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... Allan's home , and the influences of that household upon him . If there were varying degrees of affection shown him by John Allan and his foster - mother , this difference would have had its influence upon a sensitive child . John Allan ...
... Allan in 1803 . parents . Through letters , Anne , who is referred to as Nancy , was known to be in good health . John Allan wrote to his business partner , Charles Ellis , on August 31 , 1816 , noting , " Nancy weighs 146 , Frances 104 ...
... Allan was putting his earthly affairs in order , and making his will April 17 , 1832. The will was prepared by an able lawyer , but Allan was so fearful that the clauses troubling his conscience might not be carried out . that he ...
... Allan who insisted he 'did all he could' for the boy). To make matters worse, he learned that his sweetheart, Elmira Royster had married in his absence. John Allan's hand was also present in this affair as he informed Mr. Royster that ...
... Allan Poe. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. harrison, james a. Life of Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Haskell House, 1970. hayes, kevin j. The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002 ...
... Allan Bromley , Commenting on the Gottfried and Jackson article about Victor Weisskopf , Physics Today , September ( 2003 ) 511.Science's Growing Political Strength , D. Allan Bromley , Issues in Science and Technology 19 , Fall ( 2003 ) ...
Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar. Allan. Poe. Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 19th January, 1809. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story, and is ...
... Allan Poe's Contributions to Alexander's Weekly Mes- senger . Edited by Clarence Brigham . Worcester , Mass .: American Antiquarian Society . 1966. The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe . Edited by John Ward Ostrom . 2 vols . 1947 . Reprint ...
... Allan Poe . Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press , 1965 . Levine , Stuart , and Susan Levine , eds . The Short Fic- tion of Edgar Allan Poe : An Annotated Edition . 2nd ed . Urbana : University of Illinois Press , 1990 ...