That Was Poe

Edgar Allan Poe.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/

Baltimore City, Oct. 3, 1849

Dear 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

Boy, Doc - you tell great stories.

That... was Poe.

Don’t be modest, it was great!

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/04/27/the-humbug

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe