Letter 1904, November 15, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Anthony E. Wills. 1904.

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Letter 1904, November 15, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Anthony E. Wills. 1904.

Herecieved Mr. M's letter about the award of the histories in the N.A.P.A. that he made. Thanks him and will return athe favor. He also enclosed a copy of a program from the Dilettante players which are performaning his play The Man from Tangier.

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

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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 ...

Wills, Anthony E., 1880-

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Louis Charles Wills (1884-1975), was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. In his youth, he was involved in amateur theater and published an amateur fiction magazine with his older brother, Anthony E. Wills (1879-1912), who later became a playwright, novelist, and actor. At his family's urging, Wills attended the Brooklyn Law School of Saint Lawrence University, to which he was admitted in 1903 as a member of the school's third graduating class. He was admitted to the bar in 1906 and joined the la...