Letter, 1917 March 26, New York City [to] Mrs. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Shaemas O'Sheel. 1917.

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Letter, 1917 March 26, New York City [to] Mrs. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Shaemas O'Sheel. 1917.

Inquires about two ladies he met at the Women's Club in Staten Island. Mentions that his mother-inlaw and her older daughter had passed on.

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7540586

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...

O'Sheel, Shaemas, 1886-1954

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Shaemas O'Sheel (1886–1954) was an Irish-American poet and critic. Born Shaemas Shields, he changed his surname to the more Gaelic "O'Sheel" soon after high school. He worked for the United States Senate (1913-1916) followed by employment with various newspapers, did publicity and advertising work, and was active in the Irish independence movement. He was "a very ardent Communist and a staunch supporter of the Soviet Union" (letter, O'Sheel to Young, April 17, 1938), though he disag...