[6][7] Such rumors continued when Joseph Gallego, a wealthy resident of Richmond, Virginia, left the young Rosalie $2,000 in his will when he died in 1818.
[1] Despite her frequent letters to him, Poe did not remain in close contact with her brother Edgar, with Nathaniel Parker Willis writing to him, "You seem as neglectful of your sister as I am of mine."
According to the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, Rosalie wrote several untitled poems that were not published until over 50 years after her death.
Yon rose that wears the blush of morn Which glittering drops of dew adorn Of various hue, Whilst its chaste beauties I survey Its fragrance sip as Zephyrs play I think of you.
Yon violet too, that gives delight Presenting to the enraptured sight A matchless blue, Whilst gazing mute it often brings Upon my view on fancy's wings The form of you.
When each fair flower I behold Which to mine eyes its charms unfold In shining dew, Or wafted on the gentle gale Its odors o'er the air prevail I think of you.
Her brother William named a character "Rosalie" after her in his 1827 short story, "The Pirate," published in the Weekly Journal of Politics, Science, and Literature.
Rosalie was portrayed by Beth Graham in the original cast of the Off-Broadway musical, Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe.