[Letter] 1936 April 2, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Chester A. Smith. 1936.

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[Letter] 1936 April 2, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Chester A. Smith. 1936.

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Thanks Markham for his criticism of his "The Drama of Lincon". Wants to give him and his wife a dinner on his birthday, but Mrs. Hamilton informed him that he will be in Princeton and asks if it could be on the preceding evening instead; hand written note by Markham at the bottom of the letter.

1 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, Chester A. (Chester Allen), 1884-1972

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Chester A. Smith (1884-1972) was a resident of Peekskill in Westchester County, New York. He was a politician, writer, court stenographer, the author of several books, and a delegate to the 1933 New York convention for ratification of the 21st Amendment (repeal of Prohibition). He was also an active lay member of the Methodist Church and attended at least twelve General Conferences, including the 1960 Conference in Denver which took up the question of whether or not to continue segr...