Savannah, G.A. Autobiographical data.

N.p. An invitation to an evening party. Asks him to return her husband's poem.

New York. Sends some "puffs" of his work by Prof. Tappan. (fragment)

New York. A letter of condolence [on death of Griswold's wife?]. Caroline (Searles) Griswold died in November 1842.

Canandaigua, N. Y. Offers her story, "The Phoebe Bird," for the Frances Osgood memorial volume [The Memorial]. The story appears in The Memorial, New York 1851, p. 217.

New York. Thanks him for a kind notice. Realizes her unpopularity, but "life it growing too earnest with me to admit of my writing 'pretty stories.'" The Letters [from New York] will be out in June.

Philadelphia, P.A. Asks him to keep back a review of Dr. [Elisha Kent] Kane's work [Arctic Explorations] until after election.

Philadelphia, P.A. Gives details of payments to Dr. [Elisha Kent] Kane, Allibone, and others. Asks for Griswold's literary influence in favor of Dr. Kane; desires to publish for Mr. [Frank?] Moore.

New York. Promises to support Poe's Penn Magazine. Advises him not to "lay aside the pruning knife for the tomahawk" in criticism. Expatiates on the spiritual delights on a literary career. Comments favorably on the Dial: "The Boston papers have attmepted to criticize it; but they have failed entirely.

New York. Expresses pleasure at Poe's apology for "the autograph article." Considers poetry the perfection of literature. Will try to obtain subscribers for the Penn Magazine. Hopes soon to submit to him his poem, "The Mighty Dead."

New York. Inquires whether Poe received his poem, "The Mighty Dead."

Oaky Grove, G.A. Complains that Poe has neglected his letters. Suggests a partnership in the Penn Magazine. Poe's criticism of [Richard Henry Horne's] Orion pleased him very much; considers his definition of poetry superior to Bacon's. Discourses on the relation of past to present.

Oaky Grove, G.A. Asks for a copy of Poe's article "Mesmeric Revelation." Discusses the development of mankind and human knowledge. Answers several arguments of Poe's about the nature of the spirit.

Oaky Grove, G.A. Analyzes the two-fold nature of man, and the power of knowledge in showing man how to live and die. The physical and intellectual natures are perfected in Christianity. Asks for several books and periodicals by O[restes] A[ugustus] Brownson.

Oaky Grove, G.A. Promises to send Poe money. Asks Poe to do some business for him at the Commercial Bank of Florida. Describes the reception of the writer's poems in Georgia. Tennyson "is a lofty imitator of Shelley, without a tithe of his force." Praises Poe's recent temperance.

Oaky Grove, G. A. Reproaches Poe for neglecting him. Defends his accentuation of a word in his "Wife's Lament." Amends a line in "The Dying Swan." Praises Tennyson's technique and [Richard Henry] Horne's Orion.

Washington, G.A. Suggests that Poe come to the South to live. Asks him to forward a tale, "The Return from the Dead," to Frederick W. Bartlett of Atlanta, G.A.

Washington, G.A. Recommends Dr. [William Henry] Fouerden of the Atlanta Enterprise  to Poe. Is using his newly-invented mill for spinning silk. Asks Poe's opinion on his poem, "Agnus." and the accent of some classical names.

New York. Asks Griswold to return all his letters to Poe.

116 Leonard St. Reiterates his accusation that Poe hod "stolen" the "Raven" from "To Allegra Florence in Heaven."