Letter, 1934, December 16, Times, Office, Los Angeles [to] Edwin Markham [Staten Island, New York] / Bailey Millard. 1934.

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Letter, 1934, December 16, Times, Office, Los Angeles [to] Edwin Markham [Staten Island, New York] / Bailey Millard. 1934.

Remarks that he is not a fan of Tom Fitch." ... he is not very workth of your consideration." He also encloses a clipping from the Los Angeles Times defending Markham in response to a slighting reference in the autobiography of Hamlin Garland. Millard notes that he has not worked on his biography of Markham for nearly a year and that he has just returned from the Orient.

3 p. on 2 leaves ; 28 cm. + envelope.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7592739

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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