], 2:52-55. The letter, along with Poe's MS for “The Spectacles,” was given to H. B. Forman by R. H. Horne. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-397; CL48-479.)
April 30
L. J. Cist (Cincinnati, OH) to Poe (Graham's Office, Philadelphia, PA, forwarded to NY, NY). Cited in Poe to L. J. Cist, 3 June 1844 (CL-485). (CL66-479a.)
May 21
Poe (NY, NY) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). Stedman & Woodberry [Works, 1903 reprint], 4:154 (facing) (F). Cat. of the Library of Charles Templeton Crocker (Hillsborough, CA: n.p., 1918), p. 232 (with minor inaccuracies). Sold by John Howell in 1975 to another dealer, M. F. Neville. SH $7,500 (1975); $26,000 (1997). MS unlocated. (LTR08-174a // CL81-479b.)
ca. May 23
J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (forwarded to NY). Cited in Poe to J. R. Lowell, 28 May 1844 (CL-481). (CL41-398; CL48-480.)
May 28
Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). W [1885], pp. 208-209; H [Works], 17:174 (summary); W [1909], 2:69-71; L [1948], 1:253-254. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-175 // CL41-399; CL48-481 and CL48-[479b].)
May 29
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Philadelphia, PA). NY Times (Mag. section) 28 Jan. 1917, p. 14 (excerpt); Anderson sale (Hale), 25 Jan. 1917 (excerpts, with several minor errors) item 48; Phillips 2:877; Am. Lit. (March 1957) 29:82-83; L [1948], 1:254-255 and L [1966], 2:705; House of El Dieff (Jamaica, NY), about 9 Aug. 1955. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly owned by M. A. McDonald about 1920, and bequeathed to his son, R. McDonald; and later in the collection of Wm. H. Koester, purchased through the House of El Dieff). SH $200 (1917). (LTR48-176 // CL41-400; CL48-482.)
May 30
Mrs. S. J. Hale (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. J. Hale, 31 May 1844 (CL-484). (CL41-401; CL48-483.)
May 31
Poe (NY, NY) to E. L. Carey (Philadelphia, PA). Am. Lit. (Nov. 1952) 24:364-365; L [1966], 2:706. MS at PHi. (LTR66-176a // CL66-483a.)
May 31
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Philadelphia, PA). Anderson sale (Hale), 25 Jan. 1917, item 49 (F as frontispiece); NY Times, 28 Jan. 1917, p. 14; Anderson sale (Clawson), 29 Nov. 1920, item 347 (grouped with other items); Phillips, 2:878; Quinn, pp. 417-418; L [1948], 1:255. MS at CSmH (HM 21875). SH $305 (1917); $910 (1920). (LTR48-177 // CL41-402; CL48-484.)
June 3
Poe (NY, NY) to L. J. Cist (Cincinnati, OH). Henkels sale, 8-10 May 1895, item 289; Anderson sale (Sturges), 16 Jan. 1923, item 215, cited; Am. Lit. (Jan. 1955) 26:560-561; L [1966], 2:706-707. MS ViU (Barrett). SH $26 (1895); $100 (1923). (LTR66-177a // CL41-403; CL48-485.)
June 3 (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to G. R. Graham (Philadelphia, PA). Implied in Poe to L. J. Cist, 3 June 1844 (CL-485). (CL41-404; CL48-486; CL66-486.)
[June 4]
Poe (NY, NY) to E. Bowen (Columbia, PA). NY Times (14 Jan. 1912); J. E. Spannuth, Doings of Gotham (Pottsville, PA: J. E. Spannuth, 1929), p. 55; L [1948], 1:255-256. This letter is an extra note pencilled on the MS of Poe's article, printed in the Columbia Spy (18 June 1844). MS unlocated. (LTR48-178 // CL41-406; CL48-487 and CL48-[487b].)
June 15
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, Washington, GA) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:170-173; Chase & Parks, 1:21-25. This letter is dated May 15, but postmarked June 15. MS at MB (Griswold, item 171); MS draft at CSmH (HM 24227). (CL41-407; CL48-488 and CL48-[479a].)
June 27
J. R. Lowell (Elmwood, Cambridge, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Scribner's Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:174-175; H [Works], 17:180-182; W [1909], 2:87-89. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-409; CL48-489.)
July 2
Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). W [1885], pp. 211-214; H [Works], 17:182-184 (summary); W [1909], 2:90-95; L [1948], 1:256-259. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-179 // CL41-412; CL48-490.)
July 10
Poe (NY, NY) to T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA). Century Mag. (Jan. 1903), 65:441-442; L [1948], 1:259-260; Chase & Parks, 1:25-27. MS at CSmH (HM 24212). (LTR48-180 // CL41-413; CL48-491.)
Aug. 6
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:184-186; Chase & Parks, 1:27-32. MS at MB (Griswold, item 172). (CL41-414; CL48-492 and CL48-[492a].)
Aug. 18
Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). W [1885], pp. 215-216; H [Works], 17:186-187 (summary); W [1909], 2:96-98; L [1948], 1:261. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-181 // CL41-415; CL48-493.)
Aug. (?)
Swedenborgians (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Aristidean (Oct. 1845) 1:317. (CL48-494.)
Sept. 2
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (NY, NY). Phillips 2:905 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-416; CL48-495.)
Sept. 8
Poe (NY, NY) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:863; Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 102 (excerpt); Libbie sale (French), 2 May 1901, item 1004; H [Works], 17:187-188; W [1909], 2:98-100; Allen, 2:617; L [1948], 1:262-263 and L [1966], 2:708-709. MS unlocated. (Formerly in the collection of O. O. Fisher.) SH $57 (1896); SH $50 (1901). (LTR48-182 // (CL41-417; CL48-496.)
Sept. 24
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:188-190; Phillips, 2:907 (excerpts); Chase & Parks, 1:32-36. MS at MB (Griswold, item 173). (CL41-418; CL48-497.)
Sept. 27
J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). W [1909], 2:100. MS at NN. (Formerly in the collection of A. Wm. Anthony.) (CL41-419; CL48-498.)
Oct. 10
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (NY, NY). Phillips 2:905-906 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-420; CL48-499.)
Oct. 15
Wm. Duane (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Wm. Duane, 28 Oct. 1844 (CL-503). (CL41-421; CL48-500.)
before Oct. 24
S. D. Craig (Quogue, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to S. D. Craig, 24 Oct. 1844 (CL-502). (CL41-422; CL48-501 and CL48-[500a].)
Oct. 24
Poe (NY, NY) to S. D. Craig (Quogue, NY). H [Works], 17:190; Phillips, 2:915-916 (excerpts); L [1948], 1:263. MS unlocated; transcript by Mrs. M. Clemm at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-183 // CL41-423; CL48-502.)
Oct. 28
Poe (NY, NY) to Wm. Duane, Jr. (Philadelphia, PA). W [1885], pp. 204-205; H [Works], 17:191 (summary); W [1909], 2:366; L [1948], 1:263-264. MS at PHi. (LTR48-184 // CL41-424; CL48-503.)
Oct. 28
Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Lowell (Cambridge, MA). W [1885], pp. 216-218; H [Works], 17:191-192 (summary); W [1909], 2:103-106; L [1948], 1:264-266. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-185 // CL41-425; CL48-504 and CL48-[500b].)
before Nov. 2 [probably late Oct.]
Poe (NY, NY) to C. Anthon (NY, NY) (draft of a letter, with cancellations and corrections). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:855-857; Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 105 (1 sentence quoted); Joline, Meditations, 1902, pp. 161-162 (2 excerpts); H [Works], 17:175-180 (following Century Mag.); W [1909], 2:72-79 (follows the draft, but cites source as from Griswold MSS, perhaps before the collection was given to MB); Anderson sale (Joline), 15 Dec. 1914, item 831; Anderson sale (Robinson), 29 April 1918, item 773; Phillips, 2:879-881 (partial); Quinn, pp. 423-426; L [1948], 1:266-272; L [1948], 1:facing 212 (F of page 5). Woodberry prints as a clean final letter, but probably just applied Poe's corrections. Various sources misdate this letter as June 1844. MS at CSmH (HM 21870). SH $24 (1896); $225 (1914); $300 (1918). (LTR48-186 // CL41-410; CL48-505 and CL48-[489a].)
before Nov. 2
Poe (NY, NY) to C. Anthon (NY, NY). A clean copy of CL-505, established as sent, see C. Anthon to Poe, 2 Nov. 1844 (CL-507). (CL41-411; CL48-506 and CL48-[489b].)
Nov. 2
C. Anthon (NY) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:193; W [1909], 2:80-81; Phillips, 2:881-882; Quinn, p. 427. Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:857; MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-427; CL48-507.)
[before Nov. 12 (?)]
[Poe (NY, NY) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). Moved to CL-689a.]
[Nov. 12]
[N. P. Willis to Poe. Moved to CL-689b.]
Dec. 10
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-430; CL48-510.)
Dec. 12
J. R. Lowell (Elmwood, Cambridge, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Scribner's Mag. (Aug. 1894) 16:175-176; H [Works], 17:194-195; W [1909], 2:106-108. MS at TxU-Hu. (CL41-431; CL48-511.)
1845
[early]
[Poe to G. R. Graham. Moved to CL-457a.]
Jan. 4
Poe (NY, NY) to G. Bush (NY, NY). Libbie sale (Maxwell), 24 April 1895, item 647, cited; T. F. Madigan (NY) cat. 1939, item 117; Quinn, p. 420; L [1948], 1:273; L [1966], 2:709. MS at TxU-Hu. (Formerly in the collection of T. F. Madigan.) SH $32.50 (1895). (LTR48-188 // CL41-436; CL48-513.)
Jan. 4
Poe (NY, NY) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Anderson sale (Haber) 9 Dec. 1909, item 290; Anderson sale (Emmet) 4 Dec 1922, item 346; Quinn, p. 435; L [1948], 1:274-275. MS at CSmH (HM 21866). SH $96 (1909); $140 (1922). (LTR48-189 // CL41-435; CL48-514.)
Jan. 5 - May 3
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (NY, NY) (two letters). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas, 4 May 1845 (CL-535). (CL48-515.)
Jan. 12
A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to A. M. Ide. Jr., 25 Jan. 1845 (CL-518a). (CL08-515a.)
Jan. 14
R. W. Griswold (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). G [Memoir] 3:vi (1850), and 1:xxii (1853) (significantly altered, and dated 11 Jan. 1845); H [Works], 17:197-198 (prints both the MS and the Griswold text, thinking them two letters); Phillips, 2:933 (excerpts); Quinn, p. 444. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-440; CL48-516.)
Jan. 16
Poe (NY, NY) to R. W. Griswold (NY, NY). G [Memoir] 3:vi (1850), and 3:xxii (1853); H [Works], 17:198; Phillips, 2:934 (excerpts); Quinn, p. 445; L [1948], 1:275-276. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-190 // CL41-441; CL48-517.)
Jan. 17 or 18
E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). The Poe Log, p. 489. Perhaps the only Duyckinck to Poe letter (copy) extant. James B. Reece, in his dissertation on “Poe and the NY Literati” (p. 90), establishes the date of this letter based on the associated correction printed by Poe in the NY Evening Mirror for 18 Jan. 1845. MS unlocated; copy at NN (in a notebook among the Duyckinck papers). (CL81-544e; CL08-517a.)
Jan. 25
Poe (NY, NY) to R. H. Horne (London, England). Cited in R. H. Horne to Poe, 17 May 1845 (CL-538). (CL41-442; CL48-518.)
Jan. 25
Poe (NY, NY) to A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA). Skinner, Inc. (Boston, MA) sale, 10 Nov. 2001, item 76 (F); RALS (2003), 28:40-41, 42-44 (F). MS in the collection of Mrs. S. J. Tane (previously owned by descendants of Ide). SH $34,500 (2001). (LTR08-190a // CL41-433; CL48-522; CL08-518a.)
before Jan. 28
Wm. Duane (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to Wm. Duane, 28 Jan. 1845 (CL-520). (CL41-443 and CL41-445; CL48-519 and CL48-[518a].)
Jan. 28
Poe (NY, NY) to Wm. Duane, Jr. (Philadelphia, PA). W [1885], pp. 205-206; H [Works], 17:199 (summary); W [1909], 2:367; L [1948], 1:276. MS at PHi. (LTR48-191 // CL41-444; CL48-520.)
[Feb. 3]
Poe (NY, NY) to J. A. Shea (NY, NY). H [Works], 1:218 (from an unidentified newspaper clipping); Whitty [1911], p. 194; L [1948], 1:279; TOM [Poems], between 1:52-53 (F). MS at NNPM (MA 621, purchased in 1909). (LTR48-192 // CL41-509; CL48-521 and CL48-[525a].)
before Feb. 16
[Poe to A. M. Ide, Jr. Moved to CL-518a.]
Feb. 16
A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-446; CL48-523.)
Feb. 18
Poe (NY, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). MS owned by Bauman Rare Books and Peter L. Stern Books. Listed in their sales catalog (Summer 2006) for $65,000. (LTR08-192a // CL08-523a.) 523a Feb. 24 Poe (NY, NY) to R. W. Griswold (Philadelphia, PA). G [Memoir], 3:vi (1850), and 3:xxii (1853) (altered); H [Works], 17:200-201 (thinking the MS and Griswold's text to be two letters, prints both); Phillips, 2:948-949 (excerpts); Quinn, pp. 446-448 (F); L [1948], 1:279-280. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-193 // CL41-447; CL48-524 and CL48-[524a].)
Feb. (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to B. B. Minor (Richmond, VA). Cited by H [Works], 1:220-221; Phillips 2:950. No direct printing or MS known. A fragment of one brief phrase is quoted in Richmond Times, Feb. 17, 1895, clipping at ViU (Ingram, item 886), and repeated in B. B. Minor, The SLM 1834-1864, NY and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1905, pp. 138-139. (LTR08-193a // CL41-448; CL48-525.)
[March 1] (Saturday morning)
Wm. M. Gillespie (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-449; CL48-526 and CL48-[830o].)
(after Feb. 28 - possibly March 6) Thursday Evening
Poe (NY, NY) to Wm. M. Gillespie (NY, NY). L [1948], 1:306. [Possibly a “thank you” for a social invitation from Mrs. Osgood, whom he flattered in regard to her poems in a lecture, 28 Feb. 1845.] MS unlocated. (Formerly in the collection of Miss Helen Ingersoll/Tetlow, and at one time on deposit at Longfellow House.) (LTR48-220b; LTR08-193b // CL48-602b; CL81-526a.)
ca. March
B. B. Minor (Richmond, VA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Minor's notice in April SLM and Minor's recollections in The SLM 1834-1864 (NY: Neale, 1905) p. 140. (CL08-526b.)
March 8
Poe (NY, NY) to Editor of BJ (NY, NY). BJ (8 March 1845) 1:159; Ingram, 1:292-293; L [1948], 1:280-282; Writings 3:35 (F of BJ printing). Because Poe was himself one of the editors of the BJ at this point, the present item might be better described as a signed editorial. (LTR48-194 // CL41-450; CL48-527.)
March 10
Poe (NY, NY) to G. R. Graham (Philadelphia, PA). Am. Lit. (March 1957) 29:83-84; L [1966], 2:710-711. MS at TxU-Hu. (LTR66-194a // CL66-527a.)
March 15
Mrs. M. E. Hewitt (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). TOM [HP], pp. 116-117. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-451; CL48-528.)
March 17
Poe (NY, NY) to J. Hunt, Jr. (Ithaca, NY). Bainbridge Eagle (Bainbridge, NY) (29 April 1845) 1:2-3; Century Mag. (Feb. 1903), 65:550; Phillips, 2:974-975; Quinn, p. 456; L [1948], 1:282-284; Chase & Parks, 1:89-91. MS at CSmH (HM 24213). (LTR48-195 // CL41-452; CL48-529.)
March 20
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. M. E. Hewitt (NY, NY). Charles Hamilton Autographs cat., no. 60 (3 Aug. 1972), item 123-A (F); L [1974], p. 523-524. MS unlocated. SH $55 (1953); $3,300 (1972). (LTR74-195a // CL41-455; CL48-532; CL74-530.)
March 20
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. C. Mowatt (?) (NY, NY). Parke-Bernet sale, 27 Oct. 1953, item 39; L [1966], 2:711-712 and L [1974], p. 524-525. At one point, the correspondent was thought to be M. E. Hewitt, but Ostrom later argued that Mowatt is more likely. MS-fragment at TxU-Hu. SH $55 (1953). (LTR66-195a; LTR74-195b // CL41-453; CL48-530; CL74-531.)
[March 20] Thursday Evening
Mrs. A. C. Mowatt (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:207-208; Am. Lit. (March 1957) 29:83-84. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-454; CL48-531 and CL48-[533a]; CL74-532.)
March 21
Mrs. M. E. Hewitt (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). TOM [HP], pp. 117-118. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-456; CL48-533.)
April 2
Poe (NY, NY) to W. Dinneford (NY, NY). Cited in W. Dinneford to Poe, 15 April 1845 (CL-533b). This letter was first noted, in Writings, 4:75. (CL08-533a.)
April 15
W. Dinneford (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). BJ, April 19, 1845, p. 251. (See CL-533a.) (CL08-533b.)
April 19
Poe (NY, NY) to R. W. Griswold (Philadelphia, PA). H [Works], 17:202-203; Quinn, pp. 449-450; L [1948], 1:284-286. Altered version printed in Griswold, preface, (1850) 3:vi and (1853) 1:xxii, reprinted by H [Works], 17:169-170, misdated as 1844. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-196 // CL41-457 and CL41-432; CL48-534.)
[May 4]
Poe (NY, NY) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:863; H [Works], 17:203-205; W [1909], 2:133-135; Phillips, 2:1009-1010 (partial); L [1948], 1:286-287. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-197 // CL41-458; CL48-535.)
May 12
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (NY, NY). Phillips, 2:1010 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-459; CL48-536.)
May 14
Poe (NY, NY) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 104 (1 sentence quoted); Phillips, 2:1010; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Burgess), 16-17 Dec. 1929, item 285 (F); L [1948], 1:288-289. MS at TxU-Hu. (Formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $38 (1896); $1500 (1929). (LTR48-198 // CL41-460; CL48-537.)
