Letter 1924, June 21, Portland, Oregon [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Staten Island / John T. Hotchkiss. 1924.

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Letter 1924, June 21, Portland, Oregon [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Staten Island / John T. Hotchkiss. 1924.

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John writes Markham to tell him he has been nominated Poet Laureate of Masonary in the United States of America.

1 p. on 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 ...

Hotchkiss, John T

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John T. Hotchkiss was a bookstore manager and salesman for J.K. Gill & Co., a bookstore and stationer in Portland, Or. From the description of John Hotchkiss papers [manuscript], circa 1889-1940. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 731025962 From the guide to the John Hotchkiss papers, circa 1889-1940, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...