[Letter] 1904 August, Bridgeport, Connecticut, [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / David Pell Secor. 1904.

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[Letter] 1904 August, Bridgeport, Connecticut, [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / David Pell Secor. 1904.

Asks Markham if he can come to see him to show him his work; he has written three poem which he would like to show him.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7552470

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 ...

Secor, David Pell, 1824-1909

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