Letter, 1889 May 17, San Diego, [California] [to] Miss Ruth Royce / Charles Edwin Markham. 1889.

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Letter, 1889 May 17, San Diego, [California] [to] Miss Ruth Royce / Charles Edwin Markham. 1889.

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In response to a request by Miss Royce for him to write a poem fo the class reunion. He requests that she might give him some subject on which to write. He indicates he will do his best.

1 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 ...

Royce, Ruth

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