tamburina: This is a brooch containing a lock of Edgar Allan Poe’s hair. It was given to Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, who was Poe’s adolescent sweetheart and became engaged to him shortly before his death in 1849.

tamburina:

This is a brooch containing a lock of Edgar Allan Poe’s hair. It was given to Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, who was Poe’s adolescent sweetheart and became engaged to him shortly before his death in 1849.

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