Letter 1907, Dec. 3, Chicago, Ill [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, N.Y. / Edward Ellis Carr. 1907.

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Letter 1907, Dec. 3, Chicago, Ill [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, N.Y. / Edward Ellis Carr. 1907.

Edward refers Markham as Professor. He recieved Markham's Check and generous Letter. He has read his poems and his 2 volumes. He appreciates the promise of a short poem or article for christmas. They hasve printed a number of Markham's poems; "Song of the Shepards to Lincoln" in there Christmas Edition. No charge for the advertisements in Markham's books.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 28 cm.

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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 ...

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Carr, Edward Ellis.

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