Letter 1908 April 12, [Staten Island]. [to] Elder H.C. Boblitt, Unknown / Edwin Markham. 1908.

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Letter 1908 April 12, [Staten Island]. [to] Elder H.C. Boblitt, Unknown / Edwin Markham. 1908.

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Markham is glad Elder is interested in his Hoe Poem. Markham discusses the Social Gospel of Jesus in relation to his Hoe poem. Letter is unsigned.

1 p. 1 leaf ; 26 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 ...

Boblitt, Elder H. C.,

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