[Letter] 1915 February 22, San Francisco [to] Ms. [Mary] Murphy, [Los Angeles] / Edwin Markham. 1915.

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[Letter] 1915 February 22, San Francisco [to] Ms. [Mary] Murphy, [Los Angeles] / Edwin Markham. 1915.

Telegraphed Ms. Rich to let her know that he will fill any angagement Ms. Murphy did; will stay for seven or eight days; the two principal club angagement would be enough; will return to San Francisco thereafter.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 22 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7554078

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 ...