1 page, 4to (9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.; 248 x 197 mm) with integral address leaf, 195 East Broadway,  New York, 9 August 1845, to author and book-collector Thomas W. Field regarding his late reply and suggesting times he's available to see Field; old repairs along top of letter and address leaf not affecting text, faint folds, few small chips from address leaf.

poe during his short residence at a broadway rooming house  Poe finally replies to Thomas' request for an interview, explaining the delay because "I placed it (your note) among my pile of answered letters." He goes on to invite Thomas ..."at my residence 195 East Broadway. You will generally find me home in the morning before 10."

This address was one that represented the increasing poverty Poe was experiencing at the time, though details of his residency are scarce, he wrote of some the circumstances in a letter of 22 July, 1846. "Do you know that I only boarded at this house? It is a very long while since I left it and as I did not leave it on very good terms with the landlady, she has given herself no concern about my letters." (See Quinn, Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography, p. 463). 

Thomas Warren Field (1821-1881) is best remembered for his pioneering work in the bibliography of the American Indian. His  An Essay Towards an Indian Bibliography remains a seminal reference . The 18ꦿ75 auction sale of his collect💞ion, with a catalogue with notes by Joseph Sabin,  realized $13,500.