BIB_ID
127571
Accession number
MA 644.7
Creator
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Display Date
[18]47 Feb. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 25.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "Horace Greeley Esqre / Washington / D.C." Marked "Paid."
High reserve.
Part of a collection of letters and manuscripts related to Edgar Allan Poe. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record (MA 644) for more information.
High reserve.
Part of a collection of letters and manuscripts related to Edgar Allan Poe. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record (MA 644) for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Robert Fridenberg in 1910.
Summary
Enclosing (not present) an article from the Tribune attacking Poe. Noting that when he first saw it, he said to himself "this misrepresentation is not the work of Horace Greeley," and responding at length to the attacks upon his character. Stating that the dishonest slander has been attributed to Greeley, and demanding justice.
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