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Poe at Virginia University Centenary Plans Begin
The article traces Edgar Allan Poe’s student year at the University of Virginia in 1826. It notes a centennial celebration at his alma mater on January 19 with a Poe museum room opening, international tributes, and an address by a French speaker. It recalls Poe’s literary development, friendships, and the university’s lively campus life and discipline era.
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America
Chixiaville
Sion
Poe
Charlottesville
University
Court House
Greece
Rome
West ‘Lawn
Miles George
Richmond
West Range
Jefferson
Wertenbaker
Roslin
Robertson
J. T. S. Preston
Pos
John Clark
Preston
Edmund Randolph
Boston
Antee
Thomas S. Gholson
Upton Beall
Philip &. Slaughter
William M. Burwell
de Bow
Review
Tucker
Jefferson Literary Society
William Matthews
Israfel
University of Virginia