Letter, February 16, 1900-1910, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / W. Fearing Gill. 1900-1910.

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Letter, February 16, 1900-1910, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / W. Fearing Gill. 1900-1910.

Is sorry that he had a negative experience with Mr. Prolin?. Is happy that he excepted "Faust" for Wednesday. Asks to meet him at the hotel and he will take him to the "Players Club" for dinner. Talks about his nephew Griggs.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7602109

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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