[Letter] 1917, June 4, Washington D.C. [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham] Dear Sir, [Staten Island] / Oliver Wadlin. 1917.

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[Letter] 1917, June 4, Washington D.C. [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham] Dear Sir, [Staten Island] / Oliver Wadlin. 1917.

Department directs letter to Markham's Secretary; sends check to reimburse travel expenses; informs that the "Art World" and the two books arrived.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 21-28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7571928

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 ...

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