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[Text: John Ward Ostrom, "Revised Check List of the Correspondence of Edgar Allan Poe," Studies in the American Renaissance (edited by Joel Myerson), 1981, pp. 169-255. This information is reprinted here with permission of the copyright holder. It has been reformatted for HTML and updated where additional information is known.]
 

Revised Check List of
the Correspondence of Edgar Allan Poe
(Index to Correspondents and Owners, A-J)

    These items are arranged alphabetically by the last name of Poe's correspondent or by the name of the owner of the item. Within each name, the items are listed by checklist number, essentially chronologically. A few letters are sent to undetermined addressees. These letters are listed under "Unidentified Correspondent."

    Scroll down, or select letter: A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . X . Y . Z
 
 

~~~ A ~~~

Alderman Library (University of Virginia) (owner, ViU-A): 47, 125, 209, 223, 225, 229, 235, 240, 293, 325, 378, 386, 464a, 485, 603, 635, 680, 683, 687, 716, 736-737, 741, 743, 750, 761-762, 769, 777, 778a, 807a

Allan, John (correspondent): 1, 5-9, 12-14, 16-17, 20-21, 25-27, 30-32, 34-37, 40-43, 45-46, 48-50, 57-61, 63, 66-71

Allan, Mrs. John (Frances Keeling) (correspondent): 1, 15a, 15b

Annmary Brown Memorial Library (Brown University) (owner, RBP): 146a

Anthon, Charles (correspondent):174-175, 505-507
 
 

~~~ B ~~~

Barney, Hiram (correspondent): 684

Barrett, Elizabeth (correspondent): 630

Barrett, Clifton Waller, Collection (see also Alderman Library, University of Virginia) (owner, ViU-A): 125, 293, 325, 378, 485, 778a

Barrett, Roger W., Collection (owner): 382

Barstow, George F. (correspondent): 625-626

Beinecke Library (Yale University) (owner, CtY): 691

Bernard, Peter D. (correspondent): 425

Biddle, Charles J. Collection (owner): 265b

Biddle, Nicholas (correspondent): 265b

Bird, Robert M. (correspondent): 106, 142-143, 148

Bisco, John (correspondent): 647

Blackwell, Anna (correspondent): 709, 712

Bolton, Richard (correspondent): 328, 338, 346, 354

Boston Lyceum Committee (correspondent): 570-571

Boston Miscellany, Editor of (correspondent): 402, 404

Boston Public Library (owner, MB): 22, 75, 84, 86, 88, 103-104, 111, 117-118, 128, 134, 149b, 150, 152, 163, 165, 170, 175, 180, 183, 185, 188, 190, 199-200, 207, 210, 226, 250, 254, 259, 262, 270-271, 273-274, 279-280, 283, 285, 287, 289, 292, 303, 309, 314, 317, 319, 321, 323, 326, 332-333, 335, 339, 343, 347, 350, 352-353, 355, 358, 363-364, 373, 380-381, 383, 385, 393, 411, 418-419, 424, 428, 430, 439, 445, 447, 449, 453, 458, 467, 474, 478-479, 488, 492, 495, 497, 499, 502,507, 510, 516-517, 523, 524, 526, 528, 532-536, 538, 541, 543, 547, 550, 555, 564, 568-569,574, 577, 581, 593, 595, 597, 600, 602, 610e, 613, 618, 646, 648, 652-653, 656, 658, 661, 673, 677, 681-682, 706, 749, 773, 805, 821

Bowen, Eli (correspondent): 487, 722a, 722b, 725a

Boyd, Joseph B. (correspondent): 217, 227, 248

Bradbury & Soden (correspondent):405

Bristed, Charles A. (correspondent): 667, 711

British Library (owner, BL): 714

Broadway Journal, Editor of (correspondent): 527

Bronson, Cotesworth P. (correspondent): 688a

Brooks, Nathan C. (correspondent): 177-178, 187, 265

Brown, James (correspondent) (this is an error, misread by several sources. The correct name is James Burns)

Brown University Library (owner, RBP): (see Annmary Brown Memoral Library)

Bryan, Daniel (correspondent): 363, 372-373, 377, 380, 383-385

Bryant, William C. (correspondent): 299

Buckingham, Messrs. (correspondent): 72

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library (owner, NBu): 431a

Bulfinch, Stephen C. (correspondent): 119, 137, 149

Burns, James (correspondent): 172-173  (several sources misread Burns as Brown.)

Burton, William E. (correspondent): 182-185, 188, 234-236

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine (see Burton, William E.)

