Letter, 1912, April 15, Ottowa, Canada [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Edith M. Ferris. 1912.

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Letter, 1912, April 15, Ottowa, Canada [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Edith M. Ferris. 1912.

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Informs Markham that she has a copy of "Lincoln" which he sent to her father. He is ill and just had his 70th birthday. As soon as he feels better she will come back to the Waldorf.

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 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 ...

Ferris, Edith M.

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