Papers of Virginia Doris, 1989.

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Papers of Virginia Doris, 1989.

The collection consists chiefly of articles re Edgar Allan Poe and Sarah Helen Whitman. Many of them concern Mrs. Doris's efforts to prove that the statue of the muse of history at the base of a statue of Roger Williams in Providence, Rhode Island, was modeled on Mrs. Whitman. Several photographs of the statue are included.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7346543

University of Virginia. Library

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Doris, Virginia Louise McCullough

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Edgar Allan Poe enthusiast. From the description of Papers of Virginia Doris, 1989. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958102 ...

Whitman, Sarah Helen Power, 1803-1878

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Sarah Helen Power Whitman (January 19, 1803 – June 27, 1878) was an American poet, essayist, transcendentalist, spiritualist and a romantic interest of Edgar Allan Poe. Whitman was born in Providence, Rhode Island on January 19, 1803, exactly six years before Poe's birth. She was the daughter of Nicholas Power. In 1828, she married the poet and writer John Winslow Whitman. John had been co-editor of the Boston Spectator and Ladies' Album, which allowed Sarah to publish some of her poetry usin...

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. In 1834 Poe married his cousin Virginia, who was not quite fourteen at the time, and began seriously seeking a means of supporting "his family." In the spring of 1835, the family moved back to Richmond where Poe took a position with the Southern Literary Messenger . Poe used the opportunity to publish several of his poems and short tales in the paper, but he also began developing his reputation as a pugnacious critic by contr...

Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683

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Governor of Rhode Island and clergyman. From the description of Letter of Roger Williams, 1647 August 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066899 Roger Williams (1603-1682/83), clergyman and founder of Rhode Island, was born in London, England. Upon graduating from Pembroke College in 1624, Williams became a chaplain at Otes, in Essex County, England. In 1630 he embarked for New England, where he soon incurred the wrath of the Massachusetts magistrates for his criticism of t...