[Letter] 1907 July 28, Redding Center, Connecticut [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / John Ward Stimson. 1907.

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[Letter] 1907 July 28, Redding Center, Connecticut [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / John Ward Stimson. 1907.

Tells Markham that he has severe lung problems and had to go to Californoia to recoupe; has lectured at Cornell and Yale.

3 p. on 2 leaves ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7550091

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 ...

Stimson, John Ward, 1850-1930

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