Letter 1923 August 21, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Mr. Flewellen, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1923.

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Letter 1923 August 21, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Mr. Flewellen, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1923.

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Tells Mr. F he knew Richard Hovey. He was the first acquaintances he made with his family when he came to N.Y. He knew of Hovey's work when he was in California. The Markhams recieved an invitation to Hovey's house and went. They read poems and discusessed Man with the Hoe. The Hovey's son Julian was also talented in poetry. At the bottom of the letter is a note about Rev John Prout who would give some detail on the death of Richard Hovey. Letter is unsigned.

2 p. 1 leaf ; 18-25 cm.

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 ...

Hovey, Richard, 1864-1900

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Hovey was born in Normal, Ill. in 1864, the son of Charles Edward and Harriette Farnham Hovey. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1885. During the years 1891 and 1892 he travelled in England and France. In 1894 he married Mrs. Henriette Kanpp Russell and wrote Men of Dartmouth. In 1899 he accepted a position as lecturer at Columbia University and professor of English at Barnard College. He died in New York City in 1900. From the description of Papers, 1878-1961. (Dartmouth Co...

Flewellen, Mr., e recipient.

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Mahony, Francis, 1804-1866

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