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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 29, 2017
Caption: An Emotional Plea
Additional Description: Poe returned to Richmond after the breakup of the Amity Street household, where he wrote an emotional letter to Maria pleading with her to join him - and asking for Virginia's hand in marriage.
Edgar A. Poe to Maria Clemm, August 29, 1835
Courtesy of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Central Library / State Library Resource Center, Baltimore, MarylandClose-up of image on marker
Submitted: June 14, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p385673
File Size: 2.386 Megabytes

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