Letter, February 23, 1916, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Wm. Griffith. 1916.

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Letter, February 23, 1916, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Wm. Griffith. 1916.

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Noticed that he gives a series of Sunday Evening talks of a character that arouses interest. Would like for him to stay over night so he can take him to the meetings in his car.

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 ...

Griffith, William, 1876-1936

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