Did Edgar Allan Poe, the notable 19th century poet and prose writer, call Boston "Frogpondia" and the Bostonians "Frogpondians"? He did, and it was one of the colorful attributes of his literary feud with Boston, one in which he engaged with both well-known and obscure writers and, to an extent, with the whole city. Was this moniker a one-time occurrence? What did he mean when he called them the Frogpondians (a reference to the Boston Frog Pond), and who exactly was he referring to? What was the origin of his flippant nature towards Boston?
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