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POE EDGAR ALLAN

(1809-1849).

L.A.S. « Edgar A. Poe », New York 31 août 1847, à Robert

Taylor CONRAD, au bureau du

Graham’s Magazine

,

à Philadelphia ; 1 page in-4, adresse (portrait gravé joint par

F. T. Stuart) ; en anglais.

15 000 / 20 000 €

Sur le paiement de ses articles.

[Robert Taylor CONRAD (1810-1858), auteur dramatique et juriste,

collaborait au

Graham’s Magazine

, dont Edgar Poe avait été un temps

rédacteur et où il publia plusieurs textes. En janvier 1847, Edgar Poe

avait perdu sa femme Virginia.]

Cela fait maintenant un mois [en fait, le 10 août] que Poe a écrit

à Conrad au sujet des deux articles qu’il lui avait laissés ; mais,

n’ayant rien entendu de sa part, il suppose que sa lettre ne lui est

pas parvenue – ou, en tout cas, que, pressé par d’autres affaires,

Conrad a oublié et la lettre et lui. Dans sa lettre, après avoir remercié

Conrad (et il le fait à nouveau très sincèrement) de sa gentillesse

envers lui à Philadelphie, il demandait une réponse au sujet de ses

articles, indiquant la somme de 40 $ que lui devrait le

Magazine

au

cas où ses articles seraient acceptés, et demandant la permission

de tirer pour ce montant. Il devait à Mr. GRAHAM 50 $ (autant qu’il

s’en souvienne) et ses papiers, à l’ancien tarif, en coûteraient 90. Il

demande une réponse dès que possible…

provenance

Collection Carrie Estelle DOHENY (Christie’s, 1988, lot 1546).

POE EDGAR ALLAN

(1809-1849).

Signed autograph letter, signed « Edgar A. Poe », New

York 31 August 1847, to Robert Taylor CONRAD, office of

Graham’s Magazine, in Philadelphia; 1 page in-4 format,

address (sold with engraved portrait by F. T. Stuart);

in English.

15 000 / 20 000 €

Concerning the payment of his articles for

Graham’s Magazine.

[Robert Taylor CONRAD (1810-1858), playwright and lawyer, worked

for

Graham’s Magazine

, for which Edgar Poe had once been the

editor. In January 1847, Edgar Poe had lost his wife Virginia.]

Not quite a month previously, on August 10, Poe had written to Conrad

about the two articles he had offered to “Graham’s Magazine” during

his last visit to Philadelphia, where he had travelled to reestablish his

magazine contacts: “It is now a month since I wrote you about the

two articles I left with you – but, as I have heard nothing from you,

I can only suppose that my letter has not reached you – or, at all

events, that, in the press of other business, you have forgotten it and

me. In it, after thanking you (as I do again most sincerely) for your

late kindness to me in Phil[adelphi]a, I begged an answer in respect

to the articles – mentioning $40 as the sum in which the Magazine

would be indebted to me in case of their acceptance, and asking

permission to draw for that amount. – I owed Mr. Graham $50 (as

nearly as I can remember) and the papers, at the old price, would

come to 90. May I beg of you to reply, as soon as convenient”…

provenance

Collection of Carrie Estelle DOHENY (Christie’s, 1988, lot 1546).