[Letter] 1917, April 22, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Ula Bast. 1917.

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[Letter] 1917, April 22, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Ula Bast. 1917.

Invites Mr. & Mrs. Markham to the annual Shakespeare Dinner at the National Arts Club as well as to the wreath-plathing in the Park that aftaernoon.

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

Shakespeare Birthday Committee.

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