Letter, March 30, 1900-1910, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / W. Fearing Gill. 1900-1910.

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Letter, March 30, 1900-1910, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / W. Fearing Gill. 1900-1910.

Invites Markham to a special event at Carnegie Hall, sponsored by the Felix Adlers Ethical Cultur Society, where the japanese minister is to explain the Japanese- Russian campaign, the purpose and cause of the war. There will be also the Progression Stage Society dinner.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-21 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 ...

Gill, William Fearing, 1844-1917

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