Thomas Holley Chivers, New York, autograph letter signed to Edgar Allan Poe, 27 August 1840
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Promises to support Poe's Penn Magazine. Advises him not to "lay aside the pruning knife for the tomahawk" in criticism. Expatiates on the spiritual delights on a literary career. Comments favorably on the Dial: "The Boston papers have attmepted to criticize itbut they have failed entirely.