Correspondence between James S. Wilson, Atcheson Hench, John L. Miller and John C. Wyllie regarding a desk owned by Mrs. Agnes Symmers and believed once to have belonged to Poe [manuscript] 1954.

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...

Symmers, Agnes Louise (American painter, 1887-after 1941)

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