Telegram, 1886 February 13, Placerville, California [to] Mrs. Edwin Markham. 1886.

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Telegram, 1886 February 13, Placerville, California [to] Mrs. Edwin Markham. 1886.

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Telegram with an article attached. The article, signed by Charles E Markham, reports on the activities of the Anti-Chinese Association of Placerville, of which Markham was the Secretary of the Executive Committee.

1 p. ; 28 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 ...

Anti-Chinese Association of Placerville CA.

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