Letter 1897 Oct 18, Berkeley, Calif [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Oakland, Calif] / Anna Murphy. 1897.

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Letter 1897 Oct 18, Berkeley, Calif [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Oakland, Calif] / Anna Murphy. 1897.

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Anna has the deepest tenderness for Markham. She would give up all the pleasures of life if he would come to her. This a love letter.

3 p. on 2 leaves ; 18-25 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 ...

Murphy, Anna

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