Letter 1918 December 11, Staten Island [to] Oliver Ditson Music Co., Boston, Mass. / Secretary [Edwin Markham]. 1918.

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Letter 1918 December 11, Staten Island [to] Oliver Ditson Music Co., Boston, Mass. / Secretary [Edwin Markham]. 1918.

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Markham's secretary explains that he has recieved the Letter of the 22nd. And he will accept the $30.00, but he want s two per cent of the royalties on the first 2000 copies sold. It is discussed further. Letter is unsigned.

2 p. 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Ditson, Oliver, 1811-1888

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Music publisher and banker, of Boston, Mass. From the description of Letter, 1885 Dec. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961647 ...

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 ...