[Letter] 1916, April 17, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / R.E. Ely. 1916.

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[Letter] 1916, April 17, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / R.E. Ely. 1916.

Sends Markham invitation for the Marlowe-Sothern dinner and aks to bring Mrs. Markham to the dinner.

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

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...

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