Template:December 15

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December 15: 1826Edgar Allan Poe drops out of UVA, saddled with gambling and other debts, the 17-year old leaves Charlottesville on December 21 and returned to Richmond. During Poe's time there, the "scholastic anarchy and student escapades disturbed the peace of the College, Charlottesville, and the plantations about."