[Letter] 1914 December 12, London, England, [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Herman Scheffauer. 1914.
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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 ...
Scheffauer, Herman George, 1878-1927
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San Francisco writer and critic, translated into German several of Thomas Mann's stories, including Bashan and I, and Beatrix Potter poetry; the author of "Dynamic Architecture : New Forms of Architecture" published in Dial in March 1921; died in Germany under mysterious circumstances (he fell out of a window); married to Ethel Talbot Scheffauer, writer of "School Stories." From the description of Letter to Mr. O'Donnell, 1913 March 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56...
Watson, William, 1858-1925
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Brothers William and Robert Watson, probably from New York, went to California in search of gold, although William also worked as a storekeeper. From the description of Letter, August 23, 1851. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 697840885 The English poet Sir William Watson was the author of Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems (1890), Lachrymae Musarum, written on the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1892), Ode on the Day of the Coronation of King Edwa...
