[Letter] 1915, October 24, Oakland, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Potter. 1915.

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[Letter] 1915, October 24, Oakland, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Potter. 1915.

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Thanks Markham for letting him have his manuscripts which he used to put together California Writer's Club Bulletin. Was honored to be part of the Committee to further the cause of the State's purchase of his old home in San Jose.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 15-18 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 ...

Potter.

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