[Letter] 1917, April 24, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Louis Mayer. 1917.

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[Letter] 1917, April 24, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Louis Mayer. 1917.

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Sends a folder full of notes expressing his admiration for Markham. Tells him that the Lincoln bust has just came back from an exhibit and offersMarkham to come and see it.

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

Mayer, Louis (American painter and sculptor, 1869-1969)

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