[Letter] 1914 May 15, New York City [to] Mrs. Edwin [Markham], [Staten Island] / May Riley Smith. 1914.

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[Letter] 1914 May 15, New York City [to] Mrs. Edwin [Markham], [Staten Island] / May Riley Smith. 1914.

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Is sorry that she can't honor the invitation since her huasband has come down with a bad cold; goes on to tell her the reaction she got for her two latest poems "Sunshine" and "Tired Mother"; thanks the Markhams for believing in her as a poet but notes that she is long not as famous as Ella Wheeler Wilcox whi is her best friend.

8 p. on 2 leaves ; 12 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 ...

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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 ...

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919

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