Letter, 1912,May 16, Washington, DC [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Dorothy Lamon Teillard. 1912.

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Letter, 1912,May 16, Washington, DC [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Dorothy Lamon Teillard. 1912.

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Asks Markham to help her to get the word out that "Recollections of Lincoln" of her late husband Ward Hill Lamon is still available. She tells Markham that Mr. Geo D. Smith did not keep his promis he had made to her.

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 21-28 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 ...

Lamon, Ward Hill, 1828-1893

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Ward Hill Lamon, a close friend and a biographer of Abraham Lincoln. A native of Virginia, he moved to Illinois in 1847. He became Lincoln's law partner, and in the 1850's worked for his political career. In 1861, Lamon accompanied Lincoln to Washington. In the same year he was appointed Marshal of the District of Columbia. After Lincoln's assassination, Lamon practiced law in a partnership with Jeremiah S. Black. Black's son, Chauncey F. Black ghostwrote Lamon's Life of Abraham Lincoln (1872). ...

Teillard, Dorothy Lamon

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Daughter of Ward Hill Lamon, author of the book. From the description of Pre-publication material for "Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865" by Ward Hill Lamon 1907-1912 (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 643312557 ...