The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe
The Oblong Box. by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1844) Print Version. Some years ago, I engaged passage from Charleston, S. C, to the city of New York, in the fine packet-ship "Independence," Captain Hardy. We were to sail on the fifteenth of the month (June), weather permitting; and on the fourteenth, I went on board to arrange some matters in my stateroom.