Letter, 1918 March 30, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Helen Ames, for George Grey Barnard. 1918.

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Letter, 1918 March 30, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Helen Ames, for George Grey Barnard. 1918.

Invites Markham to a luncheon at the Ritz in honor of the French High Commissioner.Wants Mr. M. to sit at the same table.

1 p. ; 28 cm.

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Barnard, George G. (George Gardner), 1829-1879

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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 ...