His literary ductions assignable to the period of his Fordham abode are mostly of the hack variety, although interspersed among them are such gems as " Annabel Lee," " The Pells," the " Cask of Amontillado," the " Domain of Arnheim," and "Lander's Cottage." Also "Eureka" and " Ulalume " were written at Fordham. lie died at Baltimore on the 7th of October, pr< 1819, aged thirty-eight. The Poe Cottage at Fordham is still preserved. Originally and until a quite recent period a plot of ground, containing perhaps a quarter of an acre, was attached to it. The writer of this History vividly recalls a visit made to the spot fifteen years ago, when the

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ground was yet intact. Soon afterward it was announced in the press that the property had passed into now hands, and would probably be laid out into city lots. Sympathetic souls protested, and there were practical endeavors to prevent the impending desecration, which had no result. To-day several " modern " houses, of a distinctly indifferent order of architecture, occupy all of the laud except the single lot where the cottage stands. We believe that the permanent preservation of the cottage has been provided for, and that it is intended to remove it ultimately to a new city park in the neighborhood. The late J. Thomas Scharf, in his History of Westchester County, dovotes a separate chapter to the literati identified by birth, residence, or otherwise with our county. Among the names which we have not previously mentioned, belonging to the first half of the nineteenth century, are those of William Leggett, the able journalist, a descendant of Gabriel Leggett, of West Farms, and a resident of New Rochelle, who died in 1839 at the early age of thirty-seven; Samuel Woodworth, author of the " Old Oaken Bucket," who lived a) Westchester; and James K.