So in Baltimore on Sunday they buried Edgar Allan Poe again. Or rather, they gave him a more fitting funeral, since only a handful of people attended his services in 1849. Here is his obituary in its entirety as it appeared in The Baltimore Sun on October 8, the day after he died:
“Death of Edgar A. Poe. – We regret to learn that Edgar A. Poe, Esq., the distinguished American poet, scholar and critic, died in this city yesterday morning, after an illness of four or five days. This announcement, coming so sudden and unexpected, will cause poignant regret among all who admire genius, and have sympathy for the frailties too often attending it. Mr. Poe, we believe, was a native of this State, though reared by a foster-father at Richmond, Va., where he lately spent some time on a visit. He was in the 38th year of his age.”
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