[Letter] 1923 November 19, Chillicothe, Ohio [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Burton E. Stevenson. 1923.

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[Letter] 1923 November 19, Chillicothe, Ohio [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Burton E. Stevenson. 1923.

Has been ear-making some of Markham's poems for the revision of "he Home Book of Verse" and asks permissin to use them: "Courage All", "The Divine Strategy", "Duty", "Man-Making", "Outwitted", "A Prayer", "How to Go and Forget", "Two Taverns" and "Your Tears"; also asks if he would add to the list a few he likes.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 22 cm.

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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 ...

Stevenson, Egbert, 1872-1962

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Anthologist, author, and librarian. From the description of Papers of Burton Egbert Stevenson, 1900-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449581 Biographical Note 1872, Nov. 9 Born, Chillicothe, Ohio 1890 1893 Attended Princeton University...