Letter, 1903 September 2, Westerleigh, Staten Island, New York [to] Miss Watson / [Edwin Markham]. 1903.

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Letter, 1903 September 2, Westerleigh, Staten Island, New York [to] Miss Watson / [Edwin Markham]. 1903.

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Markham responds to her letter of 1901. He defends his position regarding monarchs, specifically Queen Victoria, He admires her as a woman, but has strong prejudices against monarchies as a "democrat."

2 p. ; 15 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 ...