[Letter] 1916, October 19, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / Gilbert Colgate. 1916.

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[Letter] 1916, October 19, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / Gilbert Colgate. 1916.

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Thanks Mr. Markham for the invitation; has to decline since he and his wife are out of town on Sunday, October 29th.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-22 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 ...

Colgate, Gilbert.

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