May 17
R. H. Horne (London, England) to Poe (NY, NY). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:858-859; H [Works], 17:208-210; W [1909], 2:116-119. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-461; CL48-538.)
May 24
J. Keese (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to J. Keese, 26 May 1845 (CL-540). (CL48-539.)
May 26
Poe (NY, NY) to J. Keese (NY, NY). J. F. Drake cat no. 237, 1934, item 233, cited; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Haber), 13-14 Nov. 1935, item 299 (omitting salutation and close); L [1948], 1:289. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $285 (1935). (LTR48-199 // CL41-462; CL48-540.)
May 29
Mrs. M. E. Hewitt (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). TOM [HP], p. 118. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-463; CL48-541.)
ca. May - June
R. H. Stoddard (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY) (with MS of Stoddard's “Ode on a Grecian Flute”). Cited in Stoddard, “EAP,” Harper's Monthly (Sept. 1872) 45:565; Stoddard, Recollections, ed. Ripley Hitchcock (NY: A. S. Barnes, 1903), p. 146. The Poe Log dates this letter as early July. (CL41-464; CL48-542.)
June 1
A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-465; CL48-543.)
June 9
Poe (NY, NY) to J. Keese (NY, NY). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Wakeman), 29 April 1924, item 944 (misdated as 1844); L [1948], 1:289-290. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of G. B. McCutcheon, sold by J. F. Drake, Inc., tipped in a copy of Am. Review, Feb. 1845; later in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $100 (1924). (LTR48-200 // CL41-405; CL48-544 and CL48-[487a].)
before June 20
C. E. West (NY) to Poe (NY, NY) (two letters). Cited in Poe to C. E. West, 20 June 1845 (CL-544b). (CL74-544a.)
June 20
Poe (NY, NY) to C. E. West (NY, NY). The Muse Anthology of Modern Poetry: Poe Memorial Edition, NY: Carlyle Straub, 1938, “addenda,” item 2 (F); TOM [Poems] 1:397-398; L [1974], p. 525-526. MS at NNYSL (given by Christian Zabriskie in 1944). (LTR74-200a // CL74-544b.)
after June 20 (?)
C. E. West (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to C. E. West, 20 June 1845 (CL-544b), which requests a reply. (CL74-544c.)
June 25
Miss A. C. Lynch (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). MS on deposit at ViRP. (CL81-544d.)
[early 1845]
[E. A. Duyckinck to Poe. Moved to CL-517a.]
[June 26] Thursday morning
Poe (NY, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY) (often misdated as “Nov. 13? 1845”). NYPL Bltn. (Jan. 1902) 6:8; W [1909], 2:156-157; H [Works], 17:222-223; Phillips, 2:1070 (excerpts); Quinn, pp. 493-494; L [1948], 1:290. Date corrected by TOM [RAOP], p. xii. MS at NN. (LTR48-201 // CL41-495; CL48-545 and CL48-[583a].)
before June 27
Poe (NY, NY) to Miss A. C. Lynch (NY, NY). Cited in Miss A. C. Lynch to Poe, 27 June 1845 (CL-547). (CL48-546; CL66-546.)
[June 27] Friday morning
Miss A. C. Lynch (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:258-259 (erroneously implied as 1846); Phillips, 2:1095 (excerpts); The Poe Log, p. 542. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-466; CL48-547, CL48-602d and CL48-[830a]; CL66-547.)
[June - July?]
T. H. Chivers (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to T. H. Chivers, June - July ? 1845 (CL-547b). Chivers’ letter seems not to be CL-556. The inclusive dates, not necessarily accurate, are based on fragments in the Chivers Papers (CSmH, HM 24238 and others). (Formerly, CL-547a and CL-547b were combined as CL-547a.) (CL48-547a.)
[June - July?]
Poe (NY, NY) to T. H. Chivers (NY, NY). Chase & Parks, pp. 37–38 (where it is dated as 15 Aug. 1845). The Poe letter seems to have been composed by Chivers from memory. The approximate dating suggests the period while Poe lived at 195 East Broadway, NY (see CL-545, CL-554, CL-583.) MS unlocated; Chivers’ copy of MS at NcD (Chivers collection). (LTR08-201a // CL08-547b, formerly combined as CL-547a.)
[June - July?]
F. S. Osgood (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe's comment to Chivers, recorded in Chivers’ Life of Poe, ed. R. B. Davis (NY: E. P. Dutton, 1952), p. 60. (CL08-547c.)
before July 5
Poe (office of BJ, NY, NY) to E. J. Thomas (NY, NY). Philadelphia Spirit of the Times (10 July 1846) 16:1, cols. 4-6; Ingram, 2:84; H [Works], 17:250-251; Phillips, 2:1158; L [1948], 1:290-291. (LTR48-202 // CL41-467 and CL41-540; CL48-548, CL48-[547a] and CL48-[644b].)
July 5
E. J. Thomas (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Philadelphia Spirit of the Times (10 July 1846) 16:1, cols. 4-6; Ingram, 2:85; H [Works], 17:251; Phillips, 2:1158-1159; Allen, 2:708. (CL41-468 and CL41-541; CL48-549 and CL48-[644c].)
July 10
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-469; CL48-550.)
ca. July 15
T. W. Field (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to T. W. Field, 9 Aug. 1845 (CL-554). (CL41-[A35]; CL48-551.)
July 17
Miss A. C. Lynch (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at NNPM (MA 2279). (CL81-551a.)
ca. July
N. Poe (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to N. Poe, 8 Aug. 1845 (CL-553). (CL41-470; CL48-552.)
Aug. 8
Poe (NY, NY) to N. Poe (Baltimore, MD). W [1909], 2:373-374; Quinn & Hart, p. 22; L l:291-292. MS at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe). (LTR48-203 // CL41-471; CL48-553.)
after Aug. 2
T. H. Chivers (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY) (with MS of Chivers’ play “Leoni, or the Orphan of Venice”). Chase & Parks, 1:38-39, where it is dated as after July 18, although with the note that it is “extremely uncertain.” The rough dating is established by an apparent reference to a review printed in the BJ (2 Aug. 1845) 2:55-56. MS at CSmH (HM 24283). (CL08-553a.)
Aug. 9
Poe (NY, NY) to T. W. Field (NY, NY). W. E. Benjamin, A Cat. of Autograph Letters, no. 30 (April 1890), cover (F) (a copy of cat. at MWA); Munsey's Magazine, July 1897, 17:527 (F); Phillips, 2:1034; L [1948], 1:292; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Martin), 30-31 Jan. 1990, item 2220 (with CL-147 and CL-164); 19th Century Shop cat., 9 May, 1992, item 60 (F). MS unlocated. (A forged copy of the MS is at TxU-Hu.) SH $47,500 (1990); $15,000 (1992). (LTR48-204 // CL41-472; CL48-554.)
Aug. 9
Miss. M. Fuller (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Phillips, 2:1166-1167; see also L [1974], p. 526-527. TOM interpreted the “X” as Fuller's “famous asterisk.” Not in Margaret Fuller's hand, but possibly by an amanuensis to keep Fuller's incognito consistent with the “X”-signature of the letter. Poe, however, docketed the letter “Miss Fuller.” Still, R. N. Hudspeth, “A Calendar of the Letters of Margaret Fuller,” SAR 1977, ed. J. Myerson (Boston: Twayne, 1978), p. 135, omits the letter. MS not at MB; thus unlocated. (CL41-473; CL48-555; CL66-555; CL74-555.)
Aug. 10
T. H. Chivers (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in T. H. Chivers to Poe, 9 Sept. 1845 (CL-564). The date of the letter is fixed by an entry on Poe's “Memoranda” of the subscribers and contributors to his Penn/Stylus Mag. On this list, Poe writes the comment: “When I write to Chivers, ask him what are the names in his letter of Aug. 10.45.” Chivers’ letter apparently contained the names of six potential subscribers, whose names on Poe's list are bracketed, with the note: “see Chivers Aug. 10/45.” This item was previously dated as “before Aug. 11.” (CL41-477; CL48-556 and CL48-[561a].)
Aug. 11
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to T. H. Chivers, 29 Aug. 1845 (CL-563) and cited in T. H. Chivers to Poe, 9 Sept. 1845 (CL-564). (CL48-557 and CL48-[561b].)
Aug. 11
Poe (NY, NY) to T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA). NY Observer (26 April 1900) p. 528; W [1909], 2:153; L [1948], 1:292-293; Chase & Parks, pp. 40-41. This is the letter cited in Poe to T. H. Chivers, 29 Aug. 1845 (CL-563). MS at CSmH (HM 21863). (LTR48-205 // CL41-474 and CL41-478; CL48-558.)
Aug. 14, Thursday Morning
L. Osborn (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Anderson sale (Haber), 7-8 Dec. 1909, part 2, item 1316; and subsequent sales along with CL-560. MS at PP (Gimbel) (lacking the signature). (CL41-475; CL48-559.)
Aug. 15
Poe (NY, NY) to L. Osborn (NY, NY). Henkels sale, 8-10 May 1895, item 290, cited; Anderson sale (Haber), 7-8 Dec. 1909, part 2, item 1316; L [1948], 1:293-295; L [1974], p. 527-528; Charles Hamilton Autographs sale (cat. 36), 18 Sept. 1969 (F of page 2); Sotheby's sale (NY), 20 Nov. 1974, item 370. MS at PP (Gimbel). SH (with CL-559) $30 (1895); $180 (1909); $12,000 (1969, offered at $6,500); $8,500 (1974); $10,500 (1977). (LTR48-206 // CL41-476; CL48-560.)
Aug. 16
L. Osborn (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 75, cited. MS at RPB (given by TOM on Jan. 26, 1965). (CL48-561.)
before Aug. 23
Poe (NY, NY) to B. B. Minor (Richmond, VA) Cited in L. Minor to J. Bisco, Aug. 23, 1845 (RF-10): “Mr. Poe wrote me that you had paid him $10. for contributions to the Messenger. You did right in that instance. But hereafter, please pay no money to anyone for me, without my order. The arrangement I contemplated making with Mr. Poe was never consummated. His engagements with the B. Journal prevented his giving his attention to the Messenger, without making the two works too similar in their critical departments, for separate publications.” No direct printing or MS of Poe's letter is known. The $10 to which Minor refers is probably documented by the second of four receipts Poe signed to J. Bisco, a receipt dated April 7, 1845, included with Minor's letter in a 1941 auction. (CL08-561a.)
Aug. 25
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to T. H. Chivers, 29 Aug. 1845 (CL-563). (CL41-479; CL48-562.)
Aug. 29
Poe (NY, NY) to T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA). Century Mag. (Feb. 1903), 65:545-546; L [1948], 1:295-297; Chase & Parks, 1:42-44. MS at CSmH (HM 24214). (LTR48-207 // CL41-480; CL48-563.)
before Aug. 30
A. M. Ide (South Attleboro, MA) to Poe (NY, NY) (as editor). Cited in BJ (30 Aug. 1845) 2:126: “We are somewhat at a loss to comprehend A. M. J. [sic] of Attleboro’. To what previous poems does he allude? We thank him cordially for his last favor. It shall appear forthwith. The rhythmical information desired is unattainable in book form. See meanwhile one of the three numbers (we believe the third) of ‘The Pioneer’ published at Boston by Mr. Lowell.” Since the contents of A. M. Ide, Jr. to J. Bisco, 13 Aug. 1845 (RF-9) seem not to fit the editorial inquiry of the BJ, this is presumably a different letter. The article referred to on “rhythmical information” is Poe's “Notes Upon English Verse,” Pioneer (March 1843). Ide probably sent his poem “The Village Street,” which appeared not directly in the next, but as the first item in the following issue, 13 Sept. 1845, 2:145. (CL08-563a.)
Sept. 9
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:210-215; Damon, Chivers, Friend of Poe (1930) facing p. 150 (F of last page, with address). Chase & Parks, 1:51-56. MS at MB (Griswold, item 174). (CL41-481; CL48-564.)
[Sept.] 10 Wednesday
Poe (NY, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). NYPL Bltn. (Jan. 1902) 6:7; H [Works], 17:215-216; Quinn, p. 481; L [1948], 1:297. MS at NN (Duyckinck). (LTR48-208 // CL41-482; CL48-565.)
Sept. 10
E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to E. A. Duyckinck, 11 Sept. 1845 (CL-567). (CL48-566.)
[Sept. 11] Thursday morning
Poe (NY, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). Henkels sale, 16 Jan. 1920, item 219; Anderson sale (Patterson), 15 May 1922, item 512, cited. TOM [RAOP], 1942, p. vii; L [1948], 1:297. MS unlocated; transcript by TOM at NN. SH $230 (1920); $65 (1922). (LTR48-209 // CL41-721; CL48-567 and CL48-[830d].)
[Sept. 11 (?) Thursday afternoon]
[Poe to E. A. Duyckinck. Moved to SP-81.]
Sept. 28
Poe (NY, NY) to R. W. Griswold (Philadelphia, PA). TOM [RAOP] p. viii; L [1948], 1:298. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-210 // CL41-483; CL48-568.)
Sept. 29
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-484; CL48-569.)
after Sept. 29
Poe (NY, NY) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas, 24 August 1845 (CL-655a). (CL08-569a.)
Sept.-Oct. (?)
Boston Lyceum Committee (Boston, MA) to Poe (NY, NY) (two letters). Implied in Phillips, 2:1050-1051. No extant letter, MS or printing; but reasonable. Phillips’ information is based on N. W. Coffin, “A Remembrance of EAP,” Boston Journal (5 Dec. 1868). (CL48-570.)
Sept.-Oct. (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to Boston Lyceum Committee (Boston, MA). Implied in Phillips, 2:1050 (see CL-570). (CL48-571.)
Sept.-Oct. (?)
Poe (NY, NY) and Mrs. F. S. Osgood (NY, NY). Implied in Phillips 2:1051, but questionable. Fragment quoted by G [Memoir] 3:xxii (1850) and 1:xxxviii (1853). (LTR08-210a // CL81-571a.)
Sept.-Oct. (?)
Mrs. F. S. Osgood (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Phillips 2:1051, but questionable (see CL-571a). (CL08-571b, formerly combined as CL81-571a.)
Oct. 1
L. Osborn (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 76, cited; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Burgess), 16-17 Dec. 1929, item 289, cited. MS unlocated (owned by TOM as late as 1965.) (CL48-572.)
Oct. 11
E. S. (Derby, CT) to Poe (NY, NY, as editor of the BJ). BJ (25 Oct. 1845) 2:248. (This letter replies to the charge of plagiarism made by Poe in his unsigned article on J. P. Webster, published in the BJ of 4 Oct. 1845, 2:198-199. The identity of “E. S.” is unknown.) (LTR08-572a.)
before Oct. 16
(?) T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, Washington, GA) to Poe (NY, NY). Chase & Parks, pp. 56-57. A fragment of a draft, addressed but possibly not sent. The date is based on a reference to Poe's Boston lecture of 16 Oct. 1845. MS-fragment at CSmH (HM 24238). (CL08-572b.)
ca. Oct. 20
Mrs. S. J. Hale (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. J. Hale, 26 Oct. 1845 (CL-575). (CL41-486; CL48-573.)
Oct. 20
Wm. W. Caldwell, Jr. (Newburyport, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). The Poe Log, p. 580 (excerpts). MS at ViRP. (CL08-573a.)
Oct. 26
Poe (NY, NY) to R. W. Griswold (Philadelphia, PA). G [Memoir] 3:vi (1850) and 1:xxii (1853); H [Works], 17:216; Phillips, 2:1065 (partial); L [1948], 1:298. Both G [Memoir] and H [Works], print the letter without the postscript. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-211 // CL41-487 and CL41-[A36]; CL48-574.)
Oct. 26
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Philadelphia, PA). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Haber), 13-14 Nov. 1935, item 300 (F); Phillips, 2:1067 (excerpts); L [1948], 1:298-299. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collections of G. B. McCutcheon and Wm. H. Koester). SH $385 (1935). (LTR48-212 // CL41-488; CL48-575.)
Oct. 26
Poe (NY, NY) to J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD). H [Works], 17:217; W [1909], 2:153-154; Phillips, 2:1065 (excerpt); L [1948], 1:299-300. MS at MdBJ-P; transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 26). (LTR48-213 // CL41-489; CL48-576.)
Oct. 30
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:217-220; Chase & Parks, 1:57-61. MS at MB (Griswold, item 175). (Formerly in the collection of C. B. Foote.) (CL41-490 and CL41-485; CL48-577, CL48-[569a] and CL48-[577a].)
Oct.
L. Osborn (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 77, where it is described as “speaks of his comedy, and wants the numbers of the ‘Journal’ in which it appeared laid aside for him.” MS unlocated. (CL41-491; CL48-578.)
before late Oct.
Mrs. F. S. Osgood (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. F. S. Osgood, late Oct. 1845 (CL-580). (CL48-579.)
[late Oct.]
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. F. S. Osgood (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 103 (1 sentence quoted); Literary Review (5 March 1921) p. 14; Phillips 2:1088; L [1948], 1:300. MS at TxU-Hu. (LTR48-214 // CL41-508 and CL41-727; CL48-580, CL48-602c and CL48-[830j].)
Nov. 10
Mrs. M. E. Hewitt (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Phillips, 2:1067 (partial); TOM [HP] p. 119. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-493; CL48-581.)
Nov. 12
L. Osborn (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 78, cited; NY Herald, 6 Nov. 1921. MS at NjP (given by TOM on July 6, 1960); transcript by TOM at MB. (CL41-494; CL48-582; CL66-582.)
[Nov.] 13 Thursday morning
Poe (85 Amity St., NY, NY.) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). NYPL Bltn. (Jan. 1902) 6:7-8; H [Works], 17:221-222; W [1909], 2:157-159; Phillips, 2:1069-1070 (excerpts); L [1948], 1:300-301. SH $110 (1920). MS at NN (Duyckinck). (LTR48-215 // CL41-496; CL48-583.)
Nov. 14
Mrs. S. J. Hale (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. J. Hale, 16 Jan. 1846 (CL-611). (CL41-497; CL48-584.)
