[Letter] 1901 January 25, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin [Markham], Brooklyn, New York / Charles Sprague Smith. 1901.

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[Letter] 1901 January 25, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin [Markham], Brooklyn, New York / Charles Sprague Smith. 1901.

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Asks on Rabbi Grossmann's behalf to address the Literary Club of the Synagogue; will pay him about $25; tells Markham that he had written poetry for many years but life drove him away and does not know whether he shall ever return.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 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 ...

Smith, Charles Sprague, 1853-1910

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Educator and author. From the description of Letter to S.S. McClure, 1892 June 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 48954655 ...