Document containing the broadside entitled "The Last Rose of Summer." This broadside is from a poem of the same name written by Irish poet Thomas Moore and set to music by Sir John Stevenson (not indicated on sheet). The speaker compares the last...
World War, 1939-1945; Victory gardens; Agriculture--Competitions;
Pamphlet for the 1944 Statewide Big Vegetable Contest, organized by the Maryland Victory Garden Committee. The pamphlet includes the rules for the contest, information about contest judges, prize winnings, and an entry blank. According to the...
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...
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 letter dated December 27, 1865 and written from Brooklyn, New York, Gabriel Harrison tries to calm Maria Clemm, Edgar Allan Poe's mother-in-law, who is distraught because she has not received a letter from Harrison recently. Addressing her...
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...
In his letter dated November 29, 1835 and written from Augusta, Georgia, William Poe, Jr., a cousin, relates some interesting facts about the Georgian branch of the Poe family to Maria Clemm. The letter is testament to the piety of this branch of...
