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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Rare Poe Signature Found in WI Church #100901 04/14/03 01:56 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill OP Carpal Tunnel OP WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... An rare Edgar Allan Poe signature has been discovered in a Wisconsin Episcopal Church, made rarer still by the fact that the signature was on a rejection slip (that bane of all writers) returned by Poe when he was an assistant magazine editor. Here's the story: http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/package.jsp?name=news/edgarallanpoe/edgarallanpoe Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rare Poe Signature Found in WI Church #100902 04/14/03 07:28 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok $20,000 for a poe? What next! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rare Poe Signature Found in WI Church #100903 04/23/03 11:59 PM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 247 W wordminstrel enthusiast wordminstrel enthusiast W Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 247 A letter bearing the swirling black signature of Edgar Allan Poe--emboldened by an underline with a hook at the end--was found last year .... It is dated Feb. 12, 1840 and is addressed to "J.C. Passmore Esqr." $20,000 seems a pittance for a Poe. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,415 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 2 members (wofahulicodoc, 1 invisible), 805 guests, and 7 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,586 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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