Grinnell, Iowa, May 13, 1899.
My dear friend Markham:-
It was a joy to get your word of greeting. Some times I get very tired of heart and rather battle-stricken in the midst of the holy war, and it is only through the fellowship of such spirits as...
Grinnell, Iowa, April 21, 1898.
My comrade:-
It was good to receive your greeting. Your words are full of the fellowship of your spirit. I thank you, and ask you to thank your Japanese friend on my behalf for the “Second Book of Fragments.” I...
Grinnell, Iowa,
July 6th, 1899
My dear Mrs. Deland,
This will introduce to Charles Edwin Markham, the poet who has written other verse as living as “The Man With The Hoe.” He is one of my dearest friends and I want to you to know...
Oct. 10, 1899.
My Dear Friend Markham:
Will you kindly let me know at once if you can lecture here, when you come west in December, and if so at what time? We, of course, want to pay your usual terms. Can you give us a definite date? I devoutly...
Oct. 24, 1899.
My dear comrade:
I am delighted that you can come and lecture, and have so informed the students. I am eagerly anticipating your visit also, as I shall be sailing for Europe and Palestine the last of January and have many things I...
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. The man with the hoe, and other poems
April 29th, 1908
Prof. Edwin Markham,
West New Brighton,
New York.
Dear Comrade:-
Please send one copy of “The Man With The Hoe and Other Poems” to
Theo. Thorson,
Forest City, Iowa.
Enclosed please find seventy cents in payment of the...
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. The man with the hoe, and other poems
Dec. 23, 1912
Prof. Edwin Markham,
West New Brighton, N.Y.
Dear Comrade:-
Please send one copy of “Lincoln and Other Poems” and one copy of “The Man with the Hoe and other Poems” to A.W. Calhoun, Hopkinton, Iowa. Enclosed find $1.50 for...
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
The back of the postcard has a handwritten note. Dated July 11, 1911, the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Ella Bidwell of Prairie City, Iowa. It reads, "Dear Mother, I arrived in New York yesterday, 3 pm. Had a fine trip. We are seeing the sights...
Jerry Rescue Convention; Antislavery movements--United States
Three-page printed "address" by Gerrit Smith presented at the Jerry Rescue Convention in Syracuse [New York]. On back, addressed to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, in Smith's hand.
Good. Some discoloration around edges. Small piece of paper adhered to cover. Adhesive residue on back. Full measurement of item: 12.8 cm (H) x 10.2 cm (W).
Fessenden, William Pitt,1806-1869; Adams, John C.; Allen, Charles, 1827-1913; Allen, James; Appleton, John; Bradbury, J. W.; Burbank, David; Chamberlain, J. E.; Chandler, Peleg W. (Peleg Whitman), 1816-1889; Cobb, Sylvanus, 1823-1887; Coe, George...
Correspondence of William Pitt Fesssenden, and his sons Francis Fessenden and James Deering Fessenden. The majority of letters are addressed to William Pitt Fessenden on financial and political matters, but a few are private; several letters are...
