Letter, 1928 January 16, Kennebunkport, Maine [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Margaret Deland. 1928.

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Letter, 1928 January 16, Kennebunkport, Maine [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Margaret Deland. 1928.

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Ever since the poem "The Man With the Hoe" her and her husband have read every poem Markham wrote; wants to build a wayside fountain in memory of her late husband and asks to have his poem "A Prayer" insribed; asks if whe could change the word oak to maple since it's under a maple tree.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 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 ...

Deland, Margaret, 1857-1945

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Author Margaret Wade Campbell Deland was born in Allegheny, Penn. She became interested in the plight of unmarried mothers, taking them into her home until they could find proper jobs. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Letters, 1884-1937 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007073 Margaret Deland was born in Western Pennsylvania, was educated in New York, and lived much of her adult life i...