Nov. 15
Poe (NY, NY) to T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA). Century Mag. (Feb. 1903), 65:546-547; Quinn, pp. 490-491; L [1948], 1:302-303; Chase & Parks, 1:65-66. MS at CSmH (HM 24215). (LTR48-216 // CL41-498; CL48-585 and CL48-[585a].)
after July 14, 1839 - before Nov. 30, 1845
Poe (Philadelphia or NY) to G. Poe, Jr. (Mobile, AL or Georgetown, DC). Implied in Poe to G. Poe, Jr., 30 Nov. 1845 (CL-586). (CL66-585a.)
before Nov. 30
G. Poe, Jr. (Mobile, AL, or Georgetown, DC) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to G. Poe, Jr., 30 Nov. 1845 (CL-586). (CL66-585b; omitted in CL81; CL08-585b.)
Nov. 30
Poe (NY, NY) to G. Poe, Jr. (late of Mobile, AL / Georgetown, DC). H [Works], 17:223-224; Phillips, 2:1071 (excerpts); Quinn & Hart, p. 23; L [1948], 1:303-304. MS at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe). (LTR48-217 // CL41-499; CL48-586.)
Nov.
Poe (NY, NY) to C. Campbell (Petersburg, VA) (anastatic circular, postmarked Dec. 5, 1845). Circular at NNPM (MA 6043, purchased in 1911). (See also CL-588, 589, 589a, 589b and 590.) (LTR08-217a // CL41-[A37]; CL48-587.)
Nov.
Poe (NY, NY) to G. Watterston (Washington, DC) (anastatic circular, postmarked Dec. 5, 1845). The South in the Building of the Nation 12:294 (F); L [1948], 1:304. Circular at DLC (Watterston Papers, vol. III). (See also CL-587, etc.) (LTR48-218 // CL41-500; CL48-588.)
Nov.
Poe (NY, NY) to Wm. Green (Culpeper, C.H., VA) (anastatic circular, postmarked Dec. 5, 1845). Circular at CSmH (Alonzo Brock Papers, BR Box 64). (See also CL-587, etc.) (LTR08-218a // CL41-501; CL48-589.)
Nov.
Poe (NY, NY) to Wm. P. Smith (Gloucester, C.H., VA) (anastatic circular, postmarked Dec. 8, 1845). Circular at InU (Lilly). (This item is noted by David A. Randall, “The J. K. Lilly Collection of EAP,” The Indiana U. Bookman, March 1960, pp. 46-58, item 55, although without mentioning the postmark.) (See also CL-587, etc.) (LTR08-218b // CL08-589a.)
Nov.
Poe (NY, NY) to J. B. Morris (Baltimore, MD) (anastatic circular, postmarked Dec. 8, 1845). Circular at DLC (Banteholder Collection). (See also CL-587, etc.) (LTR08-218c // CL08-589b.)
590
Nov.
Poe (NY, NY) to — ? (— ?) (anastatic circular). Robertson, EAP: A Study (San Francisco: Bruce Brough, 1921), p. 324 (F); Robertson [Bibliography] 2:230. TOM [Iowa] commented that he thought Dr. Robertson's facsimile may be based on the Watterson (CL-588) or Morris (CL-589b) copies of the letter, both at DLC. Heartman & Canny [1940], p. 75, seems to think they saw another copy. (See also CL-587, etc.) (LTR08-218d // CL48-590.)
Nov. 1845 - July 1846
T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA) to Poe (NY, NY) (at least six letters). Cited in Poe to T. H. Chivers, 22 July 1846 (CL-649). (CL41-502; CL48-591.)
Dec. 1
Poe (NY, NY) to F. Halleck (NY, NY). Wilson, Life & Letters of Halleck, 1869, p. 431; NY Observer, 26 April 1900, p. 528 (with Halleck misspelled as Hallock); Phillips 2:1071; L [1948], 1:304-305. MS unlocated. (LTR48-219 // CL41-503; CL48-592.)
Dec. 1
J. P. Kennedy (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:224-225; W [1909], 2:154-155; Phillips, 2:1065-1066. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-504; CL48-593.)
Dec. 10
Poe (NY, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). Anderson sale (Lossing), 27 May 1914, item 208 (excerpt); Charles Hamilton cat., no. 82 (14 Nov. 1974), item 289; L [1948], 1:305; Mastronet, Inc., 14 Nov. 2002. Not a fragment, as has been stated. Sometimes misdated as 1846. MS unlocated. (Prior to Mastronet sale, the MS was in the collection of J. Rezniroff of University Archives, another online auction house.) SH $52 (1914); $750 (1974); $10,100 (2002). (LTR48-220 // CL41-567; CL48-594 and CL48-[659a].)
Dec. 11
J. L. Chester (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to J. L. Chester, 10 Jan., 1846 (CL-608a). (CL08-594a.)
ca. Dec. 15
Mrs. E. F. Ellet (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL48-595.)
Dec. 16
R. H. Collyer (Boston, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). BJ (27 Dec. 1845) 2:390; Ingram 2:49-50; H [Works], 17:225-226. MS unlocated. (CL41-505; CL48-596.)
Dec. 16
Mrs. E. F. Ellet (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL48-597.)
Dec. 19
C. G. Percival (Utica, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 113 1/2, cited. MS at ViU. (CL48-598.)
Dec. 21
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth). TOM [EP] pp. 172-174. MS at NN. (CL41-506; CL48-599.)
Dec. 22
Mrs. M. E. Hewitt (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). TOM [HP] p. 119. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-507 and CL41-559; CL48-600.)
[ca. 1845 (?)]
[Poe to N. P. Willis. Moved to CL-632a.]
[ca. 1845]
[N. P. Willis to Poe. Moved to CL-632b.]
[1845] Saturday morning
Poe (NY, NY) to — ? (— ?). Anderson sale, 14 Dec. 1909, item 467 (in a copy of TG&A); Anderson sale, 17-18 Jan. 1928, item 369 (F) (still in a copy of TG&A); L [1948], 1:305-306. Poe's correspondent may be E. A. Duyckinck. MS unlocated. SH $80 (1909); $575 (1928). (LTR48-220a // CL48-602a.)
[1845]
[Poe to Wm. Gillespie. Moved to CL-526a.]
[ca. 1845 - 1846]
[Poe to — ?. Moved to SP-86.]
ca. late 1845 - early 1846
Poe (NY, NY) to — ? (NY, NY). MS in collection of M. Deas (formerly in the collection of E. W. Evans.) SH $8,000 (2005). (LTR08-221a // CL08-603a.)
1846 [Jan.-April 14]
[P. P. Cooke to Poe (three letters). Moved to CL-618a.]
Jan. 3
Poe (85 Amity St., NY, NY) to C. G. Percival (Utica, NY). W [1909], 2:374; Richmond Times-Dispatch, 21 July 1935, sec. 5, p. 15; L [1948], 2:309. MS unlocated; envelope at CSmH (bound with HM 2514). Whitty and Ostrom state that the MS is at ViRVal, but that institution claims no record of the letter. CL41 gives the MS as at ViRP, which also disavows ownership. The envelope was apparently separated from the letter and sold with some other MS, probably the fragments of “Marginalia” M-253-255, from an Am. Art Assoc. sale (Austin), 23 April 1917, item 586, as noted in ABC (1917), p. 1032. SH $115 (1917, envelope only, with another MS). (LTR48-222 // CL41-512; CL48-605.)
1846
Jan. 5
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); TOM [EP], p. 174. MS at NN. SH $9 (1896). (CL41-513; CL48-606.)
Jan. 8
Poe (NY, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). NYPL Bltn. (Jan. 1902) 6:8; H [Works], 17:227; Quinn, p. 496; L [1948], 2:309-310. MS at NN. (LTR48-223 // CL41-514; CL48-607.)
before Jan. 10 (?)
R. Leighton, Jr. (Boston, MA) to Poe (NY, NY) (asking Poe for autograph). Implied in Poe to R. Leighton, Jr., 10 Jan. 1846 (CL-608b). (CL41-[A38]; CL48-608.)
Jan. 10
Poe (NY, NY) to J. L. Chester (Philadelphia, PA). The Autograph Bulletin (published by T. F. Madigan), Jan. 1924, item 99; EAP Review (Fall 2001) 2:28. MS unlocated. (LTR08-223a // CL08-608a.)
Jan. 10
Poe (NY, NY) to R. Leighton, Jr. (Boston, MA). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Clarke), 3 Dec. 1931, item 348; Christie's (NY) sale (Doheny) 21-22 Feb. 1989, item 2082. MS unlocated. (Formerly in the collection of T. F. Madigan. and at CCamarSJ, but sold at the Doheny auction. It was donated to CCamarSJ by Countess E. Doheny about 1940.) SH $125 (1931); $8,500 (1989). [MS offered for sale for $15,000 in 1994 by J. Maddelena, a California autograph dealer. The sale of the letter was noted in the PSA Newsletter (Fall 1994) 22:4.] (LTR08-223b // CL41-515; CL48-610; CL08-608b.)
Jan. 10
Poe (NY, NY) to F. Halleck (NY, NY). L [1948], 2:310. Validity suspected by TOM. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester, purchased through J. Flemming of the Rosenbach Co., about 17 May 1945). (LTR48-224 // CL48-609.)
[Jan. 10]
[Poe to R. Leighton, Jr. Moved to CL-608b to maintain sequence with the printed letters.]
Jan. 10
Poe (NY, NY) to C. E. Lester (NY, NY). Parke-Bernet sale (Mercantile Library Association), 20-21 Jan. 1947, item 616; L [1948], 2:310-311. Validity suspected by TOM. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $350 (1947). (LTR48-224a // CL48-610a.)
Jan. 12
Poe (NY, NY) to P. P. Cooke (The Vineyard, near Millwood, Clarke County, VA). No letter; just a cutting from an envelope or address leaf. Only “Jan 12” legible in the postmark. G. A. Baker & Co. sale, 21 Oct. 1941, item 327; L [1974], pp. 528, cited. MS-fragment at TxU-Hu. SH $12 (1941). (LTR74-224b // CL74-610b.)
Jan. 10 - April 11 (?)
A Gentleman (London, England) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to a Gentleman (CL-610d). (CL74-610c.)
Jan. 10 - April 11
Poe (NY, NY) to a Gentleman (London, England). Fragment as first printed in the Popular Record of Modern Science [London], no. 54 (11 April 1846): 225-226; L [1974], p. 528-529. (LTR74-224c // CL74-610d.)
Jan. 15
Poe (NY, NY) to — ? (— ?) [probably L. A. Godey]. A three-line promissory note. MS at MB (Griswold). (PN04-6 // CL81-610e.)
Jan. 16
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Philadelphia, PA). Anderson sale (Hale), 25 Jan. 1917, item 51; NY Times, 28 Jan. 1917, p. 14 (in an article by Joyce Kilmer); Phillips, 2:1083; L [1948], 2:311-312. MS at CSmH (HM 24216). SH $295 (1917). (LTR48-225 // CL41-516; CL48-611.)
Jan. 30
Poe (NY, NY) to — ? (— ?) [possibly E. A. Duyckinck]. L [1948], 2:312-313. Validity suspected by TOM. MS-fragment at InU. (LTR48-226 // CL48-612.)
Feb. 26
A. M. Ide, Jr. (South Attleboro, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-517; CL48-613.)
before March 19 (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to C. Dickens (London, England). Implied in C. Dickens to Poe, 19 March 1846 (CL-615). (CL48-614.)
March 19
C. Dickens (London, England) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at PHi. (CL48-615.)
before April 3
Postmaster (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in G. W. Eveleth to Poe, 3 April 1846 (CL-617). This is the third letter cited. The other two are CL-599 and CL-606. (CL41-[A40]; CL48-616.)
April 3
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); TOM [EP], pp 174-175. MS at NN. (CL41-519; CL48-617.)
April 15 [14]
Mrs. M. E. Hewitt (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Phillips, 2:1099 (excerpts); TOM [HP] p. 120. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-520.)
before April
16 P. P. Cooke (Millwood, VA) to Poe (NY, NY). Three letters, cited in Poe to P. P. Cooke, 16 April 1846 (CL-621). (CL81-618a.)
before April 16
Poe (NY, NY) to Wm. T. Porter (NY, NY) (with a MS of P. P. Cooke's “Turkey-Hunter”). Cited in Poe to P. P. Cooke, 16 April 1846 (CL-621). Porter was the editor of The Spirit of the Times. (CL48-619.)
before April 16
Wm. T. Porter (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY) (returning Cooke's MS from CL-619). Cited in Poe to P. P. Cooke, 16 April 1846 (CL-621). (CL48-620.)
April 16
Poe (NY, NY) to P. P. Cooke (Millwood, VA) (misdated by Poe as April 16, 1842). L [1948], 2:313-315; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Martin), 30-31 Jan. 1990, item 2224 (F of first page). MS unlocated. SH $22,000 (1990). (LTR48-227 // CL41-521; CL48-621 and CL48-362c.)
April 16
Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME). Ingram 2:72; Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (as a set of 12 letters; H [Works], 17:230; Anderson sale (Sanderson), 1 May 1916, item 641; PE, p. 6; Phillips, 2:1100 (excerpts); Am. Art Assoc. sale (Terry), 2-3 May 1934, part 1, item 214 (F); Quinn, p. 521; L [1948], 2:315; Hamilton, Great Forgers & Famous Fakes, 1980, p. 117 (F, as an authentic example of Poe's handwriting). Poe misspells Eveleth's name as “Evelett.” MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester); transcript by J. H. Ingram at ViU (Ingram, item 28). SH $9 (1896, for the set of letters); $132.50 (1916); $675 (1934). (LTR48-228 // CL41-522 and CL41-523; CL48-622.)
before April 18 (?)
J. E. Root (Troy, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to J. E. Root, 18 April 1846 (CL-622b). (CL66-622a.)
April 18
Poe (NY, NY) to J. E. Root (Troy, NY). L [1966], 2:713-714. MS at MH-H (given to Harvard on Nov. 1, 1943 by Wm I. Morse). (LTR66-228a // CL66-622b.)
April 25
Miss M. Neal (Portland, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Miss M. Neal to Mrs. F. S. Osgood, 25 April 1846 (RF-12). (CL41-524; CL48-623.)
before April 28 (?)
J. A. Maubey [or Marbray ?] (— ?) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA; forwarded to NY, NY). Implied in Poe to J. A. Maubey, 28 April 1846 (CL-629). (CL48-624.)
before April 28
G. F. Barstow and F. Jewett [for the Societies of the U. of VT, Burlington, VT] to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to E. A. Duyckinck, 28 April 1846 (CL-628). (CL41-528; CL48-625 and CL48-[630a].)
April 28
Poe (NY, NY) to G. F. Barstow and F. Jewett (Societies of the U. of VT, Burlington, VT). Am. Lit. (Jan. 1961) 32:455; L [1966], 2:714. MS at PP (Gimbel). (LTR66-228b // CL41-[A41]; CL48-626.)
ca. April 28
Poe (NY, NY) to J. Keese (NY, NY) (sent via Duyckinck). Cited in Poe to E. A. Duyckinck, 28 April 1846 (CL-628). (CL41-[A39]; CL48-627.)
April 28
Poe (NY, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). NYPL Bltn. (Jan. 1902) 6:8-9; H [Works], 17:230-232; Phillips, 2:1100 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:316-317. MS at NN. (LTR48-229 // CL41-525; CL48-628.)
April 28
Poe (NY, NY) to L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA). L [1974], p. 529-531. MS at PP (Gimbel). (LTR74-229a // CL41-530; CL48-633 and CL48-[644a]; CL74-628a.)
April 28
Poe (NY, NY) to J. A. Maubey [or Marbray] (— ?). Anderson sale (Smith), 14 March 1921, item 332 (with the poem “The Toilette” and correspondence relating to it); T. F. Madigan, Autograph Bulletin, April 1922, item 139 (with a portrait of Poe); L [1948], 2:317. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $72.50 (1921). (LTR48-230 // CL41-526; CL48-629.)
April 29 (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA) (with some entries for “The Literati”). Implied in Poe to L. A. Godey, 28 April 1846 (CL-628a). (CL74-629a.)
late April (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to J. E. Snodgrass (Baltimore, MD). Implied by a notice in Balt. Sat. Visiter (9 May 1846) closely resembling Poe's request to Duyckinck in CL-628. (CL08-629b), but with slightly differing details.
April
Miss E. B. Barrett (London, England) to Poe (NY, NY). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:859; H [Works], 17:229-230; W [1909], 2:163-165; Phillips, 2:1077 (excerpts). MS at NN. (CL41-527; CL48-630.)
May 1
L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Docketed on Poe's letter to Godey, 28 April 1846 (CL-628a). (CL74-630a.)
before May 25 (?)
T. Honland (Cambridge, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to T. Honland, 25 May 1846 (CL-632). (CL48-631.)
May 25
Poe (NY, NY) to T. Honland (Cambridge, MA). Adrian H. Joline, Meditations of an Autograph Collector (NY: Harpers, 1902) p. 159; Anderson sale (Joline), 15 Dec. 1914, item 832, inserted in a copy of W [1909]; L [1948], 2:317. MS unlocated. (LTR48-231 // CL41-529; CL48-632.)
before May 26
Poe (NY, NY) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). Implied by N. P. Willis to Poe, 26 May (or later) 1846 (CL-632b). (CL41-510; CL48-601; CL08-632a.)
May 26 or later
N. P. Willis (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:206; Phillips 2:1028. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-511; CL48-602; CL08-632b.)
[May (?)]
[Poe to L. A. Godey. Moved to CL-628a and CL-629a. (Renumbered in CL74-633.)]
June 6
Poe (NY, NY) to T. P. Kettell (NY, NY). Offered for private sale in 2004. MS unlocated. (LTR08-231a // CL08-633a.)
June 9
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); Phillips 2:1100 (excerpts). Cited in Poe to G. W. Eveleth, 15 Dec. 1846 (CL-660). MS unlocated. (CL41-532; CL48-634, CL48-[622a] and CL48-[638a].)
June 12
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. V. Poe (NY, NY). Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:421; Ingram 2:88-89; H [Works], 17:232; W [1909], 2:217; Phillips, 2:1118-1119; L [1948], 2:318. MS unlocated; transcript by Mrs. Houghton (M. L. Shew) at ViU (Ingram, item 29). (The note in H [Works], that the MS was in the Griswold collection seems to be an error.) (LTR48-232 // CL41-533; CL48-635.)
