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1809 He was born in boston

1826 He attended the University of Virginia

1827 He enlisted in theUS Army

1829 He left the army

1830 He entered West Point

1831 He leaves West Point and moves to Baltimore

1835 He joinedthe Southern Literary Messenger

1836 He marries Birginia Clemm

1838 He moved to Philadelphia

1839 He joined Burton's Gentlemen's Magazine

1840 He left Burton's magazine

1841 He joined Graham's Magazine

1843 He moved to seventh and spring garden streets

1844 He moved to New York City

1845 He bacame the owner of the Broadway Journal

1846 The Broadway Journal fails

1847 His wife Virginia dies

1849 Edger Allen Poe died