Letter 1899, Sept. 2, New York City to Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / New York Journal. 1899.

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Letter 1899, Sept. 2, New York City to Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / New York Journal. 1899.

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Mr. Block sends Mr. Markham a telegram about his next article. The article "Mortality and soul" should be written from a religious and scientific standpoint. Also he wants Mr. Markham's view as well. is only worth $60.00 and should be shorter. He also would like Mr. Markham to write a poem for the new century issue. He suggest that could be one about prophecy of the conditions that will exist in the year 2000. also like to meet with him this week.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-25 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 ...

Block, Rudolph, 1870-1940.

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