Letter, January 18, 1900-1910, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / W. Fearing Gill. 1900-1910.

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Letter, January 18, 1900-1910, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / W. Fearing Gill. 1900-1910.

Invites Markham to be the guest of honor at a dinner in honor if Gill's recovery. Wants him to stay a few days to give him advise and give him free reign organizing the lectures.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7601763

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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