Letter 1904, Dec 16, New York City, [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, N.Y.] / Gilson Willets. 1904.

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Letter 1904, Dec 16, New York City, [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, N.Y.] / Gilson Willets. 1904.

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Gilson tells Markham that the editor of the Christian Hearald is asking a number of leading people to answer a question: "How Should The Unemployed in New York Be Provided For This Winter?". He explains the reasons, the terms, and the causes.

1 p. on 1 leaves ; 28 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 ...

Willets, Gilson, 1869-

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Christian Herald.

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