[Letter] 1918 June 28, Newport, Rhode Island, Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Private Samuel Shankman. 1918.

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[Letter] 1918 June 28, Newport, Rhode Island, Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Private Samuel Shankman. 1918.

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Tells Markham that he was transfered again to Fort Adams; has a very dangerous dutie; asks for a letter of introduction to the 400 stationed there for which he would be very thankful.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 28 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...

Shankman, Samuel, 1890-

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