| ID #: |
601.108 |
| Creator: |
Edgar Allan Poe |
| Date: |
November 30, 1844 |
| Format: |
Magazine |
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| Source: |
Gift of John W. Robertson |
| Collection: |
Poe Foundation, Inc. |
| Publisher: |
Chamber's Edinburgh Journal |
| Place of Publication: |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Publish Date: |
November 30, 1844 |
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Description:
Shortly after the first printing of Poe's detective story "The Purloined Letter" in October 1844 in the anthology The Gift, the story was reprinted in abridged form in Chamber's Edinburgh Journal. In the absence of an international copyright law, Poe was not paid for this printing.
