[Letter] 1912 September 13, Redding Center, Connecticut [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Dear Friend Markham [Staten Island] / John Ward Stimson. 1912.

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[Letter] 1912 September 13, Redding Center, Connecticut [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Dear Friend Markham [Staten Island] / John Ward Stimson. 1912.

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Tells Markham that he was ill because of his lung; is disappointed at the social standing of the mass people and wishes someone would rise to the ocation and tell the people how wrong they are.

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 22 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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