Edgar Allan Poe manuscripts [manuscript], 1835-1849.

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Edgar Allan Poe manuscripts [manuscript], 1835-1849.

Chiefly correspondence from Poe, including letters to William Poe. Also included are lines "To one departed," n.d. Collection composed of microfilm purchased from the New York Public Library, and items from the Young, Burg, and Howe collections.

15 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7935588

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...