 Making the relationship even more strained , only months later , Griswold was hired by George Rex Graham to take up Poe 's former position as editor of Graham 's Magazine . Griswold , however , was paid more and given more editorial control of the magazine than Poe . Shortly after , Poe began presenting a series of lectures called " The Poets and Poetry of America " , the first of which was given in Philadelphia on November 25 , 1843 . Poe openly attacked Griswold in front of his large audience and continued to do so in similar lectures . Graham said that during these lectures , Poe " gave Mr. Griswold some raps over the knuckles of force sufficient to be remembered " . In a letter dated January 16 , 1845 , Poe tried to reconcile with Griswold , promising him that his lecture now omitted all that Griswold found objectionable . 
