Don't be modest - it was great!
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
Baltimore City, Oct. 3, 1849Dear Sir,There is a gentleman, rather the worse for wear, at Ryan’s 4th ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe, and who appears in great distress, & he says he is acquainted with you, he is in need of immediate assistance.Yours, in haste,
JOS. W. WALKER
To Dr. J.E. Snodgrass.
Poe toaster tradition ends.
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