Identifier	scpc015
Title	Letter: Nathaniel Parker Willis to Maria Clemm, October 27, 1864
Transcript	N. York, Oct. 27 / 64 Dear Mrs Clemm The enclosed $10 is from Mr Cudy Silsbee, Seneca Falls, N.Y. in response to my mention of you in the Home Journal; and he says that he shall, ere long, contribute something to the proposed monument upon Poe's grave . Hoping to send you more, in a short time, I remain Yours very sincerely N P Willis Mrs Maria Clemm.
Creator	Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
Subject	Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Monuments Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871 Authors, American --19th century --Correspondence
Description	In this letter dated October 27, 1864 and written from New York City, Nathaniel Parker Willis, author and editor of the family magazine entitled Home Journal, sends money to Maria Clemm for a gravestone for Edgar Allan Poe's grave. This contribution came from a correspondent in Waterloo, N.Y. named Cudy Silsbee who wished to remember and help erect a monument to Poe. Willis took up the cause, publishing an article in the Journal on Saturday, October 8, 1964, espousing Poe's genius, and an editorial on October 15, 1864, appealing for funds for a Poe memorial.
Publisher (Electronic Version)	Enoch Pratt Free Library
Holding Institution	Enoch Pratt Free Library
Date Original	1864-10-27;
Date Digital	2009-06-18;
Type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 1-page document, 20 x 27 cm.
Source	Special Collections Department, Edgar Allan Poe Collection
Relation	Is Part Of the Edgar Allan Poe Collection Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Coverage	1861-1870
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