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...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Ma's Gone Out to Pray." This broadside tells the story of a young boy whose mother has gone out to pray at saloons to stop men, especially husbands, from drinking alcohol. The "Dio Lewis" mentioned in the...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Hair dyes;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of man selling another man hair dye. The salesman is a heavyset man with bushy eyebrows and sideburns. He wears a long coat, and holds a bottle in one hand and a pair of glasses in the other. Behind him is a...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Horse-drawn vehicles;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a horse pulling a cart. The horse is skinny, with a protuding spine and ribs. It wears a large yoke around its neck. A tear falls from the horses face, and he wears a mournful expression. The horse says "I...
Virginia Clemm's scent bottle and miniature glass. (Editor's note: Could this be a decanter and glass set used during travel to carry spirits for medicinal purposes, rather than a glass scent bottle and miniature glass?)
