[Letter] 1902, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin [Markham], [Staten Island] / J. Spargo. 1902.

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[Letter] 1902, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin [Markham], [Staten Island] / J. Spargo. 1902.

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Thanks him for his encouraging words about his "Muse of Labor" and the ggod words about "Comrade"; quotes William Morris saying: " I hope, Spargo, you will live to see an artistic socialist paper worth of the great ideal we have" and "Comrade" is the first step into the direction.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 8 cm.

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 ...

Spargo, John, 1876-1966

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British socialist, author. From the description of Reminiscences of John Spargo : oral history, 1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739101 John Spargo was an author and social activist, perhaps best known for his exposé, The Bitter Cry of Children. Born in Cornwall, he apprenticed with a stonecutter and became a lay Methodist minister; he was also an active Socialist in England before emigrating to the United States in 1901, where he ...