Letter and engraving [manuscript] 1901 Aug. 1.

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Letter and engraving [manuscript] 1901 Aug. 1.

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In this collection are an ALS (1 p. on 1 l.) from Arthur English to Richard Henry? Stoddard and an engraving of Edgar Allan Poe. English's letter recalls his father Thomas Dunn English having quarrelled with Poe, and commends Stoddard's review of a biography of Poe by John Alexander Joyce. The engraving, attached to the letter, was done "from the last daguerreotype taken."

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7927981

University of Virginia. Library

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