Ellis-Allan family papers, 1810-1835.

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Ellis-Allan family papers, 1810-1835.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36791059

Collection consists of photocopies of items from the Ellis-Allan Papers in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. There are primarily business letters of the mercantile firm of Ellis and Allan, which employed a number of relations as representatives. Edgar Allen Poe is mentioned in a few later items, and there is a copy of one Poe letter in 1835.

88 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7385939

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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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...

Allan family.

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Ellis family.

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