I last evening received a letter from Mr Willis enclosing your very kind one--God bless you for the interest you have taken in my beloved Eddie--my poor poor Eddie! And to think if I had have been with him I should not have lost him--will you have the kindness to send my darling[']s trunk by express. It contains papers of great importance to the publishers of his works, particularly his lectures--Mr Richmond (at whose house I shall spend this winter) thinks it will come direct and safely--I enclose you two of my dear son[']s letters, and you can judge who has the better right to any thing of his, Rose [Rosalie, Edgar Allan Poe's sister] or myself. God knows how freely I would have sacrificisse [sacrificed] my life for his. Dear dear Eddy, will your heart broken mother never see you more! Oh! Neilson, when my precious Virginia left us to dwell with the angels, I had my Eddie to comfort and console me. But now I am alone! I have the kinddest [sic] best friends of any one in the world, but that is not my dear Eddie. What right has Rose to any thing belonging to him[;] he has not even written to her for more than two
Permission to reproduce or publish this item is required and may be subject to copyright, fees, and other legal restrictions imposed by parties outside of the Library. The Enoch Pratt Free Library is not responsible for the outside use of these images but is committed to the responsible and legal use of any content posted on its web site. Any questions regarding the legal nature of content on this site may be referred to copyright@prattlibrary.org.
