He discusses his plans to marry his childhood sweetheart Sarah Elmira Royster with a stranger taking the same steamboat, who suggests that he meet with a few potential investors for his planned magazine The Stylus. Though Poe had intended only to pass through Baltimore, he agrees to meet the investors who, one by one, turn down his request for funding.
He talks about his intentions to marry his childhood sweetheart Sarah Elmira Royster with a stranger on the same steamboat, who proposes meeting with some potential investors for his planned magazine The Stylus. Although Poe had intended merely to pass through Baltimore, he agrees to meet the investors, each of whom declines his request for funding.