Letter of Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Baltimore, Md., to J.H. Whitty [manuscript] 1921 Nov. 14. 1921.

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Letter of Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Baltimore, Md., to J.H. Whitty [manuscript] 1921 Nov. 14. 1921.

From originals at the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond, Va. Gildersleeve sands Whitty an extract of a letter to a Miss Phillips in which he describes a poetry reading given by Poe in the Exchange Hotel in Richmond in 1849. Whitty has commented on the extract in the lower margin of the letter.

1 leaf + photoprint (b&w).

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University of Virginia. 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...

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Journalist, businessman, and scholar, of Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1792-1943. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20273947 ...

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