Letter 1899, Sept. 2, Chicago, Ill [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, N.Y.] / John Vance Cheney. 1899.

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Letter 1899, Sept. 2, Chicago, Ill [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, N.Y.] / John Vance Cheney. 1899.

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John mixed up his Markham's address. He would like him to respond to some points. What are his termas and conditions on the competitive poems he recieved. Do they have to be sealed a certain way? And whom should they be addresses to?

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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