Carte de visite of Rev John Chester Backus. Edgar Allen Poe's pastor. Circa 1860's by the Bendann Brothers.

This is a great image that came into our possession a while back. This image is identified on the back as being The Rev Backus and that he was Edgar Allen Poe's pastor at the  First Presbyterian Church of Baltimore.

 This original Carte de visite image of Rev John Chester Backus, Circa 1860's, was taken by the Bendann Brothers, Photographers at 205 West Baltimore Street. Baltimore, Maryland.
 

 The Bendann Brothers, Daniel and David Bendann , were situated not to far from Rev. Backus' church, Westminster on 519 W. Fayette Street, to his home, and to Amity Street where Edgar Allen Poe lived. Besides being a beloved pastor, he also wrote a memoir about Poe and several interesting historical books about Baltimore city itself. The Rev John Chester Backus is buried at
Westminster Burial Ground not far from where Edgar Allen Poe is interred.

This is one of Rev Backus' scholarly writings that is available online.
First Presbyterian church, Baltimore, Md: Rise and progress by Baltimore. First Presbyterian church, John Chester Backus, Patrick Allison