EDGAR ALLAN POE TO GEORGE W. EVELETH — APRIL 16, 1846
My Dear Sir,
You seem to take matters very easily and I really wonder at your patience under the circumstances. But the truth is I am in no degree to blame[.] Your letters, one and all, reached me in due course of mail — and I attended to them, as far as I could.
The business, in fact, was none of mine but of the person to whom I transferred the Journal and in whose hands it perished.
Of course, I feel no less in honor bound to refund you your money, and now do so, with many thanks for your promptness & courtesy.
Very cordially yours
Edgar A Poe
G. W. Evelett Esqr