June 15
Poe (NY, NY) to J. M. Field (St. Louis, MO). Lillian Whiting, Life of Kate Field (1899) pp. 21-22; Anderson sale (Stedman), 24 Jan. 1911, item 2281; Anderson sale (Emmet) 4 Dec. 1922, item 347; Phillips 2:1131-1132; L [1948], 2:318-321. Several paragraphs, adapted from Poe's letter, were published in the St. Louis Daily Reveillé of 30 June 1846, reprinted in the Weekly Reveillé of 6 July 1846. MS at CSmH (HM 21872). (Formerly in the collections of L. Whiting and K. Field.) SH $490 (1911); $455 (1922). (LTR48-233 // CL41-534; CL48-636.)
before June 16 (?)
Dickinson College Literary Societies (Carlisle, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to — ?, 16 June 1846 (CL-638). (CL48-637.)
June 16
Poe (NY, NY) to — ? (— ?) (possibly E. A. Duyckinck). Anderson sale (Joline), 15 Dec. 1914, item 832 (prints partial text); Anderson sale (Sanderson), 1-3 May 1916, item 642; L [1948], 2:321 and L [1966], 2:715; S. T. Freeman & Co. (Philadelphia) sale (Snyder), 29 June 1949, item 528 (tipped in Stedman & Woodberry [Works, 1914 reprint], vol. I). At one time, Poe's correspondent was suggested as Horace Greeley. Validity suspected by TOM. MS at TxU-Hu. SH $125 (1914); $525 (1949). (LTR48-234 // CL41-535; CL48-638; CL66-638.)
June 17
N. Hawthorne (Salem, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:860; H [Works], 17:232-233; W [1909], 2:211-212; Phillips, 2:1138; Sotheby's (NY) sale (Martin), 30-31 Jan. 1990, item 2228 (F). MS unlocated. (CL41-518 and CL41-537; CL48-639 and CL48-[613a].)
ca. June 24
L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY) (enclosing a copy of “Mr. English's reply to Mr. Poe” from the Morning Telegraph of 23 June 1846). Cited in “Mr. Poe's Reply to Mr. English and Others,” The Philadelphia Spirit of the Times (10 July 1846) (Poe's “reply” dated 27 June). Also implied by Poe's comment in Living Writers that he wrote the reply at Godey's request (SAR 1991, p. 163). (CL08-639a.)
June 27
Poe (NY, NY) to H. B. Hirst (Philadelphia, PA). Anderson sale (Hirst descendant), 9-11 May 1921, item 566 (F); Current Opinion (June 1921) 70:823 (F); Phillips, 2:1137; L [1948], 2:321-322. MS at CSmH (HM 21867). SH $195 (1921). (LTR48-235 // CL41-538; CL48-640.)
before June 29 (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to E. Littell (Boston, MA). Implied in Poe to E. A. Duyckinck, 29 June 1846 (CL-643). (CL48-641.)
ca. June 29 (?)
E. Littell (Boston, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to E. A. Duyckinck, 29 June 1846 (CL-643). (CL41-[A43]; CL48-642.)
before June 29
E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to E. A. Duyckinck, 29 June 1846 (CL-643), perhaps in reply to Poe to E A. Duyckinck, 28 April 1846 (CL-628). (CL08-642a.)
[June] 29 Monday
Poe (NY, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). NYPL Bltn. (Jan. 1902) 6:9; H [Works], 17:255; L [1948], 2:323. MS at NN. (LTR48-236 // CL41-539; CL48-643.)
ca. June 29 (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA) (with Poe's “reply” to English). Implied in Poe to E. A. Duyckinck, 29 June 1846 (CL-643), and in Poe to L. A. Godey, 16 July 1846 (CL-646). (CL41-542; CL48-644 and CL48-[644d].)
before July 16 (?)
L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to L. A. Godey, 16 July 1846 (CL-646). (CL41-543; CL48-645 and CL48-[644e].)
July 16
Poe (NY, NY) to L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA). G [Memoir] 3:xxiii (1850), and 1:xxxix (1853) (partial); Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:860; H [Works], 17:257-258; W [1909], 2:191-193; Phillips, 2:1159-1160 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:323-324. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-237 // CL41-544; CL48-646.)
July 17
Poe (NY, NY) to J. Bisco (NY, NY). Parke-Bernet sale, 15-16 Jan. 1941, item 321 (F). Sotheby's (NY) sale (Martin), 24 Jan. 1990, item 2206 (tipped into J. Bisco's copy of the BJ); L [1948], 2:325. MS in the collection of M. Kirsner (after being bought by the 19th Century Shop, the letter was sold separately.) SH $1,800 (1941); $24,000 (1990). (LTR48-238 // CL41-545; CL48-647.)
July 17 (?)
L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by an addressed envelope (no letter) at MB (Griswold). Poe's Living Writers MS contains the comment, “G returns the letter, and refuses me the 100 papers ...” (SAR 1991, p. 163). (CL41-546; CL48-648.)
July 22
Poe (NY, NY) to T. H. Chivers (Oaky Grove, GA). Century Mag. (Feb. 1903), 65:547; Quinn, pp. 512-513; L [1948], 2:325-327; Chase & Parks, 1:66-69. MS at CSmH (HM 24217). (LTR48-239 // CL41-549; CL48-649.)
before July 23
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Wm. G. Simms (NY, NY). Cited in Wm. G. Simms to Poe, 30 July 1846 (CL-652). (CL41-547; CL48-650 and CL48-[648a].)
ca. July 23
Poe (West Farms, NY) to Wm. G. Simms (NY, NY). The second of two letters, cited in Wm. G. Simms to Poe, 30 July 1846 (CL-652). (CL41-548; CL48-651 and CL48-[648b].)
July 30
Wm. G. Simms (NY, NY) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:860-861; H [Works], 17:259-262; W [1909], 2:199-204; Phillips, 2:1163-1164; The Letters of Wm. G. Simms, ed. Mary C. Simms Oliphant, et al. (Columbia: U. of SC Press, 1952-1956) 2:174-177. MS at MB (Griswold). [A draft, with some differences, is at ScU (Caroliniana).] (CL41-550; CL48-652.)
Aug. 4
P. P. Cooke (Millwood, VA) to Poe (NY, NY). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:861-862; H [Works], 17:262-264; W [1909], 2:204-207; Phillips, 2:1168-1169 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-551; CL48-653.)
Aug. 9
Poe (NY, NY) to P. P. Cooke (Millwood, VA). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:862-863; Libbie sale (French) 23-25 April 1901, item 1307 (excerpts); H [Works], 17:265-268; W [1909], 2:207-211; Phillips, 2:1169-1171; L [1948], 2:327-330. Griswold quotes a paragraph from this letter, with an important alteration, G [Memoir] 3:xxxi (1850), and 1:xlvii (1853). H [Works], 17:228, reprints part of this letter from Griswold's memoir, mistakenly thinking it a separate letter and misidentifying the correspondent as Griswold. MS at NN (Berg). (Formerly in the collections of F. R. Halsey, J. Kern, and O. D. Young.) SH $210 (1901); $19,000 (1929). (LTR48-240 // CL41-568 and CL41-552; CL48-654 and CL48-666c.)
Aug. 14
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at NN. (Formerly in the collection of A. Wm. Anthony.) (CL41-196 and CL41-553; CL48-655.)
Aug. 24
Poe (NY, NY) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Christie's (NY) sale, 18 Dec. 2003 (“property of a lady”), item 145 (F) (estimated price $18,000-25,000); J. N. Bartfield Fine Books, April 2004 (offered for $50,000). MS unlocated. (LTR08-240a // CL08-655a.)
Aug. 24
F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-203 and CL41-554; CL48-656 and CL48-[249a].)
Oct. 13
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); TOM [EP], pp. 175-176. MS at NN. (CL41-555; CL48-657.)
Nov. 30
A. Ramsay (Stonehaven, Scotland) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:268-269; Phillips, 2:1187-1188 (excerpts). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-557; CL48-658.)
[Dec. 7]
[Poe to A. N. Howard. Moved to SP-93.]
Dec. 15
Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME). Ingram 1:275-276 and 2:103-106 (partial); H [Works], 17:206-207 and 269-272 (partial); Anderson sale (Thacher), 13 March 1914, item 285 (with name given as “Evelett”); PE, pp. 40-45; Anderson sale (Arnold), 10-11 Nov. 1924, item 664 (F of page 3); Phillips, 2:1189-1190 (partial) and 2:942 (excerpts); Quinn, pp. 521-524; L [1948], 2:331-334. MS at NN (Berg); transcript by G. W. Eveleth at ViU (Ingram, item 30, sent 1 Oct. 1878, in item 340). SH $700 (1914); $1,750 (1924). (LTR48-241 // CL41-558; CL48-660.)
Dec. 23
N. P. Willis (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Stedman & Woodberry [Works], 1:76; H [Works], 17:272; Phillips, 2:1194 (partial, and misdated as Dec. 30). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-560 and CL41-572; CL48-661, CL48-[660b], CL48-[666a], CL48-[666b], CL48-[670b] and CL48-[830u].)
Dec. 24
Poe (Fordham, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). NYPL Bltn. (Jan. 1902) 6:9-10; H [Works], 17:273; L [1948], 2:334. MS at NN. (LTR48-242 // CL41-561; CL48-662.)
Dec. 24
Poe (NY, NY) to Wm. D. Ticknor (Boston, MA). Allen 2:725; L [1948], 2:335. MS at DLC (O. W. Holmes papers). (LTR48-243 // CL41-562; CL48-663.)
Dec. 30
Poe (Fordham, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). NYPL Bltn. (Jan. 1902) 6:10; H [Works], 17:275-276; W [1909], 2:229-231; Phillips, 2:1199-1200; L [1948], 2:336-337. MS at NN. (LTR48-244 // CL41-563; CL48-664.)
Dec. 30
Poe (NY, NY) to A. Ramsay (Stonehaven, Scotland). Bookman (Sept. 1916) 44:20-21; Whitty (1917), p. 205; Robertson [Bibliography] 2:234 (F); Phillips, 2:1118; L [1948], 2:337. MS at PP (Gimbel). (LTR48-245 // CL41-564; CL48-665.)
Dec. 30
Poe (NY, NY) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). Home Journal (9 Jan. 1847); G [Memoir] 3:xxv (1850) and 1:xli (1853); Gill, pp. 188-189; Ingram 2:100-101; Stedman & Woodberry [Works], 1:76-77; H [Works], 17:274-275; Phillips, 2:1198-1199 (partial); L [1948], 2:338-339. (LTR48-246a // CL41-565; CL48-666.)
1846 (?)
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Cited, and partially quoted, in Mrs. Lewis’ account, Ingram (1880), 2:219. (LTR08-246 // CL08-666a.)
1847
Jan. 17
Poe (Fordham, NY) to C. A. Bristed (NY, NY). Parke-Bernet sale, 4 Dec. 1945, item 77; L [1948], 2:339-340. MS at TxU-Hu. (Formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester.) SH $300 (1945). (LTR48-247 // CL48-667.)
Jan. 19
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); TOM [EP], pp. 177-180; Phillips, 2:1189 (excerpts). MS at NN. (CL41-569; CL48-668.)
before Jan. 29
(?) Mrs. M. L. Shew (NY, NY) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Implied by Poe to Mrs. M. L. Shew, 29 Jan. 1847 (CL-670). (CL41-570; CL48-669 and CL48-[668a].)
Jan. 29
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. M. L. Shew (NY, NY). Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:421; Ingram 2:107 (F); Joline, Meditations, 1902, p. 160 (quoted); H [Works], 1:265; Bangs sale, 26 Jan. 1899, item 21; H (1903) 1:265 (F); W [1909], 2:223-224; Anderson sale (Joline), 23 Feb. 1916, item 476; Phillips, 2:1201; Allen, 2:726-727; L [1948], 2:340. MS at CSmH (HM 24221); transcript by Mrs. Houghton (M. L. Shew) at ViU (Ingram, item 32). SH $25.50 (1899); $560 (1916). (LTR48-248 // CL41-571; CL48-670.)
before Feb. 16
Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) (with 2 newspapers, one being the Home Journal of 9 Jan. 1847). Cited in Poe to G. W. Eveleth, 16 Feb. 1847 (CL-671). (CL08-670a.)
before Feb. 16
Poe (NY, NY) to T. H. Chivers (Washington, GA) (with the Home Journal of 9 Jan. 1847). Implied in T. H. Chivers to Poe, 21 Feb. 1847 (CL-673). (CL41-574; CL08-670b.)
Feb. 16
Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME). Ingram 1:167; H [Works], 17:277-278; Anderson sale (Coffin), 1 Jan. 1927, item 322; PE, pp. 45-46; L [1948], 2:343-344. MS at NN (Berg); transcript by G. W. Eveleth at ViU (Ingram, item 33). SH $3,600 (1927). (LTR48-249 // CL41-573; CL48-671.)
Feb. 21
Poe (NY, NY) to H. Greeley (NY, NY). W [1909], 2:426-427 (excerpts); Phillips 2:1208-1209 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:344-346. MS at NNPM (MA 644-15, purchased in 1910). (Formerly in the collection of G. Wells.) (LTR48-250 // CL41-576; CL48-672.)
Feb. 21
T. H. Chivers (Washington, GA) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:278-280; Phillips, 2:1213; Damon, Chivers, Friend of Poe (1930), between pp. 234-235 (F); Chase & Parks, 1:69-71. MS at MB (Griswold, item 176). (CL41-577; CL48-673 and CL48-[670a].)
Feb. 21
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); TOM [EP], pp. 181-182; Phillips, 2:1208 (excerpts). MS at NN. (CL41-578; CL48-674.)
Feb. 21
Mrs. J. E. Locke (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. J. E. Locke, 10 March 1847 (CL-677). Misdated by Phillips 2:1214 as Feb. 20. (CL41-575; CL48-675, CL48-[671a] and CL48-[671b].)
Feb. 24
J. F. Reinman and J. H. Walker (Springfield, OH) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to J. F. Reinman and J. H. Walker, 11 March 1847 (CL-680). (CL41-579; CL48-676.)
ca. after Jan. 30 - late Feb.
Mrs. E. Shelton (Richmond, VA) to Poe (Fordham, NY). According to Mrs. S. A. Weiss, “After his wife's death she [Mrs. Shelton] was continually inquiring about him of Mr. Thos. Mackenzie, and even sent messages — remembrances and regards — and hoped he would visit Richmond. Possibly letters may have passed between — them ...” (Independent, August 25, 1904, p. 445). This item is accepted with reservations. (CL08-676a.)
March 10
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. J. E. Locke (Lowell, MA) (draft of letter of same date). G [Memoir] 3:xxv-xxvi (1850) and 1:xli-xlii (1853) (applying corrections); Ingram 2:116-117; H [Works], 17:280-282; Phillips 2:1214 (excerpts) and 2:1215-1219 (F); L, 2:346-348. MS of original draft at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-251 // CL41-580; CL48-677.)
March 10 (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. J. E. Locke (Lowell, MA). Clean copy of draft in CL 677, presumably mailed. (CL41-581; CL48-678.)
March 11
Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) (with a copy of Poe's “Reply” to T. D. English). Ingram 2:87 (partial, and out of order); Anderson sale (Toedteberg), 14 Oct. 1904, item 584; Anderson sale (Poor), 19 Nov. 1908, item 895 (excerpts) (tipped in a copy of TG&A); Am. Art. Assoc sale (Wallace), 22 March 1920, item 1033 (still in TG&A); PE, pp. 46-47; Phillips, 2:1221 (excerpt, dated as “late March, 1847”); L [1948], 2:348-349. Early references perpetuate Poe's error of “Evelette.” MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester); transcript by G. W. Eveleth at ViU (Ingram, item 35). SH $55 (1904); $251 (1908); $460 (1920). (LTR48-252 // CL41-582; CL48-679.)
[March 28] [Poe to E. L. Fancher. Incorrectly assigned in L [1966], 2:716. Renumbered as CL-680a.]
March 11
Poe (NY, NY) to J. F. Reinman and J. H. Walker (Springfield, OH). Ingram 2:118; Phillips 2:1220; L [1948], 2:349-350. MS unlocated (at one time on file with the Philosophian Society, OSW, the MS is unlocated, and presumed lost); transcript by Wm. H. Browne at ViU (Ingram, item 36). (LTR48-253 // CL41-583; CL48-680.)
March 28
Poe (Fordham, NY) to E. L. Fancher (NY, NY) (misdated by Poe as 1846). Am. Lit. (Jan. 1965) 36:514; L [1966], 2:716; Sotheby's (NY) sale, 16 Dec. 1992, item 100 (F). MS unlocated; transcript by TOM at IaU. (MS formerly at OMC, in the Slack collection.) SH $14,000 (1992). (LTR66-253a // CL66-679a; CL81-680a.)
April 4
T. H. Chivers (Washington, GA) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:282-284; Chase & Parks, 1:71-73. MS at MB (Griswold, item 177). (CL41-584; CL48-681.)
after April 4
Wm. H. Fonerden (Washington, GA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by T. H. Chivers to Poe, 4 April 1847 (CL-681), and Fonerden's name in Such Friends (p. 24). William Henry Fonerden was editor of the Atlanta Enterprise. (CL08-681a.)
April 14
A. Ramsay (Stonehaven, Scotland) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:284-285. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-585; CL48-682.)
ca. May [Saturday night]
Mrs. M. L. Shew (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. L. Shew, May 1847 (CL-683). (CL41-586; CL48-685; CL08-682a.)
[May] Sunday night
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. M. L. Shew (NY, NY). Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:422 (misdated as 1848); Ingram 2:153-154; H [Works], 17:297; Phillips, 2:1268-1269; L [1948], 2:350-351. Ingram and H omit two phrases. H [Works], claims to be from Griswold collection, but is clearly a reprint of Ingram. MS unlocated; transcript by D. Houghton at ViU (Ingram, item 37). (LTR48-254 // CL41-587; CL48-683 and CL48-[710a].)
ca. May (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to H. Barney (NY, NY). Cited in Mrs. M. L. Shew to Ingram, 23 Jan. 1875 (RF-25). Hiram Barney was Mrs. Shew's uncle, and a senior member of a NY law firm. Ingram notes on her letter that she sent “only a copy.” (CL48-684.)
[ca. May]
[Mrs. M. L. Shew to Poe. Moved to CL-682a to proceed CL-683.]
