Death of a writer
Anna Mataró
Created on October 17, 2022
The final days of a famous writer
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Baltimore, October 3, 1849It's raining
A man called Joseph Walker was going to Gunner's Hall, a public house. It was Election Day, and Gunner's Hall served as a pop-up polling location for the 4th Ward polls.
What is going to happen?
When Walker arrived at Gunner's Hall, he found a man, delirious and dressed in shabby second-hand clothes, lying in the gutter. The man was semi-conscious and unable to move, but as Walker approached him, he discovered something unexpected...
Who is the man?
What is going to happen?
the man was Edgar Allan Poe.
Walker stopped and asked Poe if he had any friends in Baltimore that might be able to help him. Poe gave Walker the name of Joseph E. Snodgrass, a magazine editor with some medical training. Immediately, Walker sent Snodgrass a letter asking for help:
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Baltimore City, Oct. 3, 1849 Dear Sir, There is a gentleman, rather the worse for wear, at Ryan's 4th ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe, and who appears in great distress, & he says he is acquainted with you, he is in need of immediate assistance. Yours, in haste, JOS. W. WALKER To Dr. J.E. Snodgrass.
Poe spent his final days in delirium, with visual hallucinations. The night before his death, according to his attending doctor, Poe repeatedly called out for "Reynolds"—a figure who, to this day, remains a mystery.
He died on October 7, 1849
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