Bush, George (correspondent): 513

Butler Library (Columbia University) (owner, NNC): 751, 771
 
 

~~~ C ~~~

Campbell, Charles (correspondent): 587

Carey, Edward L. (correspondent): 483a , 362a

Carey, Edward L., and Abraham Hart (correspondents):113, 222

Carey, Edward L., and Isaac Lea (correspondents): 108, 122-123

Carey Henry C. (correspondent): 81

Carey Mathew (correspondent): 155-156

Carpenter, William H. (correspondent): 172-173

Carter, Robert (correspondent): 414-415, 419a, 440, 455

Cass, Governor Lewis (correspondent): 153a

Causten, James H. (correspondent): 139, 166

Chapin, H. D. (correspondent): 696

Chester, Anson Gleason (correspondent): 781a-781b

Chester, Joseph Lemuel (correspondent): 549a, 609a

Chivers, Thomas H. (correspondent): 249-250, 351, 371, 378, 381, 389, 393-394, 403, 437, 488, 491-492, 497, 547a-547b, 556-558, 562-564, 577, 585, 591, 649, 673, 681, 718, 820

Cist, Lewis J. (correspondent): 261, 263, 322, 329, 466a, 479a, 485

Clark, Mr. (correspondent): 463

Clark Library (William Andrews Clark Library, University of California at Los Angeles) (owner, CLU-C): 119, 149

Clarke, Mrs. Jane (correspondent): xxx

Clarke, Thomas C. (correspondent): 421

Clements Library (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan) (owner, MiU-C): 153a

Clemm, Mrs. Maria (correspondent): 94-97, 477, 719b, 754a, 757, 808, 810-813, 816, 821, 822a, 823-824, 826

Collyer, Robert H. (correspondent): 596

Colton, George H. (correspondent): 688c

Columbia University (owner, NNC): (see Butler Library)

Connecticut Historical Society (owner, CtHi): 342, 345

Conrad, Robert T. (correspondent): 268, 687-688

Cooke, Philip P. (correspondent): 109, 193, 200, 203, 205, 226, 610b, 618a, 621, 653-654

Cooper, James F. (correspondent): 144, 300

Cosey, Joseph (forger): (see forgeries)

Cox, John C. (correspondent): 178a, 221

Craig, Samuel D. (correspondent): 501-502

Crocker, Reverend Dr. (correspondent): 758

Crump, Edward G. (correspondent): 15

Cummings, A. S. (correspondent): 238a, 242a
 
 

~~~ D ~~~

Daniel, Peter V. (correspondent): 4

Davison, Charles W., Jr., Collection (owner): 110, 136

Dew, Thomas R. (correspondent): 162-163, 165

Dickens, Charles (correspondent): 359-360, 370a, 401, 614-615

Dickinson College Literary Societies (correspondent): 637

D'Israeli, Isaac (correspondent): 202

Dow, Jesse E. (correspondent): 423-424

Duane, William (correspondent): 500, 503, 519-520

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library (owner, DDO): 348

Dunnell, T. L. (correspondent): 725-726, 744, 747, 755-756

Du Ponceau, Peter S. (correspondent): 150a

Duyckinck, Evert A. (correspondent): 544e, 545, 565-567a, 583, 594, 602a, 607, 612, 628, 643, 662, 664, 774, 779
 
 

~~~ E ~~~

Earle, Dr. Pliny (correspondent): 255-256

Ellet, Mrs. Elizabeth F. (correspondent): 595, 597

England, Poe in: 1

E. St. J. (correspondent): 312

Evans, Elwood (correspondent): 450a, 450b

Eveleth, George W. (correspondent): 599, 606, 617, 622, 634, 657, 660, 668, 671, 674, 679, 686, 694-695, 700, 702, 717, 775, 803, 807a
 
 

~~~ F ~~~

Facsimiles (in printed items referenced in the checklist): 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 26-28, 30, 34, 35, 37, 40, 42, 46, 48, 50, 56, 58, 59, 61, 63, 66, 68-72, 97, 126, 139, 146, 151, 164, 165a, 165c, 168, 185, 195, 198, 216, 221, 227, 231, 237, 246, 246, 253, 267, 325, 330, 342, 346, 420, 421, 423, 468, 473, 477, 479b, 509, 524, 530, 537, 554, 575, 590, 602a, 622, 640, 647, 665, 670, 677, 688, 694, 711, 719, 728, 729, 750, 753, 770a, 772aa, 786, 791, 794, 806, 815, 817, 826

Fancher, Enoch L. (correspondent): 680a

Field, Joseph M. (correspondent): 636

Field, Thomas W. (correspondent): 551, 554

Fisher, Otto O., Collection (owner): 496

Fisher, E. Burke (correspondent): 186, 189-190, 218

Flag of Our Union, Editor of (correspondent): 770-771

Forgeries: (identified forgeries:) 659 , 789   (possible forgeries:) 415, 420, 603, 609, 610a, 612, 638, 710, 713, 791, 792

Franklin Literary Society of Jefferson College (correspondent):159a-159b

Free Library of Philadelphia (owner, PP): 176a, 192, 233b, 356, 372b, 419a, 559-560, 626, 628a, 665, 696-697, 703, 725a, 729, 754a

