Letter, 1915, March 13, Chicago, Illinois [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, New York / Maurice B. Kovnat. 1915.

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Letter, 1915, March 13, Chicago, Illinois [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, New York / Maurice B. Kovnat. 1915.

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Sends him a copy of "The Newer Justice" by Ex-Judge McKenzie Cleland since he thought that it might be of interest to him. Informs him that three bills in Illinois Legislators are up to discussion about abolishing capital punishment.

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 ...

Anti Capital Punishment Society of America.

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