Letter, 1899 September 24, New Haven, Connecticut [to] Mr. [Edwin]Markham, [Staten Island] / Anita Trueman. 1899.

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Letter, 1899 September 24, New Haven, Connecticut [to] Mr. [Edwin]Markham, [Staten Island] / Anita Trueman. 1899.

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Agrees to send him her photograph and mentions that she retrieved his photograph from newspapers; but asks to have his and Mrs. Markham's autographed picture; offers to recite one of his "The Desire of Nations" or her poem "A Brother's Reply" at his lecture; mentions that Wilcox Ella Wheeler scolds her for only writing for philosophical magazines.

4 p. on 2 leaves ; 28 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...

Trueman, Anita.

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Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919

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American journalist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Home" [Johnstown Center, Wisconsin], to "Dear Hattie", 1872? Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587512 From the description of Papers of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1884-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31083828 Popular poet and Theosophist. Wilcox was born in Wisconsin and began writing poetry at an early age. Among her best-known works are "Poems of passion," "Poem...