Letter, 1914 April 30, New York City, [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham [Staten Island] / Mary L.B. Branch. 1914.

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Letter, 1914 April 30, New York City, [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham [Staten Island] / Mary L.B. Branch. 1914.

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Writes that he would receive a Shakespeare book from William Stowell Mills, who is a pricipal in one of Brooklyns Public Schools and also is her brother-in-law; he had put together this booklet and asks him to write a note of "praise" to William.

2 p.on 1 leaf ; 22 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 ...

Mills, William Stowell

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Branch, Mary Lydia, 1840-1922

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American poet and author; b. Mary Bolles in New London, Conn.; eduated in New London and Boston; later became assistant editor, Saturday Evening Post; wife of John S. Branch, lawyer, New York City. From the description of Mary Bolles Branch poem, ca. 1860. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 83600841 ...