[Letter] 1901 August 6, New York [to] Mr. Markham
Title
[Letter] 1901 August 6, New York [to] Mr. Markham
Subject
Herron, George Davis, 1862-1925
Wilshire, H. Gaylord (Henry Gaylord), 1861-1927
The Comrade (New York, N.Y.)
Socialism -- United States -- Meetings.
Description
Abbott writes about starting "The Comrade" and asks Markham for a poem for the first issue. Abbott also writes about his holiday spent in the Adirondacks, Chicago, Buffalo, and at the Indianapolis Socialist Convention.
Creator
Abbott, Leonard Dalton, 1878-1953
Source
Edwin Markham Archive, Horrmann Library
Date
8/6/1901
Contributor
Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
Rights
Please contact the Horrmann Library at Wagner College for rights to use this digital image.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
eng
Type
Text
Identifier
AbbottL11
Text
Aug. 6, 1901
Dear Mr. Markham,
Many thanks for your kind note, received at Indianapolis on the eve of our most successful Socialist Convention. We expect to get our little magazine out on Sept. 15, and shall use your poem on the first page of the first issue, presented in truly artistic style. So we should like the poem as soon as you can spare time to write it. I already have promises of articles from Richard Le Gallienne, Edward Carpenter, Ernest Crosby, etc., and I can promise that “The Comrade” will be a worthy expression of the Socialist spirit, whether it succeeds financially or not.
I returned yesterday from a most pleasant two weeks holiday, spent in company with the Herrons, H. Gaylord Wilshire and a Harvard student friend. We took in some of the most beautiful parts of the Adirondacks, spent two days in Chicago, taking part in a great public meeting there, spent four days at the Ind. Convention, and ended up at Buffalo.
There is certainly no sense in overworking one’s self, and I shall try to avoid that. But – the harvest is so great, and the laborers so few!
Yours sincerely,
Leonard D. Abbott
Dear Mr. Markham,
Many thanks for your kind note, received at Indianapolis on the eve of our most successful Socialist Convention. We expect to get our little magazine out on Sept. 15, and shall use your poem on the first page of the first issue, presented in truly artistic style. So we should like the poem as soon as you can spare time to write it. I already have promises of articles from Richard Le Gallienne, Edward Carpenter, Ernest Crosby, etc., and I can promise that “The Comrade” will be a worthy expression of the Socialist spirit, whether it succeeds financially or not.
I returned yesterday from a most pleasant two weeks holiday, spent in company with the Herrons, H. Gaylord Wilshire and a Harvard student friend. We took in some of the most beautiful parts of the Adirondacks, spent two days in Chicago, taking part in a great public meeting there, spent four days at the Ind. Convention, and ended up at Buffalo.
There is certainly no sense in overworking one’s self, and I shall try to avoid that. But – the harvest is so great, and the laborers so few!
Yours sincerely,
Leonard D. Abbott
Data Digital
2009
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Collection
Citation
Abbott, Leonard Dalton, 1878-1953 , “[Letter] 1901 August 6, New York [to] Mr. Markham,” Edwin Markham Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2024, https://markham.omeka.net/items/show/438.