[Letter] 1908 October 18, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Robert Mackay. 1908.

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[Letter] 1908 October 18, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Robert Mackay. 1908.

Sends Markham his note of $450; thought that he included an extra $50 but by doing the math he realized that the true figure is $450; will pay him an additional $50 fout of his pocket since he resigned from Success.

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 22 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 ...

Mackay, Robert, 1973-

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