[Letter] 1889 January 11, Munich, Germany [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / John Ward Stimson. 1889.

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[Letter] 1889 January 11, Munich, Germany [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / John Ward Stimson. 1889.

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Tells Markham he is traveling Europe to get new impressions; wishes he could set up his own monestary and fill it with adopted kids; will take him up on his invitation.

3 p. on 2 leaves ; 28 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 ...

Stimson, John Ward, 1850-1930

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