BIB_ID
453637
Accession number
MA 23905
Creator
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849, sender.
Credit line
Gift of Susan Jaffe Tane in honor of the Morgan's Centennial, 2024.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.5 x 20 cm
Notes
Postmarked address panel reads: Mess. Sam: Williams / or / Wm Graeff Jr. / Reading / Pa.
Poe presented his lecture on American poetry to the Mechanics Institute, of which Samuel Williams and William Graeff, Jr., were members, on March 12, 1844, at the Academy Hall in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Formerly housed in red cloth slipcase with the bookplate of Susan Jaffe Tane. Housing removed and retained in 2025.
Poe presented his lecture on American poetry to the Mechanics Institute, of which Samuel Williams and William Graeff, Jr., were members, on March 12, 1844, at the Academy Hall in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Formerly housed in red cloth slipcase with the bookplate of Susan Jaffe Tane. Housing removed and retained in 2025.
Provenance
Gift of Susan Jaffe Tane in honor of the Morgan's Centennial, 2024.
Summary
Agreeing to deliver a lecture on American Poetry to the Mechanics Institute of Reading, Pennsylvania. The author writes: "I have just received your favor of the 5", and will be pleased to deliver a lecture on American Poetry' in Reading [Pennsylvania], on Tuesday the 12th inst., if convenient. Please reply by return of mail and let me know at what place I shall meet the Committee."
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