E. BURKE FISHER TO EDGAR ALLAN POE — NOVEMBER 17, 1839

 

 

 

This letter is described in the Bangs Sale Catalogue of April 11, 1896 as item 110: “A. L. S. 1 from E. Burke Fisher, proprietor of the Pittsburgh ‘Examiner,’ dated from Mount Pleasant, Pa. Nov. 17, 1839, 1 p. p. 4to and address, to Edgar Allan Poe. Apologizes for returning a draft unpaid, in consequence of absence from his office (endorsed by Poe).”  (Bangs, 1896, p. 30, item 110).