Frederick William Thomas, St. Louis, MO., autograph letter signed to Edgar Allan Poe, 7 December 1840
Description:
Sends extracts from his "Adventures of a Poet" for the Penn Magazine. Partly agrees with Poe in preferring Clinton Bradshaw to Howard Pinckney. Suggests Fowzer and Woodward as agents of the Penn Magazine in St. Louis. Gives their terms. Describes St. Louis newspapers.