[Letter] 1920 June 1, Larchmont, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham] Dear old King Cole, Staten Island / Robert Haven Schauffler. 1920.

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[Letter] 1920 June 1, Larchmont, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham] Dear old King Cole, Staten Island / Robert Haven Schauffler. 1920.

Letter of admiration for Markham; tells him that he was very ill; loves his latest book; his wife Margaret added to the letter saying that she too loves his latest poem book which gives her alot of comfort.

4 p. on 1 leaf ; 22 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7552058

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 ...

Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964

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Musician, lecturer, editor, poet, biographer, and writer of non-fiction. From the description of Correspondence, 1872-1964. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122547538 Robert Haven Schauffler, author, lecturer, and musician, was born of American missionary parents in BrĂ¼nn, Austria, on April 8, 1879. The family returned to the U. S. two years later, where Shauffler later attended Northwestern Univ...