Letter 1916 Nov. 9, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Mrs Schalz and Mrs Capen, [New York City] / Edwin Markham. 1916.

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Letter 1916 Nov. 9, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Mrs Schalz and Mrs Capen, [New York City] / Edwin Markham. 1916.

He writes that he is sorry he could not kept the arrangements he made with them, due to a sudden court summons.

1 p. 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

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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 ...

Capen, William Howard Mrs., 1871-

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