Letter, 1904, Jan. 6, York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, New York City / William Benignus. 1904.

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Letter, 1904, Jan. 6, York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, New York City / William Benignus. 1904.

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William got a job as a stewart on a steamer and was able to pay back $2 to Markham. He was sorry he couldn't get a present for Virgil for Christmas. He is waiting for Markham's Easter Book.

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

Markham, Virgil, 1899-

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Benignus, William

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