was very much disturbed bu for leaving Mrs. Allan in her bad condition and not being there when she died. Her death mellowed John Allan for a short while. He had boughten Edgar a suit, a knife, a hat, and a pair of gloves. He also told Edgar he had not received any letters from Edgar and did support him leaving the army and entering West Point. To Edgar’s biggest surprise and most importantly to him, John had promised to forgive Edger for everything.On April 15th 1829, Edgar had left the U.S. army and with many letter of recommendation, Edgar left for Richmond to become a cadet. When he brought in his application to Washington, they told him that forty-seven people were ahead of him on the waiting list, but that he had a chance to make it in September, but if not, he would be the first in line the fallowing year in June. Fights between John and Edgar again sprung up do to the fact that Edgar returned to Baltimore when he found out that was possible chance of having to wait for a year. John had become impatient and thought Edgar was being lazy and accused Edgar of misleading him. The quarrels grew when Edgar began to have financial problems and he needed money again. John sent little money which Edgar found inadequate. Edgar had decided to move to Philadelphia to publish one of his poems, “Al Aaraaf”, he requested more money from John to help him publish it, and John was actually not all opposed of the idea and asked for a manuscript to be sent to him, but in the end John refused to give Edgar any aid. John Allan, who had began to get nervous after his wife’s death, also began feeling ill. John had become involved with another woman, named Elizabeth Wills, who was to become the mother of their illegitimate twins. John, in replying to Edgar’s letters, had stated he was not anxious to see Edgar. Edgar had continued to write to John and even tried drawing a picture of himself for John, and he like us...
