We can say 1846 was a tragic year for American author Edgar Allan Poe because:
In 1846, the famous Broadway Journal, which had been bought by Poe, went out of business.
- The Broadway Journal was initially founded in 1844 by Charles Frederick Briggs and John Bisco.
- Soon afterwards, Poe bought the periodical.
- Unfortunately, the Journal failed under Poe's management. It stopped being published in January 1846.
- Therefore, we can say 1846 was a tragic year for Poe because it was then that the only periodical he owned in his life stopped being published.
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