Letter, 1901 August 28, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Robert Mackay. 1901.

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Letter, 1901 August 28, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Robert Mackay. 1901.

Thanks for his criticism of his sonnet; asks for his Thanksgiving poem which will be published together with his essay; Mrs. Mackay will bring Virgil a little black dog; asks to watch out for Miss Hall's poem.

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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 ...