Letter,1912, May 9, New York City. [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, N.Y. / Lydia Kingsmill Commander. 1912.

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Letter,1912, May 9, New York City. [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, N.Y. / Lydia Kingsmill Commander. 1912.

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Lydia tells Markham she and her husband were at their summer place in Pure Hill cleaning. She is sorry they misssed "the poet and his family". She would love for him to come and visit.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 15 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...

Commander, Lydia Kingsmill

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