The Museum CollectionTragic Almanack for 1843
Cover
The cover illustration depicts Mary Rogers being murdered by a gang of ruffians. Poe disputed this theory.
Pages 1 and 2
The Tragic Almanack for 1843 contains a number of descriptions and illustrations of brutal murders and suicides. The popularity of such works with readers in Poe's time might help explain why he wrote such tales of violence and crime as "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat."
October
The text at the bottom of the October page describes the suicide of Daniel Payne.
Detail of October
This detail contains a description of the suicide of Daniel Payne, fiance of Mary Rogers and one of the suspects in her murder.
Description: The cover of this almanac bears an illustration of the murder of Mary Rogers. Known as the "Beautiful Cigar Girl," Miss Rogers was a popular hostess at Anderson's Tobacco Emporium in New York in the late 1830s. She was found brutally murdered in 1841, and Poe published his own solution to the still-unsolved mystery as his 1842 short story "The Mystery of Marie Roget." The cover the this almanac depicts the popular theory that Rogers was the victim of a gang, but Poe disputes this theory, pointing to evidence that the murder the was the work of one person. The almanac also features lurid accounts of sensational murders and suicides, including the suicide of Daniel Payne, Miss Rogers's fiance. Payne overdosed on laudanum on the site of Rogers's murder.Search CollectionCategories
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