Letter 1912 July 2, New York City [to] Lidie Avirett Rivers, New York City / Edwin Markham. 1912.

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Letter 1912 July 2, New York City [to] Lidie Avirett Rivers, New York City / Edwin Markham. 1912.

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Markham says tht it is lovely to be invited for the 4th of July at Asbury Park but he is unable to go. Hopein that in the new year to be closer to his friends. He was rejoiced at the good news concrening her son and that Mr. Averitt is better. The 3 Markhams are hoping to come visit.

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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 ...

Rivers, Lidie Avirett,

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