[Letter] 1925 April 8, Windsor, Vermont [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Percy Mackaye. 1925.

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[Letter] 1925 April 8, Windsor, Vermont [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Percy Mackaye. 1925.

He thanks Markham for the beautiful reading he has done in honor of his 50th birthday.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 22 cm.

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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