Letter, 1913, June 16, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Rose Katz. 1913.

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Letter, 1913, June 16, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Rose Katz. 1913.

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As the Class President, she invites Markham to be their Commencement speaker. Tells Markham that they have studied his poetry in class and would be very disappointed if he could not come.

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 ...

Public School 31, Manhattan.

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