Letter, 1899 November 11, Larkspur, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham [New York / Bailey] Millard. 1899.

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Letter, 1899 November 11, Larkspur, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham [New York / Bailey] Millard. 1899.

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Follow up to his telegram sent the previous day. He also indicates that he is disappointed that the publisher of Markham's book of poems has not given credit to him and the Examiner on being the first to publish "The Man wit h the Hoe."

3 p. on 2 leaves ; 22 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 ...

Millard, Bailey, 1859-1941

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Bailey Millard (1859-1941) was born in Markesan, Wisconsin. Much of his education was obtained as a printer's devil and tramp printer. He worked his way west through a succession of newspaper and printing shops. In the 1890s he was city editor or literary editor of the San Francisco Call and the Examiner, and in 1918-1919 was managing editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin . From 1913-1914 he was managing editor of Munsey's of NY. In San Francisco he was acquainted with and published a suc...