Letter 1919, December 22, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Stephen Samuel Wise. 1919.

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Letter 1919, December 22, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Stephen Samuel Wise. 1919.

He enclosed some verses written by Jim when he was 13 or 14. He is now 18 and headed for the ministry and he loves literature.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7544960

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 ...

Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949

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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...