ABSTRACT
Charles W. Alexander (1796–1866) was a newspaper and magazine publisher in Philadelphia. He had business connections with William Burton, who probably introduced him to Poe; Poe contributed to the Weekly Messenger (December 1839–May 1840). See Burton R. Pollin,‘Three More Early Notices of Pym and the Snowden Connection’, Poe Studies, 8 (December 1975),32–5