[June]
[Poe to C. P. Bronson. Moved to CL-688a.]
July 27
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). TOM [EP] pp. 182-184. MS at NN. (CL41-588; CL48-686.) 686 Aug. 10 Poe (NY, NY) to R. T. Conrad (Philadelphia, PA). Bangs sale, 16 Feb. 1898, item 691; H [Works], 1:270-271; Quinn, pp. 531-532; L [1948], 2:351-352. MS at ViU. SH $16 (1898). (LTR48-255 // CL41-589; CL48-687.)
Aug. 31
Poe (NY, NY) to R. T. Conrad (Philadelphia, PA). Kovach cat. no. 1, 22 Sept. 1933, item 1 (F); Phillips, 2:1229 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:352; Christie's (NY) sale (Doheny), 18 Oct. 1988, item 1546 (F). MS unlocated. (Formerly in the collection of Capt. Pleadwell, and at CCamarSJ, but sold at the Doheny auction. It was donated to CCamarSJ by Countess E. Doheny about 1940.) SH $19,900 (1988). (LTR48-256 // CL41-590; CL48-688.)
[Oct.-Nov.]
Monday Poe (Fordham, NY) to C. P. Bronson (NY, NY). Home Journal (21 July 1860) p. 3; Henkels sale, 5 Dec. 1898, item 242; Dodd, Mead & Co., cat. 59, March 1901, item 269 (excerpt); Am. Lit. (May 1948) 20:167; L [1948], 2:351 and L [1966], 2:716-717; Sotheby's (London) sale, 31 July 1961, item 349; TOM [Poems] 1:412. Bronson's daughter was Mrs. M. E. LeDuc, who apparently sold the letter about Nov. 1888; see Poe Studies, no. 1 (June 1976) 9:27. Mrs. LeDuc claimed the letter was dated June 1847, but for some reason a later date is assigned by the Home Journal article. MS at TxU-Hu. SH $7.50 (1898); ?320 (1961). (LTR48-254a; LTR08-256a // CL48-685a; CL66-688a.)
Oct.-Nov. (?)
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. C. Kirkland (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to C. P. Bronson, Monday [Oct.-Nov.] 1847 (CL-688a). (CL66-688b.)
Oct.-Nov. (?)
Poe (Fordham, NY) to G. H. Colton (NY, NY). Probable cover letter sent with MS of “Ulalume” for publication, which followed, Am. Review, Dec. 1847. (CL66-688c.)
before Nov. (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Cited in Ingram 2:219 (where it is misdated “1849”). (CL48-689.)
before Nov. 12
Poe (NY, NY) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). Implied in N. P. Willis to Poe, 12 Nov. 1847 (CL-689b). (CL41-426 and CL41-428; CL48-508; CL08-689a.)
Nov. 12
N. P. Willis (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Gill, p. 130 (F); H [Works], 17:194. Renumbered based on revised dating, see Reece, 1954, p. 82. Also cited in Poe to N. P. Willis, 8 Dec. 1847, CL-693. MS unlocated. (CL41-429 and CL41-[A45]; CL48-509; CL08-689b.)
before Nov. 27
Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. A. Lewis, 27 Nov. 1847 (CL-691). (CL41-[A44]; CL48-690.)
Nov. 27
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Ingram [Works, 1874-1875] 1:lxxxii (misdated as 1848); Ingram, 2:127-128; H [Works], 17:286; Phillips, 2:1249; L [1948], 2:352-353. MS at CtY. SH £320 (1960-1961). (LTR48-257 // CL41-592 and CL41-593; CL48-691 and CL48-[691a].)
[Nov.]
[N. P. Willis to Poe. Delete, same as CL-689a. (CL48-692.)]
Dec. 8
Poe (Fordham, NY) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). W [1885], p. 281; H [Works], 17:324-325 (only a brief paraphrasing, and misdated as 1849); W [1909], 2:233; Phillips, 2:1246-1247; L [1948], 2:353-354; L [1966], 2:718. MS at MH-H. (LTR48-258 // CL41-596; CL48-693 and CL48-[751a].)
ca. late 1846-1847
Poe (Fordham, NY) to H. T. Herbert (NY, NY). Implied by Poe's comment in the MS of Living Writers (RF-13), “Herbert ? ... write to him” (SAR 1991, p. 177). (CL08-693a.)
ca. late 1846-1847
Poe (Fordham, NY) to J. Neal (Portland, ME). Implied by Poe's comment in the MS of Living Writers (RF-13), “Write to Neal ...” (SAR 1991, p. 172). As for CL666c-CL666i, there is a possibility that Poe did not send the letter. (CL08-693b.)
ca. late 1846-1847
Poe (Fordham, NY) to N. C. Brooks (Baltimore, MD). Implied by Poe's comment in the MS of Living Writers (RF-13), “Write to ... Brooks ...” (SAR 1991, p. 172). (CL08-693c.)
ca. late 1846-1847
Poe (Fordham, NY) to F. W. Thomas (Washington, DC). Implied by Poe's comment in the MS of Living Writers (RF-13), “Write to ... Thomas ab[out] Welby, Prentice” (SAR 1991, p. 172). (CL08-693d.)
ca. late 1846-1847
Poe (Fordham, NY) to L. J. Cist (Cincinnati, OH). Implied by Poe's comment in the MS of Living Writers (RF-13), “Write to ... Cist ab[out] Mrs. Nichols, Hall” (SAR 1991, p. 172). (CL08-693e.)
ca. late 1846-1847
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. J. Hale (Philadelphia, PA). Implied by Poe's comment in the MS of Living Writers (RF-13), “[Write] To Mrs. S. J. Hale for autog[raph]” (SAR 1991, p. 172). (CL08-693f.)
ca. late 1846-1847
Poe (Fordham, NY) to P. Benjamin (NY, NY). Implied by Poe's comment in the MS of Living Writers (RF-13), which states that Poe should “[Write] To Benj[ami]n ab[out] self and [Cornelius] Mathews” (SAR 1991, p. 172). (CL08-693g.)
ca. late 1846-1847
Poe (Fordham, NY) to A. M. Ide (South Attleboro, MA). Implied by Poe's comment in the MS of Living Writers (RF-13), “[Write] To Ide ...” (SAR 1991, p. 172). (CL08-693h.)
1848
Jan. 4
Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) (with a prospectus for the Stylus). Ingram 2:132-134 (partial); Bangs sale (Foote), 23 Nov. 1894, items 210 (prospectus) and 219 (letter); H [Works], 17:256-257, 287-288 and 288-290 (partial); Phillips, 2:1253-1254 (excerpts); PE, pp. 48-52; Golden Book, Sept. 1933, 48:258-259 (F); Am. Notes & Queries (Aug. 1941) 1:68-69; Quinn, pp. 536-537 (F, but with an edge folded under, cutting part of several lines); L [1948], 2:354-357; Sunday Sun (Baltimore), 18 Jan. 1953, pp. 6-7 (excerpts); Am. Heritage, Feb. 1957. The final five lines are printed in Anderson sale (21-24 Jan. 1929) p. 2, item 934. MS at TxU-Hu; transcript by G. W. Eveleth at ViU (Ingram, item 40); MS of postscript unlocated. (MS formerly in the collections of W. A. White, about 1937, and of A. S. W. Rosenbach.) SH $75 (1894). SH $72 (prospectus) and $210 (letter) (1894). (LTR48-259 // CL41-597 and CL41-594; CL48-694 and CL48-[692a].)
Jan. 11
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); TOM [EP], pp. 184-186; Phillips, 2:1247 (excerpts). MS at NN. (CL41-598; CL48-695.)
Jan. 17
Poe (Fordham, NY) to H. D. Chapin (NY, NY). Ingram 2:135; H [Works], 17:290-291; L [1948], 2:357-358. MS unlocated (not at PP, as stated in CL81). (LTR48-260 // CL41-599; CL:48-696.)
Jan. 17
Poe (NY, NY) to L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA). Anderson sale (Hart), 16 Oct. 1922, item 1048 (laid in a copy of RAOP, 1846); Am. Art Assoc. sale (Smith), 23-24 Nov. 1937, item 353 (excerpt); L [1948], 2:358 and L [1974], p. 532-533. MS at PP (Gimbel). SH $140 (1922); $160 (1937). (LTR48-261 // CL41-600; CL48-697.)
Jan. 19
L. A. Godey (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Docketed on envelope of Poe to Godey, 17 Jan. 1848. (CL74-697a.)
Jan. 22
Poe (Fordham, NY) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). Home Journal (20 Oct. 1849) p. 2; Gill, pp. 197-198; Ingram 2:136-137; H [Works], 17:291-292; L [1948], 2:359. (LTR48-262 // CL41-601; CL48-698.)
ca. Jan. 27-28
Poe (NY, NY) to H. W. Herbert (NY). Cited in The Spirit of the Times, Feb. 5, 1848. The brief printed notice in reply to Poe reads: “E. A. P. — We did not receive your note until after last week's paper went to press. It may be as well to state here that the ‘Spirit’ is sent to press on Thursday Evenings.” Poe probably had asked for a notice announcing his lecture on “The Universe” for Thursday, Feb. 3, 1848. Several such notices appeared in NY papers about that time. (CL08-698a.)
Feb. 10
G. E. Isbell (Binghamton, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to G. E. Isbell, 29 Feb. 1848 (CL-701). (CL41-[A48]; CL48-699.)
Feb. 29
Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME). Ingram 2:139-141; Stoddard (Works, 1884) 5:150-156 (Poe's long postcript only); Stedman & Woodberry [Works], 9:293-301; H [Works], 17:285 and 388-341; Anderson sale (Hoe), 24 April 1911, item 2642; W [1909], 2:441-442 (excerpt); PE, 52-55 (from Eveleth's transcript); Quinn, pp. 557-559; L [1948], 2:360-362. MS at NNPM (MA 644-11); transcript by Eveleth in ViU (Ingram, item 41). SH $1,700 (1911). (LTR48-263 // (CL41-602; CL48-700, CL48-[693a] and CL48-[701a].)
Feb. 29
Poe (NY, NY) to G. E. Isbell [not Irbey] (Binghamton, NY) (with a prospectus of the Stylus). H [Works], 1:277-278 (lacking postscript); Heartman & Canny [1940], pp. 83-84 (quoted); L [1948], 2:362-364. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-264 // CL41-603; CL48-701 and CL48-[700a].)
March 9
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth) (excerpt); TOM [EP] 1:186-188; Phillips 2:1237-1238 (excerpts). MS at NN. (CL41-604; CL48-702 and CL48-[705a].)
March 30
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. M. L. Shew (NY, NY). Ingram 2:143; H [Works], 17:344 (dated as 1849); Phillips, 2:1264-1265 (excerpts); Allen, 2:807 (excerpt); L [1948], 2:364-365; Parke-Bernet sale (Barrett) 1 Nov. 1950, item 930 (F). MS at PP (Gimbel). SH $600 (1950). (LTR48-265 // CL41-675; CL48-703 and CL48-781a.)
before April 29
— ? (— ?) to Poe (NY, NY) (requesting an autograph). Implied in Poe to — ?, April 29, 1848 (CL-703b). (CL08-703a.)
April 29
Poe (NY, NY) to — ? (— ?). Sotheby's (NY) sale, 4 Dec. 1996, item 167. SH $8,000 (1996). MS unlocated. (LTR08-265a // CL08-703b.)
before May 3
H. B. Hirst (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to H. B. Hirst, 3 May 1848 (CL-705). (CL41-606; CL48-704.)
May 3
Poe (NY, NY) to H. B. Hirst (Philadelphia, PA). Anderson sale (Hirst descendant), 9 May 1921, item 567 (excerpt); Phillips, 2:1266-1267 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:365. SH $155 (1921). MS at CSmH (HM 21869). (LTR48-266 // CL41-607; CL48-705.)
May 15
J. H. Hopkins, Jr. (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). MS at MB (Griswold). (CL48-706.)
before May 19
Mrs. J. E. Locke (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Two letters, a few sentences of one are quoted in Poe's reply, CL-708. Cited in Poe to Mrs. J. E. Locke, 19 May 1848 (CL-708). (CL48-707.)
May 19
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. J. E. Locke (Lowell, MA). L [1948], 2:366-368. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-267 // CL48-708.)
ca. May 24
Miss A. Blackwell (Providence, RI) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Cited in Poe to Miss A. Blackwell, 14 June 1848 (CL-712). (CL41-608; CL48-709 and CL48-[708a].)
May
Poe (Fordham, NY) to C. H. Marshall (NY, NY). Parke-Bernet sale (Flick) 9 Jan. 1946, item 450 (in vol. I of Stedman & Woodberry [Works, 1914 reprint]; L [1948], 2:368; L [1948], 1:facing p. 394 (F). Validity suspected by TOM. MS at TxU-Hu. SH $310 (1945). (LTR48-268 // CL48-710.)
before June
Editors of the Gentlemen's Magazine (Cincinnati, OH) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by a note in the magazine (see CL-710b.) (CL08-710a.)
before June
Poe (NY, NY) to the editors of the Gentlemen's Magazine (Cincinnati, OH). Implied by a note in the magazine (see Heartman & Canny, 1943, p. 198). (CL08-710b.)
June 7
Poe (Fordham, NY) to C. A. Bristed (NY, NY). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Willets), 11-12 Nov. 1937, item 332 (F) (accompanying Poe's calling card, with a short note to Bristed); Quinn, p. 566; L [1948], 2:368-369. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester; and apparently owned at one time by J. H. Whitty.) SH $925 (1937). (LTR48-269 // CL41-609; CL48-711.)
June 14
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Miss A. Blackwell (Providence, RI). H [Works], 17:296; Century Mag. (Jan. 1909), 77:444 (where it is described as “Dailey-Chace MSS.”); Phillips, 2:1287 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:369-371 [see also L [1966], 2:719]. Misdated by Ingram, Woodberry, and Phillips as 19 June 1848, and by Harrison as June 10. Quinn, p. 574, incorrectly suggests that the MS is at InU. MS unlocated; transcript by J. R. Bartlett at InU (Lilly); transcript by S. H. Whitman at ViU (Ingram, item 43). (LTR48-270 // CL41-610; CL48-712 and CL58-[711a].)
before June 15
B. Taylor (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY) (with “Views A-Foot”). Implied by Poe to B. Taylor, 15 June 1848 (CL-713) and the notation of “write see let” on Poe's address list (Such Friends, p. 18, item 239). (CL08-712a.)
June 15
Poe (NY, NY) to B. Taylor (NY, NY). Henkels sale (Sayre), 8 April 1908, item 119; W [1909], 2:374-375; Whitty [1917], p. 270 (excerpt); Phillips, 2:1288 (excerpt); W. R. Benjamin Autographs (NY), about 12 Feb. 1940; Collector, March 1940, item 9244 (advertised by W. R. Benjamin, excerpts); L [1948], 2:371 and L [1948], 2:facing p. 410 (F). Validity suspected by TOM, but probably authentic. MS at TxU-Hu. (Formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $65 (1908); SH $750 (1940). (LTR48-271 // CL41-611; CL48-713.)
June 21
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Ingram, 2:219-220; H [Works], 17:359-360 (misdated as 1849); L [1948], 2:372 [see also L [1974], p. 533]; Poe Studies (April 1969, no. 2) 2:36-37. MS at BL (31897f1) (noted on verso: “31897A. Purchd of J. H. Ingram Esq 12 Nov. 1881”). (LTR48-272 // CL41-690; CL48-714 and CL48-[802b].)
June
Mrs. M. L. Shew (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. L. Shew, June 1848 (CL-716). (CL41-695; CL48-715 and CL48-[807b].)
[June]
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. M. L. Shew (NY, NY). Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:423-424 (partial) (misdated as June 1849); Ingram 2:157-159 (partial); H [Works], 17:298-300; W [1909], 2:261-264; Phillips, 2:1273-1274 (condensed); Quinn, pp. 609-611 (misdated as 19 June 1849); L [1948], 2:372-374; Miller, BPB, 1977, pp. 122-124. MS unlocated; transcript by Mrs. Houghton (M. L. Shew), misdated 1849, at ViU (Ingram, item 213). (LTR48-273 // CL41-696; CL48-716 and CL48-[802a].)
July 9
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); TOM [EP], pp. 188-190; Phillips 2:1233 (excerpts). MS at NN. (CL41-612; CL48-717.)
before July 13
T. H. Chivers (NY, NY) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Implied by Poe to T. H. Chivers, 13 [14] July 1848 (CL-718). (CL08-717a.)
July 13 [14]
Poe (Fordham, NY) to T. H. Chivers (NY, NY). Century Mag. (Feb. 1903), 65:549; Quinn, p. 568; L [1948], 2:375; Chase & Parks, 1:74-75. MS at CSmH (HM 24218). (LTR48-274 // CL41-613; CL48-718.)
July 15
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. M. Osborne (Fordham, NY). Washington (DC) Post, 17 Jan. 1909 (F); Phillips, 2:1289-1290; L [1948], 2:375-376. A clipping from the Post is at ViU (Ingram, item 953), along with several other newspapers which reprint the facsimile. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-275 // CL41-614; CL48-719.)
Aug.
Mrs. J. E. Locke (Wamesit Cottage, Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY) (with MS of Mrs. Locke's long poem “Ermina's Tale”). J. E. Reilly, “Ermina's Gales,” Papers on Poe, ed. R. P. Veler (Springfield, Ohio: Chantry Music Press, 1972) p. 210. MS at ViU (Ingram, item 44). (CL41-657; CL48-762 and CL48-762; CL81-719a.)
Aug.
Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (Fordham, NY, forwarded by Mrs. M. Clemm to Richmond, VA) (with two stanzas from a poem by Mrs. Whitman, sent without signature). Cited in Poe to S. H. Whitman, 1 Oct. 1848 (CL-723). Since Fordham did not have its own post office, this letter was delivered to the West Farms Post Office, where it sat for several weeks. (CL41-615; CL08-719b.)
Aug. 5
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Fordham, NY). NYU Mag., II, no. 1, Spring 1987; PSA Newsletter, Fall 1987, 15:2 (misdated as 1849, corrected by D. Thomas in the PSA Newsletter for Spring 1988). Letter discovered in 1985 by Frank Walker, curator of the Fales Library of NYU. Mrs. Clemm apparently sent the letter to Miss Sarah E. Robins (who was planning to write a biography of Poe), from whom it passed to Elizabeth Robins. MS at NNYU-F (Robins). (LTR08-275a // CL08-719c.)
