dr. john carter. he left his walking stick, taken the doctor's sword cane instead. we know he was going to philadelphia the next morning. we have this letter, one of the romt that he ever wrote, f september 1849. he is writing to a poet about the book he wants to edit. he will make about $100, which is about one year's rent for p oe. it will go a long way toward helping his upcoming marriage. unfortunately, he caught the steamship from richmond to baltimore which is a two-day trip. he disappeared for five days. we don't know his whereabouts until he is found at ryan's fo urth ward polls. poe was found semiconscious dress and somebody else's clothes. cheap rags, nothing like what he would have worn. people are at a loss because the did not recognize him. one theory is that he was a victim of scooping. that is where thugs would find people who got off the boat and drug them and use them as repeat boaters, dress them up again, and maybe they left him for dead. that explains the change of clothing. this theory was published as friends 1860 by poe's who deliveredon, a le