Edgar Allan Poe wrote his great works while living in several cities on the East Coast of the United States, but Baltimore\'s claim to him is special.
If Baltimore discovered Poe, it also has the inglorious honor of being the place that des.
Most importantly, it was here that he was first paid for his literary work.
His ancestors settled in the burgeoning town on the Chesapeake during the 18th century, and it was in Baltimore that he found refuge when his foster family in Virginia shut him out.
Edgar Allan Poe wrote his great works while living in several cities on the East Coast of the United States, but Baltimore\'s claim to him is special