Letter, August 9,1906, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Landing, New Jersey / R.W. Gilder. 1906.

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Letter, August 9,1906, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Landing, New Jersey / R.W. Gilder. 1906.

Informs Markham that Leon Guipon would like to illustrate his poem like in King Louis's time. Wants him to get in touch with Leon.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7600336

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 ...

Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909

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Gilder authored the book, THE NEW DAY, A POEM IN SONGS AND SONNETS... (New York : Scribner, Armstrong and Company, 1876) in which this is tipped in. It contains the bookplate of Brainerd. From the description of Autograph letter signed to Ira Hutchinson Brainerd, [1876?] Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398276 Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909), American poet and editor, served as editor-in-chief of Scribner's Monthly and its successor The Century Illustrated Monthly...

Guipon, Leon, 1872-1910

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