Letter 1919-1920, [Landing, New Jersey] [to] [Mr. [Edwin] Markham], [Staten Island / Anna Catherine Markham]. 1910-1920.

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Letter 1919-1920, [Landing, New Jersey] [to] [Mr. [Edwin] Markham], [Staten Island / Anna Catherine Markham]. 1910-1920.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45465777

This letter has no names on it. But it is a love letter written by Anna to Markham, I believe. It tells for him to be patient with due to a tragedy. She wants at the "wild hour as wellas the still". Tht he has made her happy and she wants to make him as happy as he has made her. On the second page is a little note saying "Hail to 42 Shakespeare died at that Age. I think it was Markhams 42 birthday.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 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 ...

Markham, Anna Catherine, 1859-1938

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...