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removed and taken to Baltimore, where it was reinterred 

 beside that of her devoted husband. 



During Poe's residence at Fordham, he was a constant 

 visitor at the Macomb house at Kingsbridge and also at St. 

 John's College, where he made many friends among the priests 

 stationed there. Another house that he visited was that be- 

 longing to Mr. Lorillard, now used by the Home for Incurables; 

 and there were two others, Duffy's saloon, now gone, and Elm 

 Cottage, at the corner of Fordham Road and Webster Avenue. 

 These two catered to the appetite for drink which was his 

 undoing. Though worried about his wife's health, as well as 

 about his financial condition, Poe seems to have presented a 

 bold front to the world, as those who remembered him during 

 this period spoke of him as being bright and pleasant. The 

 depression under which he really labored found vent in Eureka, 

 Ulalume, For Annie, and, after his wife's death, in Annabel 

 Lee, three of which were written here, in Fordham. 



The centenary of Poe's birth occurred on January 10, 1909. 

 It was celebrated at New York University, where his name had 

 not yet been added to the " Hall of Fame," and also at the cot- 

 tage where his wife had died. A bust of the poet was unveiled 

 with appropriate honors in the park named in his honor, op- 

 posite the cottage; and in October, 19 10, he was elected to 

 the "Hall of Fame." 



Just north of the Fordham station of the Harlem Railroad 

 are the extensive grounds and buildings of Fordham University. 

 During Colonial and Revolutionary days, the property was 

 owned by a member of the Corsa family, from whose hands it 

 passed into the possession of the Watts family, and later into 

 the possession of the Brevoorts. The last owner before it 

 passed into the hands of the Catholic Church for educational 

 purposes was John Mowatt, Esq., a wealth}'- gentleman of 



