Edgar Allan Poe Manuscripts Collections
This virtual collection unites letters physically held in the
University of Virginia Library Special Collections Department,
Charlottesville, Va; the Poe Museum, Richmond, Va.; and the Valentine Museum,
Richmond, Va. Copyright remains with the holding institutions.
These electronic texts were prepared at the Electronic Text Center,
University of Virginia Library, and as part of Rare Book School 1999.
They are encoded in SGML and are fully searchable.
Images of each manuscript page
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With each transcribed text, we offer brief summaries that set the manuscript in
context. In the brief introduction, we offer additional
information about the scope and significance of each collection.
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University of Virginia Library Special Collections
December 14 1826, Promisory Note signed by Edgar Allan Poe
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December 1, 1835 from Edgar Allan Poe to Beverly Tucker
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March 3, 1836 from Edgar Allan Poe to John C. McCabe
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June 21, 1841 from Edgar Allan Poe to Washington Irving
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September 1, 1841 from Edgar Allan Poe to Thomas
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July 6, 1842 from Edgar Allan Poe to Dr. Thomas H. Chivers
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June 3, 1844 from Edgar Allan Poe to L.I. Cist
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December 19, 1845 from Chas G. Percival to Edgar Allan Poe
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October 6, 1865 from Maria Clemm ("Muddie")
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Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA.
May 1826 from Edgar Allan Poe, University of Virginia, to John Allan
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September 21, 1826 from Edgar Allan Poe, University of Virginia, to John Allan
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[March 19, 1827] from Edgar Allan Poe, The Court House Tavern, to John Allan
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[March 20, 1827] from Edgar Allan Poe, The Court House Tavern, to John Allan
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[March 20, 1827] from John Allan, Richmond, to Edgar Allan Poe
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December 1, 1828 from Edgar Allan Poe, Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, SC, to John Allan
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December 22, 1828 from Edgar Allan Poe, Fortress Monoe, VA, to John Allan
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February 4, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Fortress Monoe, VA, to John Allan
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March 10, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Fortress Monoe, VA, to John Allan
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May 18, 1829 from John Allan, Richmond, to Edgar Allan Poe
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May 20, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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May 29, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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June 25, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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July 15, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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July 26, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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August 4, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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August 10, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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October 30, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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November 12, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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November 18, 1829 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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May 3, 1830 from Edgar Allan Poe, Richmond, to Sergeant Samuel Graves
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June 28, 1830 from Edgar Allan Poe, West Point, to John Allan
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November 6, 1830 from Edgar Allan Poe, West Point, to John Allan
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January 3, 1831 from Edgar Allan Poe, West Point, to John Allan
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February 21, 1831 from Edgar Allan Poe, New York, to John Allan
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October 16, 1831 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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November 18, 1831 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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December 15, 1831 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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December 29, 1831 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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April 12, 1833 from Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, to John Allan
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The Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia
To Hiram Haines, August 19, 1836
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Letter to an unknown correspondent (fragment), 1836?
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Lines from Milton
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Lines from Shakespeare
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Letter to Thomas White, July 20, 1835
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Autobiographical "Memo"
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Leaf from "Siope"
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Portions of "Marginalia"
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Portion of an essay on "Frances Sargent Osgood"
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Portion of "The Rationale of Verse"
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Letter to Lucy Dorothea Henry, June 20, 1843
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