Letter 1897 Nov 17, Berkeley, Calif [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Oakland, Calif] / Anna Murphy. 1897.

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Letter 1897 Nov 17, Berkeley, Calif [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Oakland, Calif] / Anna Murphy. 1897.

Anna discusses in her letter to Markham thier relationship and not letting anyone know. A woman Mrs George is asking about thier affair. She refers to Elizabeth Barrett.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-25 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7553872

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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Barrett, Elizabeth Gertrude Barber, 1827-1863.

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