Letter, 1899, Feb. 3, San Francisco, Calf. [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Oakland, Calf. / Theodore Dreiser. 1899.

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 ...

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892

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The recipient was Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria, with whom Tennyson had an extensive correspondence. From the description of Alfred Tennyson letter to Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 1867 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865322 British poet. From the description of Papers, 1831-1909. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188602 Tennyson was Poet Laureate of England during much of the latter part of...

Meredith, Owen, 1924-

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Drury, Wells, 1851-1932

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Journalist, editor of several California newspapers, later secretary of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce. From the description of Wells Drury papers, 1871-1937. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26624223 ...