Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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1845/07/00 | After attending a lecture by friend and poet Frances Sargent Osgood, Poe and Osgood stroll pass the home of Whitman while she was standing in the rose garden behind her house. | Sarah Helen Whitman House, Providence, RI |
1848/12/22 | The wedding was due to take place on December 25th, and on December 23rd Sarah and Edgar were in the Athenaeum with some other people when someone handed her a note. They had seen Edgar drinking the previous night and that morning. | Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI |
1848/12/23 | At the Athenaeum, Sarah Helen Whitman is informed that Poe has been drinking. She breaks off their engagement and runs home. | Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI |
1848/12/23 | Poe catches up to Sarah at home, finding her breathing ether for her heart condition. They never meet again. | Sarah Helen Whitman House, Providence, RI |
1849/01/00 | Do you know Sarah Helen Whitman? Of course, you have heard it rumored that she is to marry Poe. Well, she has seemed to me a good girl.... Has Mrs Whitman no friend within your knowledge that can faithfully explain Poe to her? H Greeley to R W Griswold |
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