BIB_ID
300661
Accession number
MA 644.10
Creator
White, Thomas Willis, 1788-1843.
Display Date
1835 Sept. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
Docketed.
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 Dodd and Livingston in 1912.
Summary
Referencing his work at the Southern Literary Messenger, and mentioning "Poe is now in my employ -- not as Editor." Noting that Poe is "unfortunately rather dissipated," though his "disposition is amiable." Listing the contributors to no. 12 of the magazine, and asking Minor to write an editorial.
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