Sept. 5
Poe [pseud. Edward S. T. Grey] (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Century Mag. (Jan. 1909), 77:445 (misdated as 8 Sept. 1848); Phillips, 2:1313; Quinn, p. 575; L [1948], 2:379. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-276 // CL41-616; CL48-720 and CL48-[720a].)
Sept. 20
Poe (Fordham, NY) to C. F. Hoffman (NY, NY). G [Memoir] 3:xxvii-xxix (1850) and 1:xliii-xlv (1853); Ingram, 2:149-152; H [Works], 17:300-303; Phillips, 2:1266; L [1948], 2:379-382. MS unlocated. (LTR48-277 // CL41-617; CL48-721.)
before Sept. 25
E. Bowen (Pottsville, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to E. Bowen, 18 Oct. 1848 (CL-725a); also E. Bowen to A. S. Whitaker, 25 Sept. 1848 (RF-14). Bowen seems to have suggested that Poe write for Bowen's paper. (CL74-722a; CL08-721a.)
Sept. 27-29
Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 1 Oct. 1848 (CL-723), with portions quoted. (CL41-615 and CL41-618; CL48-722.)
before Oct. 1
[E. Bowen to Poe. Renumbered as CL-721a.] (CL74-722a.)
ca. Oct. 1
Poe (NY, NY) to E. Bowen (Pottsville, PA) (with a MS copy of “The Raven” for A. S. Whittaker). Cited in Poe to E. Bowen, 18 Oct. 1848 (CL-725a). (CL74-722b.)
Oct. 1, Sunday night
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) (with a postscript dated Oct. 3). H [Works], 17:292-296 and 304-308; H (H [LL]) pp. 5-18; Phillips, 2:1319-1321 (excerpts); Quinn, pp. 575-578; J. G. Varner, “Sarah Helen Whitman: Seeress of Providence,” unpublished dissertation, U. VA (1941) 1:302 and 1:307-312; L [1948], 2:382-391. MS at InU (Lilly); transcript by S. H. Whitman at ViU (Ingram, item 45). (LTR48-278 // CL41-619; CL48-723.)
after Oct. 1 (?)
Poe (Fordham, NY) to the editor of the Weekly Universe or Sunday Dispatch (NY, NY). Cited in G. W. Eveleth to Poe, 3 July 1849 (CL-807a). Regrettably, no file of this obscure periodical is known to have survived for this period. Since Eveleth mis-attributed several items to Poe, and Poe had no opportunity to reply to this letter, we cannot be certain that Poe actually wrote the article in question. If it was indeed by Poe, it was probably similar to what Poe wrote to C. F. Hoffman, 20 Sept. 1848. (CL08-723a.)
ca. Oct. 10
Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 18 Oct. 1848 (CL-727), with one sentence quoted. (CL41-620; CL48-724 and CL48-[724a].)
before Oct. 18
T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to T. L. Dunnell, 18 Oct. 1848 (CL-726). (CL48-725.)
Oct. 18
Poe (NY, NY) to E. Bowen (Pottsville, PA). American Notes & Queries (Jan. 1965) 3:67; L [1974], p. 533-534. MS at PP (Gimbel). (LTR74-278a // CL74-725a.)
Oct. 18
Poe (NY, NY) to T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI). Libbie sale (Alexander), 4 Dec. 1902, item 892; Am. Art Assoc. sale (Wakeman), 29 April 1924, item 956; L [1948], 2:391; Christie's (NY) sale (Marcus), 22 Nov. 1986, item 103. MS in collection of Mrs. S. J. Tane. SH $25 (1902); $110 (1924); $7,000 (1989). (LTR48-279 // CL41-621; CL48-726.)
[Oct. 18]
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). H [Works], 17:308-311 and 316-317; H [LL] pp. 19-29 (omitting a portion of page 3); Phillips, 2:1321-1325 (condensed); J. G. Varner, “Sarah Helen Whitman: Seeress of Providence,” unpublished dissertation, U. VA (1941) 1:305, 1:313-322; L [1948], 2:391-398; L [1966], 2:719. MS at InU (Lilly); transcript of extracts by Mrs. S. H. Whitman at ViU (Ingram, item 46). (LTR48-280 // CL41-622; CL48-727.)
Oct.
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. J. E. Locke (Lowell, MA). Am. Art. Assoc. sale (Terry), 2-3 May 1934, item 215 (quoted); Parke-Bernet sale (Oberlaender), 24 May 1939, item 86 (F); L [1948], 2:398. MS at TxU-Hu. (Formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $300 (1924); $350 (1934); $150 (1939). (LTR48-281 // CL41-623; CL48-728.)
Oct.
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond [Mrs. C. B. Richmond] (Lowell, MA). Am. Art Assoc. sale (Locker-Lampson), 24-25 April 1935, item 252 (F); L [1948], 2:398-399. MS at PP (Gimbel). SH $500 (1935). (LTR48-282 // CL41-624; CL48-729.)
before Nov.
B. Taylor, Mrs. C. Kirkland, or J. S. Hart (NY, NY) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Implied by Poe to B. Taylor, before 15 June (CL-713), and the printing of Poe's poem in the Nov. issue. (CL08-729a.)
ca. Nov. 1-2
Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (Lowell, MA). Cited in Mrs. S. H. Whitman to J. H. Ingram, 25 Oct. 1875 (RF-27). (CL41-625; CL48-730 and CL48-[730a].)
ca. Nov. 3
Poe (Lowell, MA) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Cited in Mrs. S. H. Whitman to J. H. Ingram, 25 Oct. 1875 (RF-27); Swann sale (Geesey), 20 Jan. 1944, item 199 (quoted); L [1948], 2:399. At one time thought to have been written to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, this letter was merely sent to her by Poe. Mrs. Richmond, according to documents which accompany the letter, gave the MS to the father of Mrs. E. S. Worcester, of Boston. This gentleman was a reporter for the Boston Transcript. About June 1927, Mrs. Worcester seems to have sold the letter to Goodspeed's Bookshop. MS-fragment at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-283 // CL41-626; CL48-731, CL48-[731a] and CL48-[828d].)
ca. Nov. 5
Poe (Boston, MA) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 Nov. 1848. (Probably the item mentioned by Mrs. Richmond in Ingram collection, item 52.) (CL-737). (CL41-627; CL48-732 and CL48-[732a].)
[Nov. 7]
Poe (Providence, RI) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Ingram 2:174-175 (partial); H [Works], 17:311 (partial); H [LL] pp. 30-31; Quinn, p. 579; L [1948], 2:399-400. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-284 // CL41-628; CL48-733.)
Nov. 7 (?)
Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (Providence, RI). Quoted in Mrs. S. H. Whitman to J. H. Ingram, 25 Oct. 1875 (RF-27). See also Quinn, p. 579. This item may have been a spoken communication. (CL41-629; CL48-734.)
Nov. 8
Poe (Providence, RI) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Cited in Mrs. S. H. Whitman to J. H. Ingram, 25 Oct. 1875 (RF-27): “the note itself is lost or has been given away.” (CL41-630; CL48-735.)
Nov. 14
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Ingram 2:178; H [Works], 17:311-312; H [LL] pp. 32-33; L [1948], 2:400 and L [1966], 2:719-720. Two omitted sentences were first printed in J. A. Robins, Notes & Queries, Jan. 1963, pp. 20-21. The transcript by Mrs. Whitman appeared in facsimile in a clipping in the Ingram collection from Cosmopolitan Mag., undated but about 1902. The clipping states that the facsimile is from H [Works], but seems to appear in no printing of that edition. MS unlocated; transcript by Mrs. S. H. Whitman's at ViU (Ingram, item 47). (LTR48-285 // CL41-631; CL48-736.)
Nov. 16
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:424-425; Ingram, 2:193-194; H [Works], 17:312-314; W [1909], 2:277-278; Phillips, 2:1340-1341; Allen, 2:787-788 (excerpt); Quinn, pp. 589-592; L [1948], 2:400-404. MS unlocated; transcript by Mrs. A. L. Richmond at ViU (Ingram, item 48). (LTR48-286 // CL41-632; CL48-737.)
Nov. 17, Friday
Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe in Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 22 Nov. 1848 (CL-742). (CL41-634; CL48-738.)
ca. Nov. 18-20
Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 22 Nov. 1848 (CL-742). (CL41-635; CL48-739.)
Nov. 20
Poe (NY, NY) to Miss S. A. Talley (Richmond, VA). Cited in Miss S. A. Talley to Poe, 29 Nov. 1848 (CL-749), and dated by Poe to E. Valentine, 20 Nov. 1848 (CL-741). (CL41-637; CL48-740.)
Nov. 20
Poe (NY, NY) to E. Valentine (Botetourt Co., Richmond, VA) (with a prospectus of the Stylus). Ingram 2:197-198; H [Works], 17:315-316; Phillips, 2:1342; L [1948], 2:404. Cited in Miss S. A. Talley to Poe, 29 Nov. 1848 (CL-749), which promises to forward the letter to Valentine. This correspondent should not be confused with Edward Virginius Valentine, of Richmond. MS unlocated; transcript by E. V. Valentine at ViU (Ingram, item 49). (Formerly in the collection of Rev. E. V. Jones.) (LTR48-287 // CL41-638; CL48-741.)
Nov. 20
Poe (NY, NY) to B. Taylor (NY, NY) (with a review of Mrs. Lewis’ poems). Cited by Stoddard, Lippincott's Mag. (Jan. 1889) 43:113; Christie's (NY) sale (Doheny), 21-22 Feb. 1989, item 2083 (F). MS unlocated. (Formerly at CCamarSJ, but sold at the Doheny auction. It was donated to CCamarSJ by Countess E. Doheny about 1940. At the Doheny auction, it was purchased by Paul Richards Autographs.) SH $17,000 (1989). (CL08-741a.)
[Nov.] 22, Wednesday morning
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). H [LL] pp. 34-35; L [1948], 2:405. Ingram 2:180-181, H [Works], 17:317-318, and W [1909], 2:290-291; all print the Poe-Whitman letter of 26 Nov. under this date and omit the letter of 22 Nov. entirely. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-288 // CL41-639; CL48-742 and CL48-[741c].)
Nov. 23
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Miss S. Heywood (Westford, MA). Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:425; Ingram 2:195-196; H [Works], 17:319-320; Phillips, 2:1343; L [1948], 2:405-406. Harrison seems to follow Ingram, even though he cites “Griswold Collection.” MS unlocated; transcript by Mrs. A. L. Richmond at ViU (Ingram, item 298). (LTR48-289 // CL41-641; CL48-743.)
ca. Nov. 23
T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 26 Nov. 1848 (CL-746), and implied in Poe to T. L. Dunnell, 27 Nov. 1848 (CL-747). (CL41-640; CL48-744.)
[Nov.] 24, Friday
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Ingram (Works 1874-1875) 1:facing lxvi (F of 8 lines); Ingram 2:70-71, 182-183; H [Works], 17:320-322; H [LL] pp. 36-40; Phillips, 2:1148 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:406-409. Incorrectly dated by H [Works], as Nov. 25. The facsimile from Ingram is given in H [L&L], facing p. 322, and in Allen, near the front of vol. II, although reduced to about 6 lines. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-290 // CL41-642 and CL41-643; CL48-745 and CL48-[745a].)
[Nov.] 26, Sunday evening
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). H [Works], 17:317-318; H [LL] pp. 41-43; Phillips, 2:1326 and 1346 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:409-411. H [Works], etc. misdate as 22 Nov. 1848, ignoring the actual letter of that date. MS at InU (Lilly); transcript by S. H. Whitman at ViU (Ingram, item 51). (MS formerly in the collection of J. T. Fields, given to Fields by Mrs. Whitman in 1865.) (LTR48-291 // CL41-645; CL48-747 and CL48-[741a]; CL66-746.)
Nov. 27
Poe (NY, NY) to T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI). Am. Lit. (March 1957) 29:85-86; L [1966], 2:720-721. MS at TxU-Hu. (LTR66-291a // CL41-644; CL48-746; CL66-747.)
Nov. 27
F. W. Thomas (Louisville, KY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to F. W. Thomas, 14 Feb. 1849 (CL-773). (CL41-646; CL48-748.)
before Nov. 28 (?)
Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Mrs. M. Clemm to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, Nov. - Dec. 1848 (RF-16). (CL08-748a.)
ca. Nov. 28 (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Implied by Mrs. M. Clemm to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, Nov.-Dec. 1848 (RF-16), and Mrs. A. L. Richmond's note to J. H. Ingram, written on the letter, of Oct. 3, 1876 (RF-29). (CL08-748b.)
Nov. 29
Miss S. A. Talley (Richmond, VA) to Poe (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:324; The Poe Log, p. 773. MS at MB (Griswold). (CL41-647; CL48-749 and CL48-[741b].)
before Dec. 4
Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to Wm. J. Pabodie, 4 Dec. 1848 (CL-750), and Mrs. M. Clemm to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, ca. Nov.-Dec. 1848 (RF-16). (CL08-749a.)
Dec. 4
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Wm. J. Pabodie (Providence, RI). Works of EAP, ed. John Henry Ingram, 4 vols. (Edinburgh: Black, 1874-1875) 1:between lxxvii-lxxviii (F) [also in ViU-Ingram]; Merwin-Clayton sale (Weeks), 6 June 1907, item 283; Phillips, 2:1347; L [1948], 2:411-412. MS unlocated. SH $75 (1907). (LTR48-292 // CL41-648; CL48-750.)
before Dec. 7
J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to J. R. Thompson, 7 Dec. 1848 (CL-751). (CL66-750a.)
Dec. 7
Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). W [1909], 2:frontispiece (F, of signature only) & vii, cited; Princeton U. Lib. Chron. (Winter 1951, no. 2) 12:87; L [1966], 2:721-722. MS at NNC. (LTR66-292a // CL41-649; CL48-751.)
Dec. 14-15 (?)
Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, 16 Dec. 1848 (CL-753). (CL41-650; CL48-752.)
[Dec. 16] Saturday 2 p.m.
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). H [LL] p. 44; Caroline Ticknor, Poe's Helen (NY: Scribners, 1916) p. 116 (F); Phillips, 2:1349 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:412; L [1966], 2:722, cited. MS-fragment at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-293 // CL41-651; CL48-753 and CL48-[753a].)
Dec. 18
E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to E. H. N. Patterson, ca. [30] April 1849 (CL-786). (CL41-652; CL48-754.)
ca. Dec. 19
Poe (Lowell, MA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Fordham, NY). L [1966], 2:723 and L [1974], p. 534-535. The Poe Log, p. 763, dates this letter as late Oct. or early Nov. MS- fragment at PP (Gimbel). (LTR66-296a; LTR74-293a // CL66-759a; CL74-754a.)
Nov. 27 - Dec. 20
T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied as subsequent to Poe to T. L. Dunnell, 27 Nov. 1848 (CL-747, requesting a change of date for the lecture), and from the fact that the delivery of lecture was moved from 13 Dec. to 20 Dec. 1848. (CL48-755.)
before Dec. 20 (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to T. L. Dunnell (Providence, RI). Implied as subsequent to T. L. Dunnell to Poe, 27 Nov.-20 Dec. 1848 (CL-755). Poe presumably accepted the change of date for the lecture. (CL48-756.)
[Dec. 23]
Poe (Providence, RI) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Fordham, NY). H [LL] p. 50; Phillips, 2:1350; Quinn, p. 586; L [1948], 2:412; L [1974], p. 535, correction. Not a fragment, as suggested in L [1948], 1:533. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-294 // CL41-653; CL48-757.)
[Dec. 23]
Poe (Providence, RI) to Rev. N. B. Crocker (Providence, RI). Century Mag. (Jan. 1909), 77:445-446; H [LL] p. 46; Quinn, p. 585; Phillips, 2:1349; L [1948], 2:413. MS at InU (Lilly). (LTR48-295 // CL41-654; CL48-758 and CL48-[759a].)
before Dec. 28
Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Implied in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, Dec. 28, 1848 (CL-759). (CL08-758a.)
[Dec.] 28 – Thursday morning
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Ingram, 2:196-197; H [Works], 17:322; Phillips, 2:1359 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:413. MS unlocated. (LTR48-296 // CL41-655; CL48-759 and CL48-[759b].)
[late 1848?]
[Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm. Moved to CL-754a. (CL66-759a; renumbered in CL74-754a.)]
ca. late 1848 (?)
Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to Mrs. S. A. Lewis, ca. late 1848 (CL-761). This may have been a direct request, made in person, rather than as a written letter or note. (CL41-731; CL48-760 and CL48-[830p].)
[ca. late 1848]
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Albany Review (London) (July 1907) 1:420-421; L [1948], 2:413-414. This letter is written on a copy, by Poe, of Mrs. Lewis’ poem “The Prisoner of Peroté.” MS at ViU (Ingram, item 54). (LTR48-297 // CL41-725; CL48-761 and CL48-830h.)
ca. late 1848
Poe (NY, NY) to the editors of the Gentlemen's Magazine (Cincinnati, OH). Implied by Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (CL-768). (CL08-761a.)
ca. late 1848
Editors of the Gentlemen's Magazine (Cincinnati, OH) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (CL-768). The last known issue of the magazine is dated as August 1848, apparently distributed late but with an editorial promise, presumably unfulfilled, of a September issue (see Heartman & Canny, [1943] p. 198). (CL08-761b.)
[n.d. 1848 (?)]
[Mrs. J. E. Locke to Poe (?). Delete, same as CL-719a.]
1849
[Jan. 11]
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Ingram, Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:425, supplemented by Ingram 2:202-203; H [Works], 17:318-319 (follows Ingram, but lists “Griswold Collection”); W [1909], 2:291-292; Phillips, 2:1361-1362 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:414-415. MS unlocated. (LTR48-298 // CL41-659 and CL41-658; CL48-763 and CL48-761a.)
