Sailing like Edgar Allan Poe from Philadelphia to Boston

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Sailing like Edgar Allan Poe from Philadelphia to Boston

May 22, 2024 Uncategorized 0

This September 29 we will try to sail from Philadelphia to Baltimore. Hereby the exact 112 mile route https://www.afstandmeten.nl/index.php?id=3706114. Edgar Allan Poe travelled often by boat from Norfolk to New York, Baltimore to Philadelphia, etc. Here some from the last month of his life.

September 4: Unknown location – probably on a ship to New York
September 4, 1849, Poe disappeared, and no one knew his location
https://quizlet.com/863560349/english-semester-1-review-flash-cards

September 5: Coney Island 
The hotel register was signed by Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville and a handful of other literary figures met at Coney Island on Wednesday September 5th, 1849.
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/01/26/coney-island-house

September 7: Richmond
“the Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe”-On September 7, 1849, Edgar Allen Poe, at the top of his career, kissed his fiance goodbye at his home in Richmond, VA, and began a business trip to Philadelphia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWo8qg5e1WQ

September 14: Norfolk
On Sept. 14, 1849, in Norfolk, Poe gave the final public reading of his poetry. The event took place in the Lecture Room of the old Norfolk Academy on Bank St. according to historian and Virginian-pilot columnist George Tucker.
https://www.pilotonline.com/2017/01/19/on-his-208th-birthday-a-look-back-at-edgar-allen-poes-visit-to-norfolk/

September 27: Richmond
– On September 27, 1849, Poe was supposed to board a ferry from Richmond, Virginia, to Baltimore, Maryland, and then on to New York. 
www.britannica.com/story/the-mysterious-death-of-edgar-allan-poe
– Taking a boat from Richmond on September 27, Poe arrived in Baltimore on September 28, 1849. Over the next few days, details about Poe’s actions and whereabouts are uncertain. 
https://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poedeath.htm

September 28: Baltimore
What we know is that Poe planned trip from Richmond, Virginia to New York City, during which he traveled by steamer and stopped in Baltimore on September 28, 1849. His actions and whereabouts throughout the next five days are uncertain.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/poe-death.htm#:~:text=What%20we%20know%20is%20that,next%20five%20days%20are%20uncertain.

October 2: Baltimore
Poe then rekindled his romance with the recently widowed Elmira Shelton. Alcohol was the most prominent aspect of his life at this time. Poe disappeared for a few days, to be found on October 2, 1849, wandering the streets incoherently and dressed in clothes that were not his. The exact circumstances surrounding his death remain shrouded in mystery and speculation. Various theories, including alcohol poisoning, drug overdose, and even foul play, have been proposed, but the truth remains elusive. He was taken to the hospital. He gained consciousness briefly on October 7, and his last words were “God help my poor soul”.
https://ashleybgarcia.medium.com/the-life-of-edgar-allan-poe-bdee6a71c3e6

October 3: Baltimore
Baltimore City, Oct 3d 1849 Dear Sir, — There is a gentleman, rather the worse for wear, at Ryan’s Fourth ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe, and who appears in great distress, & he says he is acquainted with you, and I assure you, he is in need of immediate assistance.
Yours in haste, Jos. W. Walker
https://poecalendar.blogspot.com/2009/10/