[Letter] 1915 February 11, San Francisco [to] Ms. [Mary] Murphy, [Los Angeles] / Edwin Markham. 1915.

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[Letter] 1915 February 11, San Francisco [to] Ms. [Mary] Murphy, [Los Angeles] / Edwin Markham. 1915.

Can't leave San Francisco until the end of the month; has to finish the Exposition and is also booked for his readings; will be in L.A. early March and will give her 5-6 days notice; will endorse whatever she arranges.

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 22 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7553938

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Murphy, Mary, 1867-1949

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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 ...