Letter, 1912, February 28, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Alexander Harvey. 1912.

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Letter, 1912, February 28, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Alexander Harvey. 1912.

Tells Markham that Leonard Dalton Abbott, had told him that he is perhaps the greatest living AMerican; and he seconds that.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 21-28 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 ...

Harvey, Alexander, 1868-1949

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Abbott, Leonard Dalton, 1878-1953

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Note in another hand identifies Abbott as Asst. Ed. of Current Literature. From the description of Note [n.d.] New York. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34366273 Leonard D. Abbott was Executive Chairman of the Modern School. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1915-1943, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902403 ...