Edgar Allan Poe, John Pendleton Kennedy, James H. Miller, and John Hazelhurst Boneval Latrobe white plaque
Baltimore, MD, United States
The Latrobe House. On an evening in October, 1833, three of Baltimore's most discerning gentlemen were gathered around a table in the back parlor of this house. Fortified with "some old wine and some good cigars," John Pendleton Kennedy, James H. Miller and John H. B. Latrobe poured over manuscripts
submitted in a literary contest sponsored by the Baltimore Sunday Visitor. Their unanimous choice for best prose tale was "M8. Found in a Bottle," a curious and haunting tale of annihilation. The fif
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