Death; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Real photo postcards;
Photograph postcard commemorating the centenary (1849--1949) of the death of Edgar Allan Poe. This card is the official Baltimore first day cover of the Baltimore Philatelic Society and the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore and is postmarked 4...
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...
In this letter dated August 29, 1835 and written from Richmond, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe begs Maria Clemm to reject the offer made by Neilson Poe to have her and her daughter, Virginia, live with Neilson and his family. At the end of the letter,...
Original manuscript of the poem entitled "A Valentine" written by Edgar Allan Poe for Mrs. Frances Sargent Osgood on February 13, 1846. (Editor's note: Beginning in 1845, Edgar Allan Poe conducted a literary courtship with Frances Sargent Osgood...
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...
Books. Reviews; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this newspaper review of Sarah Helen Whitman's forthcoming book entitled "Edgar A. Poe and His Critics," published in 1859, the author praises Whitman's restrained defense of Edgar Allan Poe. (Editor's note: In which newspaper this review...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Lectures and lecturing; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Richmond (Va.); Travel;
In this incomplete letter believed to be the original of a copy dated September 18, 1849 from Norfolk, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe tells Maria Clemm of his recent activities, including his travels and lectures around Norfolk, and of his plans for...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Lectures and lecturing; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Richmond (Va.); Travel;
In this letter dated September 18, 1849 from Norfolk, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe tells Maria Clemm of his recent activities, including his travels and lectures around Norfolk, and of his plans for returning to Philadelphia. He is upbeat about work,...
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slavery; Slaveholders;
Document containing bills of sale for Josiah M. Cleaveland and Edgar A. Poe. Cleaveland sold a number of household goods to John F. Duryee. Edgar Allan Poe sold a slave on behalf of his mother-in-law, Maria Clemm Poe, to Henry Ridgway of Baltimore...
In this letter dated March 6, 1809 and written from Stockerton, George Poe, Jr. tells William Clemm about troubles from a couple of Baltimoreans, relatives of the family. This letter includes the only known copy of a note by Edgar Allan 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,...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Letters; Locke, Jane E. (Jane Ermina), 1805-1859; Manuscripts; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Richmond, Nancy Heywood, 1820-1898;
In this letter dated only Monday morning October 14 (1849) (Monday occurred on October 15 in 1849) and written from Lowell, Massachusetts, Annie (Mrs. Nancy Heywood) Richmond welcomes Maria Clemm's acceptance of her invitation to stay with her (see...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Ridgway, Henry; Slave bills of sale;
Handwritten copy of a bill of sale for Negro slave Edwin sold by Edgar A. Poe, as agent for Maria Clemm, to Henry Ridgway December 10, 1829 and recorded December 29, 1829 by William Gibson, the clerk for Baltimore City. At the top of the document...
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...
Etching, French; Lefort, Henri-Émile, 1852-1916; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
Etching of Edgar Allan Poe signed by Henri Lefort and dated 1894. In the upper left corner of the etching is Poe's name, while in the upper right corner is a hand-colored creature probably meant to be a demon. Ravens are positioned around the...
Photograph taken of a bronze-colored plaster bust of Edgar Allan Poe based on the bronze bust of Poe sculpted by George Julian Zolnay around 1898. On the rounded section of the base on the rear of the bust are the letters G J ZOLNAY SC. (SC stands...
