[Letter] 1916, January 18, Berkeley, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / Preneah? A. Gronlund. 1916.

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[Letter] 1916, January 18, Berkeley, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / Preneah? A. Gronlund. 1916.

Thanks Markham for his letter; says that her late husband often spoke of him and his aspirations; appreciates his endorsement for the organization.

1 p. on 3 leaves ; 22-28 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 ...

Department of Ethical and Humane Education.

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