Letter 1923 December 30, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Leonard Van Noppen, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1923.

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Letter 1923 December 30, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Leonard Van Noppen, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1923.

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Markham has been travrling alot and has been unable to write. He is still working on The Forgotten Purpose of Jesus. When hehas time time he has also written 20 or 30 poems for the Muse. They appeared in the Ladies Home Journal at Thanksgiving and Christmas. He has written 5 poems for his social heroes, Savonarola, Lamennis, Mazzini, Victor Hugo and John Ruskin. Letter is unsigned.

1 p. 1 leaf ; 18-25 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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