Letter 1911, September 26, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Rose de Vaux Royer. 1911.

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Letter 1911, September 26, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Rose de Vaux Royer. 1911.

Rose is discussing her opinions on the world. She is working on "Peace". It was accepted by Andrew Carnegie. She is thanking them for coming to the Cameo and to the Waldorf Astoria to recite "Horning Hearts". Asking if he would like his new work announced. Sending a copy of the "Magician" by W Somerset Maugham. Wants him to reply, if he does Mr. Wheeler said she would be elected to the Poet's Club. [The letter was addressed to Mr. & Mrs. M.].

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-25rf cm.

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...

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