In this letter dated October 12, 1864 and written from New York City, Nathaniel Parker Willis, editor of the family magazine entitled Home Journal, tells Maria Clemm about his plan to help her raise funds for a gravestone or memorial for Edgar...
Baltimore (Md.); Death; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
Letter from Dr. J. J. Moran to Maria Clemm, in which Dr. Moran relays his condolences at the passing of Edgar Allan Poe and discusses the nature of Poe's illness and the last days before his death.
In this incomplete letter dated December 1, 1864 and written on the stationary of the Library of the Long Island Historical Society in Brooklyn, New York, Gabriel Harrison, a friend of Edgar Allan Poe, tries to reestablish correspondence with Poe's...
In this letter dated December 8, 1864 and written from Brooklyn, New York, Gabriel Harrison answers Maria Clemm's recent letter, a response it appears to his letter to her of December 1 (see item scpc022). Having been informed of her situation,...
In this letter dated November 1, 1849 and written from Lowell, Massachusetts, Maria Clemm asks Neilson Poe to send Edgar Allan Poe's trunk by express mail to her at the Charles B. Richmond house in Lowell, where she is presently staying. She sends...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Land titles; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884; Travel;
In this letter dated February 19, 1861 and written from Alexandria, Virginia, Maria Clemm again raises the issue with Neilson Poe of the sale of the land warrant inherited from her late husband. She is anxious to sell it and, having found someone...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Death; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this letter mistakenly dated Saturday evening October 28th, 1849 (Saturday occurred on October 27 in 1849) and most likely written from Providence, Rhode Island, Sarah Helen Whitman, engaged to Edgar Allan Poe in 1848, expresses her sympathy to...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Lectures and lecturing; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Spiritual healing and spiritualism; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this letter dated February 3 and probably written between 1852 and 1854 from Providence, Rhode Island, Sarah Helen Whitman, who once was engaged to Edgar Allan Poe, tells Maria Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law, that she, through their mutual friend...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this letter dated November 27 (1859) and written from New York City, Sarah Helen Whitman, once engaged to Edgar Allan Poe, promises to have her publisher, Rudd and Carleton, send Poe's mother-in-law Maria Clemm a copy of her new book "Edgar Poe...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this letter dated February 28, 1860 and written from Providence, Rhode Island, Sarah Helen Whitman, once engaged to Edgar Allan Poe, reveals her relationship to Maria Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law. Apologizing for not writing sooner to Mrs. Clemm,...
Baltimore (Md.); Burial; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
Letter from Neilson Poe to Maria Clemm dated October 11, 1849. In this letter, Neilson Poe expresses his condolences at the passing of Edgar Allan Poe and his (Neilson's) regrets that he was unable to reach Mrs. Clemm to inform her of the day and...
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Portrait drawing; Walker, Ferdinand Graham, 1859-1927;
Print of drawing of Edgar Allan Poe done in 1932 by an unknown artist from a portrait of Poe painted by F. G. (Ferdinand Graham) Walker (1859-1927). When Walker painted Poe is not known. Above Poe's head are the likenesses of a bird, possibly a...
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847; Poetry; Valentines;
In the valentine poem dated February 14, 1846, Virginia Clemm Poe tells her husband Edgar Allan Poe what his love means to her. Written in acrostic form--the first letter of each line spells out her husband's name--Virginia tells Poe she doesn't...
Baltimore (Md.); Death; Grief; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
Letter from Maria Clemm to Neilson Poe dated October 9, 1849. In this letter, Mrs. Clemm asks Neilson Poe to confirm what she has just heard, that her son-in-law Edgar has passed away. (Editor's note: Obviously upset, Mrs. Clemm makes two mistakes...
Lectures and lecturing; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847; Richmond (Va.);
Letter from Elmira Shelton to Maria Clemm dated September 22, 1849. Mrs. Shelton writes as if to a dear friend, telling Mrs. Clemm about Edgar's good behavior. Mrs. Shelton also speaks affectionately of Mrs. Clemm's daughter, Virginia Poe, and of...
Health; Letters; New York (N.Y.); Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847;
Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Neilson Poe dated August 8, 1845. In this letter, Edgar Allan Poe apologizes for waiting so long to write to Neilson Poe but explains that he has been unable to procure some papers that will allow him to make a reply...
Boardinghouses; Letters; New York (N.Y.); Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847; Travel;
Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Maria Clemm dated April 7, 1844. In this letter, Poe recounts his latest journey with Virginia, including details about their arrival, search for a place to stay, and the meals they ate once they'd found lodging,...
In this letter dated August 29, 1835 and written from Richmond, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe reassures his aunt Maria Clemm and her daughter Virginia that he is saving money and that if the two agree to come live with him in Richmond he will provide...
January, Josephine Emily Poe (January, H. C. [Harry Churchill], Mrs.); Letters; Poe, Amelia Fitzgerald; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
In this letter dated December 2, 1908 and written from the Shelton Hotel in New York City, Amelia Fitzgerald Poe tells her niece, Mrs. H. C. (Harry Churchill) January (Josephine Emily Poe January) about various letters and items related to Edgar...