Jan. 13
Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). Anderson sale (Nelson) 16-17 April 1914, item 545 (excerpts); Bruno's Weekly, (4 March 1910), 2:526-528; Anderson sale (Clawson), 29 Nov. 1920, item 347; Phillips 2:1367-1368 (misdated as 18 Jan.); L [1948], 2:415-417. MS at CSmH (HM 21874). SH $315 (1914); $910 (1920, grouped with other items). (LTR48-299 // CL41-660; CL48-764 and CL48-[764a].)
after Jan. 13
(?) J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA) to Poe (NY, NY) (with two copies of the SLM). Implied in Poe to J. R. Thompson, 13 Jan. (CL-764) and 31 Jan 1849 (CL-770a). (CL48-765.)
Jan. 20
Poe (Fordham, NY) to J. Priestley (NY, NY) (with MS of “About Critics and Criticism”). Anderson sale, 19 May 1910, item 229; Whitty (1911) p. lxxi; Phillips 2:1368; L [1948], 2:417. MS unlocated. SH $90.50 (1910). (LTR48-300 // CL41-661; CL48-766.)
before Jan. 21
Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, ca. 21 Jan. 1849 (CL-768). Poe quotes part of Mrs. Richmond's letter in Poe to Mrs. S. H. Whitman, ca. 21 Jan. 1849, CL-769. (CL41-662; CL48-767.)
[ca. Jan. 21]
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Ingram, Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:425-426 (dated as about 23 Jan. 1849), supplemented by Ingram, 2:203-205; H [Works], 17:327-329 (follows Ingram); Phillips, 2:1364-1367); Quinn, pp. 593-594; L [1948], 2:417-420. MS unlocated. (LTR48-301 // CL41-663; CL48-768, CL48-769a and CL48-[769b].)
[Jan. 22]
[This is a phantom entry, created by variations of dating for CL-769, CL-769a, and CL-770. (CL66-768a; renumbered in CL74, and subsequently omitted.)]
[ca. Jan. 21, although dated Jan. 25]
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. H. Whitman (Providence, RI). Ingram 2:185-186, and H [Works], 17:323 (following Ingram), merely excerpts the transcript that Mrs. Richmond made of the original for Ingram. Quinn is also selective, pp. 586-587; W [1909], 2:292-293 (excerpt); Phillips, 2:1362-1364 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:420-422, from Mrs. Richmond's transcript, now at ViU (Ingram, item 55); L [1966], 2:723, cited. This is the letter cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, ca. 21 Jan. 1848 (CL-768). Only an eight-line MS-fragment, at InU (Lilly), appears to be extant. D. Randall (1964) prints a truncated version of the fragment, p. 40. In Sept. 1930, the Poe-Whitman Collection cost Mr. J. K Lilly $50,000. Randall, following a note by Mrs. Whitman's (“Fragments of a letter received from Edgar Poe in the beginning of January 1849”) dates the letter as “early January” [March 1960] p. 49, item 24. (LTR48-302 // CL41-664; CL48-769, CL48-761b, CL48-769c and CL48-770a; CL08-769.)
[Jan. 22]
[Another phantom entry, see CL-768a.]
Jan. 22
F. Gleason, editor of Flag of Our Union (Boston, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to F. Gleason, 5 Feb. 1849 (CL-771) and Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 8 Feb. 1849 (CL-772). (CL41-[A50]; CL48-770; CL66-768a; CL74-769a; CL81-770.)
Jan. 31
Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). HRCL item 86 (F); L [1974], p. 535, cited. MS at TxU-Hu. (Goodspeed's Bookshop apparently acquired the MS from a Boston family about May 1962.) (LTR74-302a // CL74-770; CL81-770a.)
Feb. 5
Poe (NY, NY) to F. Gleason (Boston, MA). Dodd Mead sale, March 1897, item 76, where it is noted as a one-page ALS; L [1966], 2:724. MS unlocated; a “literal” copy at NNC. (LTR66-302a; LTR74-302b // CL74-302b; CL41-[A49]; CL48-771.)
[Feb.] 8 Thursday
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Anderson sale, 17 April 1906, item 1018, and, later, 29 April 1924, item 950. A composite of fragments of two MS pages (front and back of one sheet), supplemented by Ingram's two texts as printed in Appleton's Journal, (May 1878), ns 4:426, and Ingram 2:205-207. H [Works], 17:330-331 (follows Ingram texts); W [1909], 2:417, cited; Phillips, 2:1383-1384 (excerpts); Quinn, pp. 594-595; L [1948], 2:425-426. MS-fragment at NNPM (MA 991). SH $110 (1924). (LTR48-303 // CL41-667; CL48-772.)
Feb. 9
Poe (NY, NY) to J. Sartain & Co (Philadelphia, PA). Resources for American Literary Study, 1996, 22:166-181 (F, pp. 170-171). MS at NcU (Maurice Family Papers, #3802). (LTR08-303a // CL08-772a.)
ca. Feb 12
Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA) (with MS of Poe's review of Lowell's “A Fable for Critics”). Implied by Poe to F. W. Thomas, 14 Feb. 1849 (CL-773). (CL08-772b.)
Feb. 14
Poe (Fordham, NY) to F. W. Thomas (Louisville, KY forwarded to Washington, DC) (with a short review of Mrs. S. A. Lewis’ Child of the Sea and Other Poems). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:863-864; H [Works], 17:331-334; W [1909], 2:296-300; Phillips, 2:1384-1385; L [1948], 2:426-429. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-304 // CL41-668; CL48-773.)
Feb. 16
Poe (Fordham, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). H [Works], 17:335 (from a transcript); Phillips, 2:1247 and 1386 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:429. MS at NN. (LTR48-305 // CL41-669; CL48-774.)
Feb. 17
G. W. Eveleth (Brunswick, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); TOM [EP], pp. 190-191; Phillips, 2:1372 (brief excerpt). MS at NN. (CL41-670; CL48-775.)
Feb. 18 (?)
Mrs. A. L. Richmond (?) (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY) (several?). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 1 March (?) 1849 (CL-778a). (CL41-[A51]; CL48-776.)
Feb. 19 [18] [Sunday]
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Mrs. Richmond made a transcript of the MS for J. H. Ingram, but Ingram's two texts (Appleton's Journal, [May 1878] ns 4:426-427, and Ingram 2:207-210) are both only partial printings; H [Works], 17:335-338 (follows Ingram); Phillips, 2:1387-1388; Allen, 2:803 (brief excerpt); Quinn, pp. 597-599 (follows Mrs. Richmond's transcript, but with a number of slight editorial variations); L [1948], 2:429-432 (follows the transcript). MS unlocated; Mrs. Richmond's transcript is at ViU (Ingram, item 56). (LTR48-306 // CL41-671; CL48-777 and CL48-776a.)
March 1
Poe (NY, NY) to Miss S. H. Heywood (Westford, MA). L [1948], 2:432. Sarah Heywood was Mrs. A. L. Richmond's younger sister. MS at InU (Lilly). CL81-778 says MS unlocated and that Lilly MS is a copy. (LTR48-307 // CL48-778.)
[March 1 (?)]
Poe (Fordham, NY) to — ? (— ?) [probably Mrs. A. L. Richmond]. L [1966], 2:725-726. MS (a two-part fragment) at ViU (Barrett). (LTR66-307a // CL66-778a.)
ca. March 3 - 17
Poe (Fordham, NY) to — ? (— ?) [probably F. W. Thomas (Louisville, KY)]. Griswold (Works, 1850) 3:xxix; Griswold (Works, 1853) 1:xlv. MS unlocated. (LTR08-307b // CL08-778b.)
March 8
Poe (Fordham, NY) to E. A. Duyckinck (NY, NY). NYPL Bltn. (Jan. 1902) 6:10; H [Works], 17:341-342; W [1909], 2:301-302; Phillips, 2:1392-1393 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:433-434. MS at NN. (LTR48-308 // CL41-672; CL48-779.)
before March 10
F. Gleason (Boston, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in article in the Flag of Our Union, 10 March 1849 (The Poe Log, pp. 796-797.) (CL08-779a.)
before March
10 Poe (NY, NY) to F. Gleason (Boston, MA). Implied in article in the Flag of Our Union, 10 March 1849 (The Poe Log, pp. 796-797.) (CL08-779b.)
before March 23 (?)
Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 23 March 1849 (CL-781). (CL41-[A53]; CL48-780.)
March 23
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). A composite text from Ingram's two printings: Appleton's Journal, (May 1878), ns 4:427-428, and Ingram 2:210-212; H [Works], 17:342-344 [follows Ingram]; Phillips, 2:1394-1395 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:434-436. MS unlocated; although Ingram presumably had a transcript by Mrs. Richmond, it is unlocated. (LTR48-309 // CL41-673; CL48-781.)
before April 1
A. G. Chester (Saratoga Springs, NY) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Cited in Poe to A. G. Chester, 1 April 1849 (CL-781b). (CL08-781a.)
April 1
Poe (Fordham, NY) to A. G. Chester (Saratoga Springs, NY). The Post Express (Rochester, NY), 2 April 1887, cited in an article about the collection of E. K. Hart (1841-1893); The Friends of the Lilly Library Newsletter (Indiana: The Indiana U. Foundation, Number 6, Spring 1985), pp. 1-4 (F); Studies in Bibliography (Charlottesville, VA: The Biblio. Society of the U. VA, 1986), pp. 261-265 (F). MS InU (Lilly). (LTR08-309a // CL08-781b.)
April 20
Poe (Fordham, NY) to N. P. Willis (NY, NY). Home Journal (20. Oct. 1849) p. 2; Ingram 2:212-213; H [Works], 1:362-363 and 17:351; Phillips, 2:1397-1398; L [1948], 2:436-437. (LTR48-310 // CL41-676; CL48-782.)
[ca. April 26 - May 21 (?)]
[Mrs. A. L. Richmond to Poe. Moved to CL-786b.]
[before April 28 - May 23]
[Mrs. J. E. Locke to Poe. Moved to CL-786c.]
[April 28 (?) - May 23 (?)]
[Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond. Moved to CL-786d.]
ca. April [30]
Poe (NY, NY) to E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL). America (11 April 1889) 2:45-46; Field pp. 11-15 (F); H [Works], 17:348-351; Phillips 2:1401-1403; Allen 2:809-810 (misdated as 8 April); L [1948], 2:439-441. MS at ICHi. (Formerly in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson.) (LTR48-312 // CL41-678; CL48-786, CL48-[781d] and CL48-[786a].)
late April (?)
Gentleman's Magazine (Cincinnati, OH) to Poe (NY, NY) (a printed circular sent to contributors). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, after 5 May 1849 (CL-786d). The Poe Log, p. 801, erroneously gives the correspondent as the Flag of Our Union (Boston, MA). (CL08-786a.)
before May 5 (?)
Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, after May 5, 1849 (CL-786d). (CL41-[A55]; CL48-783; CL08-786b.)
before May 5 (?)
Mrs. J. E. Locke (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, after 5 May 1849 (CL-786d), with one short phrase quoted. (CL41-[A54]; CL48-784; CL08-786c.)
after May 5 (?)
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) (with a brief note by Mrs. Clemm). A composite text from Ingram's two printings: Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:428, and Ingram, 2:213-215; H [Works], 17:345-346 (follows Ingram); Phillips, 2:1399-1400; Allen 2:804-805 (excerpt); Quinn, pp. 603-605 (closely follows the composite); L [1948], 2:437-439. MS unlocated; although Ingram presumably had a transcript by Mrs. Richmond, it is unlocated. (LTR48-311; LTR08-312a // CL41-677; CL48-785, CL48-[781c] and CL48-[796b]; CL08-786d.)
May 7
E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL) to Poe (NY, NY). Field, pp. 15-21; H [Works], 17:352-355; Phillips, 2:1403 (excerpts). MS unlocated, but probably in the collection of J. N. McWhirter; draft of letter at InU (Lilly). (MS of draft may have been in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson.) (CL41-679; CL48-787.)
before May 10 (?)
J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to J. R. Thompson, 10 May, 1849 (CL-789). (CL48-788.)
May 10
Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). Anderson sale (Thatcher) 22 Oct. 1914, item 554; Anderson sale (Clawson) 29 Nov. 1920, item 346 (F) (tipped in a copy of The Raven, 1885, ed. by Ingram); Phillips 2:1403-1404; L [1948] 2:441 (noted, L [1974] 536). This item was declared a forgery by TOM, but without explanation. MS at CSmH (HM 21873); transcript at ViU (Ingram, item 57). SH $125 (1914); $395 (1920). (LTR48-313 // CL41-189, CL41-681 and CL41-728; CL48-789, CL48-233a and CL48-830l; CL74-789.)
before May 17 (?)
Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied by Poe to Mrs. S. A. Lewis, 17 May 1849 (CL-791). Validity depends on CL-791. (CL48-790.)
May 17
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Anderson sale (Toedteberg), 14 Oct. 1904, item 585; Phillips 2:1404; Am. Art Assoc. sale, 28 Feb. - 1 March 1935, item 344 (F); L [1948], 2:442. Validity suspected by TOM. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $20 (1904); $520 (1935). (LTR48-314 // CL41-682; CL48-791.)
after May 17
Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY) to Poe (Fordham, NY). Implied by Poe to Mrs. S. A. Lewis, 17 May 1849 (CL-791). (CL08-791a.)
May 18
Poe (Fordham, NY) to G. P. Putnam (NY, NY). Anderson sale, 25 Nov. 1907, item 196; Henkels sale (Trexler), 10 April 1935, item 78 (quoted); T. F. Madigan cat. (NY) Dec. 1935, item 37; L [1948], 2:442-443. Validity suspected by TOM. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). SH $35 (1907); $560 (1935). (LTR48-315 // CL41-683; CL48-792.)
May 20
G. P. Putnam (NY, NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Docketed on Poe to G. P. Putnam, 18 May 1849 (CL-792). Validity depends on CL-792. (CL48-793.)
May 23
Poe (NY, NY) to E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL). America (11 April 1889) 2:47; Field pp. 21-23 (F); H [Works], 17:356-357; Phillips, 2:1404-1406 (excerpts); L [1948], 2:443-444. Allen 2:811 and 815 misdates this letter as 7 May. MS at ICHi (formerly in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson.) (LTR48-316 // CL41-684; CL48-794 and CL48-[786b].)
ca. May 30 - June 11
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Implied by Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (CL-802). (CL41-688; CL48-795 and CL48-[799b].)
[May (?)]
Poe (NY, NY) to R. W. Griswold (NY, NY). G [Memoir] 3:vi-vii (1850) and 1:xxii-xxiii (1853) (with alterations, including a forged postscript); H [Works], 17:346-347 (reprinting Griswold's text); Phillips, 2:1398-1399 and 1415 (excerpts); Quinn, p. 670; L [1948], 2:445-446. MS has erroneous date of “about ‘45” in an unknown hand. MS at TxU-Hu. (LTR48-317 // CL41-674 and CL41-723; CL48-796 and CL48-[781b].)
before June 7
E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to E. H. N. Patterson, 19 July 1849 (CL-815). (CL41-685; CL48-797 and CL48-794a.)
June 4
Poe (NY, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Collector, 1988, item V-843 (advertised by W. R. Benjamin). SH $3,500 (1988). (LTR08-317a // CL08-797a.)
June 7
E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to E. H. N. Patterson, 19 July 1849 (CL-815) and 7 Aug. 1849 (CL-817). (CL41-685; CL48-798.)
June 9
Poe (Fordham, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). L [1948], 2:446. MS at NNPM (MA 644-4). (LTR48-318 // CL41-687; CL48-799.)
before June 11
Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) to Poe (NY, NY). Implied in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (CL-802). (CL08-799a.)
before June 16
Poe (NY, NY) to S. D. Patterson (Philadelphia, PA) (as publisher of Graham's). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (CL-802). (CL41-[A56]; CL48-801.)
before June 16
S. D. Patterson (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (CL-802). (CL41-[A57]; CL48-801.)
June 16
Poe (Fordham, NY) to Mrs. A. L. Richmond (Lowell, MA) (with an autograph of N. P. Willis). Appleton's Journal (May 1878), ns 4:428; Ingram 2:216-217 (partial); H [Works], 17:358-359 (partial); Anderson sale, 17 April 1906, item 1017; Anderson sale (Poor), 12 Jan. 1909, item 868 (laid in a copy of Tales, 1845); Phillips, 2:1409-1410 (excerpts); Quinn, pp. 613-614 (partial); L [1948], 2:446-448. MS at TxU-Hu; transcript made for Ingram by Mrs. Richmond is unlocated. (MS formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester, apparently purchased about July 1942 from a private collector, through bookseller Michael Papantanio of NY.) SH $66 (1906); $205 (1909). (LTR48-319 // CL41-689; CL48-802.)
after June 16
Poe (NY, NY) to A. Richmond (Lowell, MA). Implied as to be sent in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (CL-802). Abby Richmond, also known as “Caddy” and “Carrie,” was the daughter of Mrs. A. L. Richmond. (CL08-802a.)
after June 16
Poe (NY, NY) to B. Heywood (Lowell, MA). Implied as to be sent in Poe to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 16 June 1849 (CL-802). Bardwell Heywood was the brother of Mrs. A. L. Richmond. (CL08-802b.)
June 26
Poe (NY, NY) to G. W. Eveleth (Brunswick, ME). Ingram 2:217-219; H [Works], 17:360-362; PE, pp. 55-57 (from Eveleth's transcript); Phillips, 2:1372 (excerpt); Am. Art. Assoc. sale (Perry), 11-12 March 1936, item 433; L [1948], 2:449-450. Eveleth's transcript omits most of the second paragraph, summarized as “You have had time to form an opinion of ‘Eureka’,” and also “I had him especially in view when I wrote the passage” from the 3rd paragraph, and with minor changes. MS at NN (Berg); transcript by G. W. Eveleth at ViU (Ingram, item 58). SH $2,000 (1936). (LTR48-320 // CL41-691; CL48-803.)
before June 28
H. S. Root (NY/Saratoga Springs (?), NY) to Poe (NY, NY). Cited in Poe to H. S. Root, 28 June 1849 (CL-806). (CL48-804.)
June 28
Poe (NY, NY) to R W. Griswold (NY, NY). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:864; H [Works], 17:362; Phillips, 2:1218 and 1412 (excerpts); Quinn, p. 612; L [1948], 2:450-451. G [Memoir] 3:vi (1850), and 1:xxii (1853) prints a forged version of this letter, dated “early 1849,” reprinted by H [Works], 17:326-327. MS at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-321 // CL41-692; CL48-805 and CL48-[828a].)
