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[ * Edgar Allan Poe only received $10 from the New York Mirror for his famous poem "The Raven" when it was published in 1845. Allowing for inflation, this still only amounts to $178 in today 's money.... ]

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Date: 20061220
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* Edgar Allan Poe only received $10 from the New York Mirror for his famous poem "The Raven" when it was published in 1845. Allowing for inflation, this still only amounts to $178 in today 's money.

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