[Letter] 1889 April 12, Ballena, California [to] [Charles Warren] Stoddard, [Washington, DC] / C.E. Markham. 1889.

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[Letter] 1889 April 12, Ballena, California [to] [Charles Warren] Stoddard, [Washington, DC] / C.E. Markham. 1889.

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Thanks for the letter from Munich and asks to stay in touch; explains to him that he entered the Brotherhood as a blacksmith's aprentice; wa happy but felt that labor should be free not enslaved; his mother was old, so he left Fountain Grove eight years ago; only a few of his works were printed but he plans to set up in Oakland with a library of 2000 volumes and a place to write. Original letter is kept at the Columbia Univ. Librry.

5 p. on 3 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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