Letter, 1912, January 6, Chicago, Illinois [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / Benjamin Fay Mills. 1912.

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Letter, 1912, January 6, Chicago, Illinois [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / Benjamin Fay Mills. 1912.

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Invites Markham to occupy his platform he has in Chicago in his absenty. he would like him to speak on "The Winged Ideal" with readings from his poems.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 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 ...

Mills, Benjamin Fay, 1857-1916

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