THE LETTERS FROM GEORGE W. EVELETH TO EDGAR ALLAN POE
New York: Norwood Editions, 1978. Reprint of 1922 Bulletin of The New York Public Library. Cloth. Quarto, black cloth with white lettering on spine, ~20 pages. Near Fine. Item #10208
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George W. Eveleth was the second of eight children, and the oldest son. Born in Maine, whence came his enthusiastic correspondence with Poe. He attended Bowdoin Medical College in 1849, and may have worked briefly as a physician in Phillips, ME 1855-1857. He was married to Rosannah Davies. Eveleth later corresponded with George Edward Woodberry in 1883-1885, as Woodberry was preparing his biography of Poe.
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