[Letter] 1926 Apr. 15, New York [to] Mrs. Curtis / H.L. Mencken.

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[Letter] 1926 Apr. 15, New York [to] Mrs. Curtis / H.L. Mencken.

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Mencken, then the editor of The American mercury, responds to a letter from Janet Wallace Curtis, in which she took Mencken to task for using the phrase "cow states" too often. Mencken responds that he is inclined "to think that you are right."

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Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Curtis, Janet Wallace,

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