Edgar Allan Poe.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/
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.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/edgar-allan-poe-toaster-tradition-is-no-more/2012/01/19/gIQAOQUBBQ_blog.html
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/04/27/the-humbugBoy, Doc - you tell great stories.That... was Poe.Don’t be modest, it was great!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
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