Letter, 1915, July 18, Staten Island, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Walter L. Mayer, Curtis Club President. 1912.

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Letter, 1915, July 18, Staten Island, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Walter L. Mayer, Curtis Club President. 1912.

Asks markham to honor them at this years dinner again on March 15th at the Unitatian Church parish house.

2 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 ...

Curtis Club.

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