Notes 1932, July 8, Staten Island, NY [to] Albert Mordell, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1932.

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Notes 1932, July 8, Staten Island, NY [to] Albert Mordell, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1932.

Markham was delighted to get his letter expressing admiration for his poem Whittier. It's not printed yet. He is help to let Albert use it for the introto his volume. Refers to Poe and Macys. Letter is unsigned.

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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 ...

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. In 1834 Poe married his cousin Virginia, who was not quite fourteen at the time, and began seriously seeking a means of supporting "his family." In the spring of 1835, the family moved back to Richmond where Poe took a position with the Southern Literary Messenger . Poe used the opportunity to publish several of his poems and short tales in the paper, but he also began developing his reputation as a pugnacious critic by contr...

Mordell, Albert, 1885-

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Macys, John, 1877-1932.

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