Letter,1899, Oct. 17, New York City. [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, N.Y. / Fred M. Hopkins. 1899.

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Letter,1899, Oct. 17, New York City. [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, N.Y. / Fred M. Hopkins. 1899.

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Fred is informing Markham that each month they select a living American Poet and print an intro with a photo, and poems to be published in there 1900 series. He would like to know if Markham would like to do this.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 25 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Hopkins, Fred M.

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Current Opinion (Magazine : 1888-1925)

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Current Opinion, titled Current Literature until 1913, was an American magazine founded by Frederick Somers in 1888. It ceased publication in 1925 when it was bought out by The Literary Digest....

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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 ...