BIB_ID
300662
Accession number
MA 644.11
Creator
White, Thomas Willis, 1788-1843.
Display Date
1835 Sept. 21.
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
Discussing literary matters. Mentioning Poe's bad habits and that "he is in addition the victim of melancholy." Noting that he would not be surprised to hear that Poe had committed suicide.
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