June 28
Poe (NY, NY) to H. S. Root (Saratoga Springs, NY). Merwin-Clayton sale (Brown), 13 May 1912, item 965-A; Musical Courier, 10 Feb. 1916, p. 22 (F); NY Times,18 Sept. 1957, Section L, p. 29 (F); L [1948], 2:451-452 and L [1966], 2:726. MS at TxU-Hu. SH $121 (1912). (This letter and CL-74 were offered by a Paris dealer about 1949 for $10,000. In the mid-1950s they were advertised in the NY Times for $5000. Later they were bought for under $5000 by the collector who turned down the Paris offer. Koester apparently purchased the MS through the House of El Dieff, of Jamaica, NY, probably from Victor or M. Degrange.] (LTR48-322 // CL41-693; CL48-806.)
before June 20
Poe (NY, NY) to J. R. Thompson (Richmond, VA). Fragment quoted by Miss E. B. Cheeseborough in her MS “Recollections of Paul H. Hayne” (about 1886). (The MS recollections are at NcD.) MS unlocated. (LTR08-322a // CL08-806a.)
after June 30
Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. S. A. Lewis, 18 Sept. 1849 (CL-827). (CL48-807.)
July 3
G. W. Eveleth (Phillips, ME) to Poe (NY, NY). Bangs sale (Griswold), 11 April 1896, item 112 (one of a collection of 12 letters from Eveleth); Anderson sale (Nelson), 16-17 April 1914, item 548. Probably Eveleth's last letter to Poe, forwarded to Mrs. Clemm from Richmond after Poe's death (see Mrs. Clemm's letter to Eveleth 20 May 1850, RF-21; also a relevant reference is quoted by PE, p. 36). MS at ViU. (CL41-[A52]; CL48-828; CL66-807a.)
July 7
Poe (marked NY, NY, but really Philadelphia, PA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Nineteenth Century (Feb. 1852) 5:29 (extracts); W [1909], 2:311-312; Phillips, 2:1425; Allen 2:817; Quinn, p. 618; L [1948], 2:452. MS unlocated. (LTR48-323 // CL41-698; CL48-808.)
[July 7]
Poe (Philadelphia, PA) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Quinn, p. 633; L [1948], 2:452-453. Poe enclosed CL-808 in the present item. MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-324 // CL41-699; CL48-809 and CL48-827b.)
[July 14, Saturday]
Poe (en route to Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Nineteenth Century (Feb. 1852) 5:29; W [1909], 2:313-314; Phillips, 2:1426-1428; Allen, 2:818; Quinn, p. 619; L [1948], 2:453. The Poe Log, p. 821, dates this letter as end of July or early August. MS unlocated. (LTR48-325 // CL41-700; CL48-810.)
[July 14], Saturday night
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). C. Nineteenth Century (Feb. 1852) 5:30; W [1909], 2:314-315; Phillips, 2:1427-1428; Allen, 2:819; Quinn, p. 620; L [1948], 2:453-455. MS unlocated. (LTR48-326 // CL41-701; CL48-811.)
July 14-19
Mrs. M. Clemm (Fordham (?), NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 19 July 1849 (CL-813). (CL41-702; CL48-812.)
July 19
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Nineteenth Century (Feb. 1852) 5:30-31; W [1909], 2:315-317; Phillips, 2:1428-1429; Allen 2:820; Quinn, pp. 620-621; L [1948], 2:455-456. MS unlocated. (LTR48-327 // CL41-703 and CL41-705; CL48-813 and CL48-[815a].)
July 19
Poe (Richmond, VA) to G. Lippard (Philadelphia, PA). Cited in G. Lippard to R. W. Griswold, 22 Nov. 1849 (RF-20). Lippard states that he has the letter before him and that it is dated July 19. MS unlocated. (CL48-814.)
July 19
Poe (Richmond, VA) to E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL). America (11 April 1889) 2:24; Field, p. 24 (F); H [Works], 17:363; Phillips, 2:1428; L [1948], 2:456-457. MS at ICHi. (Formerly in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson. Ostrom states incorrectly that the MS was in the collection of J. N. McWhirter, probably confused with CL-787.) (LTR48-328 // CL41-704; CL48-815.)
Aug. 2-14 (?)
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Implied in Mrs. M. Clemm to Mrs. A. L. Richmond, 4 Aug. and 3 Sept. 1849 (RF-17). (CL41-706; CL48-816 and CL48-[816a].)
Aug. 7
Poe (Richmond, VA) to E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL). Gill, pp. 232-233; America (11 April 1889) 2:47; Field, pp. 24-26 (F); H [Works], 17:363-364; Phillips, 2:1432-1433; L [1948], 2:457-458. MS at ICHi. (Formerly in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson. Ostrom states incorrectly that the MS was in the collection of J. N. McWhirter, probably confused with CL-819.) (LTR48-329 // CL41-707; CL48-817.)
[Aug. 17 (?)]
[Poe to N. P. Willis. Moved to SP-143.]
Aug. 21
E. H. N. Patterson (Oquawka, IL) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Gill, pp. 232-233; Field, pp. 26-28; H [Works], 17:365-366. MS unlocated, but probably in the collection of J. N. McWhirter. (H [Works] states that the MS is in the collection of C. L. Hutchinson, but Hutchinson seems only to have had Poe's letters to Patterson, not Patterson's to Poe. Field seems to reprint from Gill, not MS.) (CL41-709; CL48-819.)
before Aug. 28
T. H. Chivers (Washington, GA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 28-29 Aug. 1849 (CL-821). See also T. H. Chivers to R. W. Griswold, 28 March 1851 (RF-22). (CL41-710; CL48-820 and CL48-[821a].)
[ca. Aug. 28-29] Wednesday Night
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Century Mag. (Oct. 1894), 48:865-866; H [Works], 17:368-370; W [1909], 2:326-329; Phillips, 2:1462-1464; Quinn, pp. 625-626; L [1948], 2:458-460. This letter, often dated as Sept. 1849, is the letter cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 10 Sept. 1849 (CL-823). MS-fragment at MB (Griswold). (LTR48-330 // CL41-711; CL48-821, CL48-[821b] and CL48-[827a].)
ca. Aug. (?)
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Miss S. A. Talley (Richmond, VA). In 1878, Mrs. Weiss (formerly Miss Talley) recalled that Poe, having felt unwell for several days, “... sent a message by his sister [Rosalie Poe] requesting some flowers, in return for which came a dainty note of thanks, written in a tremulous hand” (Scribner's Mag., March 1878, 25:712, col. 1). (CL08-821a.)
ca. Aug. (?)
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Miss S. A. Talley (Richmond, VA). A second letter, also established in 1878 by Mrs. Weiss, along with CL-821a: “He again wrote, inclosing a little anonymous poem which he had found in some newspaper and admired ...” (CL08-821b.)
[Sept. 10] Monday evening
Poe (Hygenia Hotel, Old Point Comfort, VA) to Miss S. V. C. Ingram (Hygenia Hotel, Old Point Comfort, VA) (with a MS copy of “Ulalume”). NY Herald, 19 Feb. 1905; Anderson sale (McKee), 20 Feb. 1905, item 7746; W [1909], 2:331; Whitty [1911], p. 247; Phillips, 2:1472; L [1948], 2:460. A clipping of the NY Herald at ViU (Ingram, item 918). MS at NNPM (MA 325, purchased in 1906). SH $160 (1905). (LTR48-331 // CL41-712; CL48-822.)
Sept. 10
Poe (Hygenia Hotel, Old Point Comfort, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (Fordham, NY). This is the letter cited in Mrs. M. Clemm to Mrs. Richmond, 15 Sept. 1849 (RF-18). What is probably the close of this letter, a 1 by 3.5 inches clipped signature, is noted in ABC from a sale in UK, 12 Nov. 1985, item 974, sold for ?1,300 (see ABC 1986, p. 164). Along with CL-719c, Mrs. Clemm apparently sent this MS to Sarah E. Robins, from whom it passed to Elizabeth Robins. The letter was discovered in 1985 by Frank Walker, curator of the NYU library. MS at NNYU-F (Robins); MS of close and signature is unlocated. (LTR08-331a // CL41-713; CL48-823.)
before Sept. 18
Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA) (two letters). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 18 Sept. 1849 (CL-826). (CL41-714; CL48-824 and CL48-[823a].)
before Sept. 18
Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Cited in Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, 18 Sept. 1849 (CL-826). (CL41-715; CL48-825 and CL48-[828e].)
Sept. 18, Tuesday
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Nineteenth Century (Feb. 1852), 5:31 (one paragraph); (W [1885], pp. 339-340; H [Works], 17:366-367; W [1909], 2:333-335; Phillips, 2:1476-1477; Quinn, pp. 632-633; Quinn & Hart pp. 24-25 (F); L [1948], 2:461-462; L [1948], 2:506 (facing) (F of portion by Poe). MS (part in Poe's hand, part in transcript by Mrs. M. Clemm) at MdBE (Amelia F. Poe); transcript by A. F. Poe at ViU (Ingram, item 63). (LTR48-332 // CL41-716; CL48-826 and CL48-825a.)
[Sept. 18]
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. S. A. Lewis (NY, NY). Quinn, p. 633; L [1948], 2:462; L [1948], 2:507 (facing) (F). MS at TxU-Hu (formerly in the collection of Wm. H. Koester). (LTR48-333 // CL41-717; CL48-827 and CL48-826a.)
Sept. 18
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. St. Leon Loud (Philadelphia, PA). Am. Lit. (March 1963), 35:80-81; L [1966], 2:727-728. MS at ViRP. (LTR66-334 // CL66-827a.)
after Sept. 18
Mrs. M. St. Leon Loud (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (Richmond, VA). Though no evidence of a letter from Mrs. Loud exists, one could easily be inferred from Poe since he was to receive $100 for editing her poems and in his letter (CL-827a) Poe asked for a reply “by return of mail.” (CL81-827b.)
before Sept. 22
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY). Implied by a statement left by Mrs. S. H. Whitman, Century Mag. (Jan. 1909), 77:451, and in a letter from Mrs. S. H. Whitman to J. H. Ingram, 12 Oct. 1875 (RF-26). The date is established by Mrs. E. Shelton to Mrs. M. Clemm, 22 Sept. 1849 (RF-19). This letter is cited speculatively by The Poe Log, pp. 839-840, based on the claim that Mrs. Shelton had accepted Poe's proposal, but may actually be a misrepresentation of CL-823 or CL-826. (CL08-827c.)
Sept. 26
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Miss S. A. Talley (Richmond, VA). Cited by Mrs. S. A. Weiss (formerly Miss Talley) who, in 1878, recalled: “On the way [to visit a sick friend] I was met by Miss Poe [Rosalie], who delivered a note left for me by her brother, containing a MS copy of ‘Annie,’ – a poem then almost unknown, and which I had expressed a wish to see” (Scribner's Mag., March 1878, 15:714). In his notes about versions of the poem “For Annie,” TOM [Poems] says that the manuscript of the poem, and presumably the note with it, “was destroyed during the Civil War” (1:456). (CL08-827d.)
before Sept. 29
Mrs. M. Clemm (NY, NY) to Poe (Philadelphia, PA) (addressing Poe as “E. S. T. Grey”). Implied by Poe to Mrs. M. Clemm, before 22 Sept. 1849 (CL-827c), and confirmed by a list of letters left in the Philadelphia Post Office as printed in the Philadelphia Public Ledger (Oct. 3 and 4, 1849). (CL08-827e.)
ca. Sept
Poe (Richmond, VA) to Mrs. S. E. Shelton (Richmond, VA). According to Mrs. S. A. Weiss, “... I well remember that during his [Poe's] absence Mrs. Shelton one day came to see Mrs. Mackenzie, with whom she had no previous acquaintance, and had a private talk with her in the parlor ... about Mr. Poe's letters to her” (Independent, August 25, 1904, p. 445). (CL08-827f.)
[after Oct. 7]
[G. W. Eveleth to Poe. Delete, same as CL-807a. (CL48-828; renumbered in CL66-807a.)]
Not Dated
[n. d.]
[Mrs. S. A. Lewis to Poe. Moved to Spurious, etc. SP-148).]
[n. d.]
[Delete: originally noted as: “Poe to –? Bangs sale, 23 Nov. 1894, item 219,” which is the C. B. Foote sale. In the cat., item 219 is dated as Jan. 4, 1848 and described. The name of the correspondent is not given, but the contents of the letter clearly agree completely with Poe's letter to G. W. Eveleth (CL-694). (CL41-729; CL48-830 and CL48-[830m].)]
n. d.
Eucleian Society, NYU (NY, NY) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-831.) Poe gives the institution as “Un. of N.Y.”
n. d.
Franklin Literary Society, Jefferson College (Canonsburg, PA) to Poe (— ?). Ostrom speculates that there was a letter of early Sept. 1836 (CL-159a) shortly after Poe was made an honorary member, but since this entry is listed in Poe's address book along with several other literary societies where Poe lectured in 1843-1844, it presumably refers to a later letter. (CL08-832.)
n. d.
The Goethian Literary Society, of Marshall College (Mercersburg, PA) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-833.)
n. d.
Jefferson Literary Society, Franklin College (New Athens, GA) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-834.)
n. d.
Mechanic's Institute (Reading, PA) to Poe (— ?). This letter is probably CL-469 or CL-472. Poe lectured at the Mechanic's Institute about March 12, 1844. (CL08-835.)
n. d.
The Perthessophian Society, of Rutgers College (New Brunswick, NJ) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-836.)
n. d.
The Philo-Literary Society, of Jefferson College (Canonsburg, PA) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-837.)
n. d.
The Philomathean Society, of Pennsylvania College (Gettysburg, PA) to Poe (— ?). Poe's correspondent seems to have been A. S. Cummings, the Corresponding Secretary for the society. This entry may, therefore, be the same as CL-238a. (CL08-838.)
n. d.
Philomathean Society, NYU (NY, NY) to Poe (— ?). This entry is listed with the Eucleian Society, (CL-831). Poe gives the institution as “Un. of N.Y.” (CL08-839.)
n. d.
Philosophian Society, Wittenburg College (Springfield, OH) to Poe (— ?). This letter is probably CL-676, from J. F. Reinman and J. H. Walker, dated Feb. 24, 1847. As noted by Wm. H. Browne on his transcription of Poe's letter (CL-680), Reinman and Walker were associated with this Philosophian Society. (CL08-840.)
n. d.
Reading Room Society, St. Mary's College (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-841.)
n. d.
Thalian Society (Milledgeville, GA) to Poe (— ?). Poe also names a representative of the society, “Chas. E. Tifft ‘Rose Jasper’.” (CL08-842.)
n. d.
Union Philosophical Society, Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA) to Poe (— ?). This entry may be the same as CL-637. (CL08-843.)
n. d.
S. G. Bulfinch (Augusta, GA) to Poe. Possibly the same as CL-137, but probably later than 1836. (CL08-844.)
n. d.
J. Beatty (Baltimore, MD) to Poe (— ?). This may be the same John Beatty Poe mentioned seeing in Norfolk, VA on Sept. 18, 1849. (CL08-845.)
n. d.
H. M. Brooks (Salem, MA) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-846.)
n. d.
A. P. Burwell (Woodworth's, Granville County, NC) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-847.)
n. d.
S. Cobb (Boston, MA) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-848.)
n. d.
D. Colvin (Clyde, NY) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-849.)
n. d.
E. G. Cross (Baton Rouge East, New Orleans, LA) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-850.)
n. d.
Mrs. E. Fletcher (Haverhill, MA) to Poe. (CL08-851.)
n. d.
J. S. French (Old Point Comfort, VA) to Poe. (CL08-852.)
n. d.
J. B. Green (Lynchburg, VA) to Poe. (CL08-853.)
n. d.
G. W. Haskins (Buffalo, NY) to Poe. (CL08-854.)
n. d.
Dr. J. C. Hay[s] (Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD) to Poe. Poe's list gives the name as both Hay and Hays. (CL08-855.)
n. d.
P. Jones (Lairdsville, Oneida County, NY) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-856.)
n. d.
A. Kinne (Natchez, MS) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-857.)
n. d.
J. Leonard (Howe, Leonard & Co., Boston, MA) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-858.)
n. d.
J. B. Lynes (Danbury, CN) to Poe (— ?). Poe also notes: “direct to Mobile.” (CL08-859.)
n. d.
R. A. Lyon (Brooklyn, NY) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-860.)
n. d.
D. H. Mason, Jr. (Dahlonega, GA) to Poe (— ?). Mason (1829-after 1894) was an editor and author. He lived in GA 1837-1847, afterwards moving to Yale. (CL08-861.)
n. d.
J. C. Molton (Woonsocket Falls, RI) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-862.)
n. d.
A. B. Moss (59 Broadway, [NY ?]) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-863.)
n. d.
J. R. Orton (Binghampton, NY) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-864.)
n. d.
J. R. Paxton (8 Marshall St., Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-865.)
n. d.
G. Potts (New York, NY) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-866.)
n. d.
D. Redmond (Utica, NY) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-867.)
n. d.
J. Reed, Jr. (Philadelphia, PA) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-868.)
n. d.
W. B. Rose (Washington, PA) to Poe (— ?). (CL08-869.)
n. d.
Unknown correspondent “of Paulson & Co. 451” (— ?) to Poe (— ?). Unfortunately, the name of the individual was lost when the page was torn. (CL08-870.)
Note: Entries CL-831 - CL-870 appear on Poe's “Memoranda” list of subscribers and contributors to his projected magazine the Penn, later the Stylus. The full list was printed by Alexander G. Rose III and Jeffrey A. Savoye, eds., Such Friends as These: Edgar Allan Poe's List of Subscribers and Contributors to His Dream Magazine (Baltimore: The Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, 1986). All of these entries carry the comment, “See let” or “See letter.” In most cases, it is reasonable to surmise a reply by Poe. Regrettably, it is not practical, in general, to date these letters more precisely than 1840-1848. Those letters which can be dated more accurately have been added to the appropriate places in the check list.
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Notes:
Readers should note that this version of the Check List has been considerably revised in the general online version. The present version is included only because it is an integral element of the 2008 edition of The Letters.
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[S:0 - CLT08, 2008] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Editions - The Collected Letters of Edgar Allan Poe (Ostrom, Pollin and Savoye) (Check List, 1844-1849 and not dated)