Letter 1899, Aug. 23, Chicago, Ill [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, N.Y.] / John Vance Cheney. 1899.

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Letter 1899, Aug. 23, Chicago, Ill [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, N.Y.] / John Vance Cheney. 1899.

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John is giving Markham permission to turn over his papers to a local paper that is running a contest concerning poems written about the Man with the Hoe. He would like Markham to enter his work.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 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 ...

Cheney, John Vance, 1848-1922

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Author and librarian. From the description of Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1862-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80582296 American author and librarian. From the description of Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1848-1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685645 John Vance Cheney, author and librarian, grew up at Dorset, Vermont, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He found legal work irksome, however and moved to California. From 1873...