[Letter] 1920-1930, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], Poor Darling, [Staten Island] / May Riley Smith. 1920-1930.

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[Letter] 1920-1930, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], Poor Darling, [Staten Island] / May Riley Smith. 1920-1930.

Tells Markham that it was the 17th, everybody knew, so the president excused the misunderstanding and went on with the program; it turned out weel, all the poets where at their best.

4 p. on 1 leaf ; 16 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7550430

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, May Riley, 1842?-1927

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American poet. From the description of Letter to Miss O'Donnel, 1889 September 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49196510 ...