Letter, 1910 December 4, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / I.L. Van Norden. 1910.

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Letter, 1910 December 4, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / I.L. Van Norden. 1910.

Sends Markham a Voucher for all the fees for various published poems in the amount of Sevenhundred-fifty dollars.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 28 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 ...