French, John C., Collection (owner, MdBJ): 464

Fuller, Margaret (correspondent): 555
 
 

~~~ G ~~~

Gallagher, W. D. (correspondent): 273

Galt, James (correspondent): 10-11

Gillespie, William M. (correspondent): 526, 526a

Gilman, Reverend Samuel (correspondent): 160a

Gimbel, Richard G., Collection (owner, PP): (see Free Library of Philadelphia)

Gleason, Frederick (correspondent): (see Flag of Our Union, Editor of )

Godey, Louis A. (correspondent):628a, 629a, 630a, 644-646, 648, 697, 697a

Godey's Lady's Book, Editors of (correspondent):  (see Louis A. Godey and Mrs. Sarah J. Hale)

Governor of Virginia (correspondent): 3

Graeff, William Jr. (correspondent): 460a, 468-469, 471-472

Graham, George Rex (correspondent):486, 512, 527a

Graham's Magazine (correspondent): (see George R. Graham)

Graves, Sergeant Samuel (correspondent): 54-56

Greeley, Horace (correspondent): 672

Green, William (correspondent): 589

Grey, Edward S. T. (pseudonym of Poe): 720

Griswold, Merrill, Collection (owner, MB): (see Boston Public Library)

Griswold, Rufus W. (correspondent): 282, 288-289, 324, 438, 516-517, 524, 534, 568, 574, 796, 805

Griswold Collection (owner, MB): (see Boston Public Library)

Gwynn, William (correspondent): 65
 
 

~~~ H ~~~

Haines, Hiram (correspondent): 158, 232-233

Hale, Mrs. Sarah J. (correspondent):145, 163a, 164, 482-483, 484, 573, 575, 584, 611

Hall, Harrison (correspondent): 160

Halleck, Fitz-Greene (correspondent): 146, 296, 592, 609

Hamilton, Robert (correspondent): 395a

Harper and Brothers (correspondent): 140, 152, 179-180

Hart, Abraham (correspondent): (see Carey and Hart)

Harvard College Library (owner, MH-H): (see Houghton Library)

Haverford College Library (owner, PHC): 160, 462

Hawks, Francis L. (correspondent): 176

Hawthorne, Nathaniel (correspondent): 639

Heath, James E. (correspondent): 197, 199

Hedges, Joseph H. (correspondent): 459-460

Henry, Lucy D. (correspondent): 442

Herron, James (correspondent): 366-367, 375-376

Hewitt, Mrs. Mary E. (correspondent): 528, 530, 533, 541, 581, 600, 618

Heywood, Sarah (correspondent): 743, 778

Hirst, Henry B. (correspondent): 640, 704-705

Historical Society of Pennsylvania (owner, PHi): 65, 150a, 156, 248, 265a, 483a, 503, 520, 615

Hoffman, Charles F. (correspondent): 721

Holden, Ezra (correspondent): 447a

Honland, T. (correspondent): 631-632

Hopkins, John H., Jr. (correspondent): 706

Hopkinson, Judge Joseph (correspondent): 269-270

Horne, Richard H. (correspondent): 475, 478-479, 518, 538

Houghton Library (Harvard University) (owner, MH-H): 138, 203, 281, 295, 398, 407, 412, 427, 450, 457, 476, 481, 490, 493, 504, 622b, 693

Houghton, Roland S. (correspondent): 233a-233b

Howard, A. N. (correspondent): 659 [forgery]

Humanities Research Center Library [includes Koester Collection] (University of Texas at Austin) (owner, TxU-HRCL): 28, 53, 74, 98, 126, 133, 139, 143,146, 195, 216, 237, 242, 247, 256, 260, 276a, 282, 304, 308, 318, 329, 332a, 344a, 361, 365, 367, 376, 395a, 400, 406, 408, 419a, 426, 431, 432-433, 436, 443, 447a, 463, 468, 470, 482, 489, 511, 513, 527a, 531, 537, 540, 544, 575, 580, 609, 610a-610b, 622, 629, 638, 667, 679, 688a, 694, 708, 710-711, 713, 728, 731, 747, 770a, 791-792, 796, 802, 806, 809, 827

Hunt, Jedediah, Jr. (correspondent): 529

Henry E. Huntington Library (owner, CSmH): 80, 245, 253, 296, 330, 391, 394, 403, 473, 484, 491, 505, 514, 529, 558, 563, 567a, 585, 589, 611, 636, 640, 649, 670, 705, 718, 764, 789 [forgery]
 
 

~~~ I ~~~

Ide, A. M., Jr. (correspondent): 453, 456, 458, 474, 515a, 518a, 523, 543, 613

Indiana University Library (owner, InU-L): (see Lilly, Josiah K. Library)

Ingram Collection (owner, ViU-A, Ingram): (see Alderman Library)

Ingram, Susan V. C. (correspondent): 822

Iowa State Department of History and Archives (owner, Ia-HA):377

Irbey, George E. (mispelling of correspondent name): (see Isbell, George E.)

Irving, Washington (correspondent): 146a, 196, 201, 209a, 214, 293, 297

Isbell, George E. (correspondent):699, 701
 
 

~~~ J ~~~

Janvier, Edgar (correspondent): 390, 395

Jefferson College Literary Societies (correspondent): 159a-159b

Jewett, Fayette (correspondent): 625-626

Johns Hopkins University Library (owner, MdBJ): 453a, 464 (?)

Johnston, Clement Dixon Collection (owner, ViU-A): 464a

Johnston, E. W. (correspondent): 161

Jones, J. Beauchamp (correspondent): 194-195
 

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