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He was found on October 3rd, 1849 dressed in shabby clothing and presumed drunk inside or outside (sources conflict on this point) Cornelius Ryan's 4th ward polls, a tavern in Gunner's Hall at 44 East Lombard Street, between High Street and Exeter Street, Baltimore, Maryland by a gentleman who sent the following note to Dr. Joseph Evans Snodgrass.

Dear Sir, - There is a gentleman, rather the worse for wear, at Ryan's 4th ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe, and who appears in great distress, & he says he is acquainted with you, and I assure you, he is in need of immediate assistance, Yours, in haste, Jos. W. Walker

Poe was sent in a carriage by Snodgrass and Poe's uncle, Henry Herring, to nearby Washington College Hospital where he died four days later never having regained coherence enough to explain what happened to him.

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