I was born January 19, 1809 in Boston, where my mother had been employed as an actress. Elizabeth Arnold Poe (my mother) died in Richmond on December 8, 1811, and I was taken into the family of John Allan, a member of the firm of Ellis and Allan, tobacco-merchants.After attending schools in England and Richmond, I registered at the University of Virginia on February 14, 1826, the second session of the University. While there, I became an active member of the Jefferson Literary Society, and passed my courses with good grades at the end of the session in December.After university, I ran into some money problems, so, in a disagreement with my dad, I moved to boston. There I published a little volume of poetry, Tamerlane and Other Poems. It is such a rare book now that a single copy has sold for $200,000.00
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