Letter, 1919, April 30, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Percy S. Grant. 1916.

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Letter, 1919, April 30, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Percy S. Grant. 1916.

Asks Markham's opinion on celebrating Walt Whitman's one hundred birthday anniversary by a meeting of the Public Forum, May 31st. Invites him to be the speaker for this occasion.

1 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 ...

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