... Allan and his wife Frances Allan, at three Edgar was old enough to remember his mother and to be affected by her final illness. She left him a miniature portrait of herself, on the back of which was written, "For my little son Edgar, who should ever love Boston, best, and most sympathetic friends.""{Bloom's BioCritiques-pages 7-10} From their portraits, Edgar apparently resembled ... powers seemed to take precedence over all other faculties, he gave proof of this in his juvenile compositions; addressed to his young lady friends. {Bloom's BioCritiques-pages 7-10} In 1825, however, John A...

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