[Letter] Mdcdxxv, April 30, Boston [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, West New Brighton, Staten Island / Nathan Haskell Dole. 1925.

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[Letter] Mdcdxxv, April 30, Boston [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, West New Brighton, Staten Island / Nathan Haskell Dole. 1925.

Discussion of religious beliefs, indicating he is an agnostic. Envelope included.

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7535101

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Dole, Nathan Haskell, 1852-1935

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Nathan Haskell Dole was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard University. He worked as a teacher and journalist in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and California, and as advisor and editor for the publishing firms Crowell and Appleton. He also wrote poetry, and was a prolific translator of Russian works into English, including Tolstoy's works and numerous songs and lyrical pieces. From the description of Nathan Haskell Dole letter to Dear sir and poem, 1894-1895. (...

Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...