Letter from Bill O'Brien of World-Wide Sports, Inc., to Mr. Frederic C. Lee of the Carnival Committee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., with a handwritten reply from Mr. Lee on the front. In his letter O'Brien references Lee's letter of February...
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...
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Sanctions, Administrative; Winter sports;
Letter from a member [Frederic C. Lee], Board of Managers, and Co-Chairman of Carnival Committee, the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., to Mr. George W. Pepper, Jr. of the United States Figure Skating Association (U.S.F.S.A.) concerning payment of a...
Letter from Pete Noble to Mr. F. C. (Frederic C.) Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., containing a handwritten response from Mr. Lee on the back. In this letter Mr. Noble reminds Mr. Lee of their conversation at the Hotel New Yorker about the...
Bloom, Marion; Baltimore (Md.); Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945; Letters; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; Writing;
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Marion Bloom dated February 24, [1914]. Mencken and Marion Bloom (1891-1975) met in February 1914 when she visited the office of the Baltimore Sun. She may well have been his first serious love interest, and this letter...
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...
Letters; Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Rice, Sara Sigourney, 1831-1909;
In this letter dated April 4, 1876 and written from Paris, France, Stéphane Mallarmé responds to Sara Sigourney Rice's letter requesting a few lines from Mallarmé to be included in a book entitled Edgar Allan Poe: A Memorial Volume. Rice was...
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...
Borrowing and lending; Dow, Jesse E. (Jesse Erskine), 1809-1850; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Thomas, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1806-1866;
In this letter dated March 16, 1843 and written from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Edgar Allan Poe informs his friends Jesse E. Dow and Frederick W. Thomas that he has arrived in Philadelphia safely and thanks them for all they have done for him. In...
Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland one-third dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed Wm [William] Eddis and J [John] Clapham: serial number 631.
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Figure skating officials; Sanctions, Administrative; United States Figure Skating Association; Winter sports;
Letter from G. W. [George W.] Pepper, Jr. of the United States Figure Skating Association (U.S.F.S.A.) to Mr. Frederic C. Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc. concerning Lee's earlier letter and payment of a sanction on an upcoming carnival to be...
Letter from Norman A. Falkner to the gentlemen of the Ice Club of Baltimore. In his letter Mr. Falkner promotes his one-legged skating act, advertising the combination of the primary elements of the International Style of figure skating and special...
Correspondence; Cleveland Skating Club; Figure skating; Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc.; Skating rinks;
Letter from Howard P. Eells, Jr., president of the Cleveland Skating Club, to the president of the Ice Club of Baltimore. In this letter Mr. Eells announces the opening of the Cleveland Skating Club and ice rink, inviting representatives of the Ice...
In this letter dated January 12, 1836 and written from Richmond, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe requests money from George Poe, Jr. for his aunt, Mrs. William (Maria) Clemm, and her daughter, Virginia. In this solicitation, Edgar Allan Poe reveals his...
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...
Church Home (Baltimore, Md.); Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884;
In this letter dated September 14, 1863 and written from Baltimore, Maryland, Maria Clemm informs Neilson Poe she is now living in the Church Home on Broadway in Baltimore. Although her stay is being paid for by the ladies of St. Paul's Church, she...
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...
Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland two-thirds dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed J [John] Clapham and Wm [William] Eddis: serial number 6836.
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Cost; Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc.; James Lawrence Kernan Hospital (Baltimore, Md.); Money; Winter sports;
Letter from R. E. Lee Taylor to Mr. Frederic C. Lee concerning visiting amateur skaters and carnival expenses. In his letter Mr. Taylor, a member of the board of directors of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., agrees with Mr. Lee that entertainment...
Letter from Eleanor O'Meara to Mr. [Frederic C.] Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., concerning travel plans to an ice carnival sponsored by the club. In her letter Miss O'Meara acknowledges receipt of a $200.00 check from Mr. Lee to cover...
