Letter, 1936, West Chester, Pennsylvania [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], Staten Island, New York / F.H. Green. 1915.

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Letter, 1936, West Chester, Pennsylvania [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], Staten Island, New York / F.H. Green. 1915.

Asks Markham to sign the copy of his poem. He would like to frame it and hang it in his class room. Also thanks him for his contributioin to the world. Incomplete letter, first page is missing.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 21-28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7595150

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 ...

Green, Francis Harvey, 1861-1951

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