Papers of Ralph Happel [manuscript], 1838-1948.

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Papers of Ralph Happel [manuscript], 1838-1948.

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Include brief historical sketches of Hanover County and Bacon's Castle, and by-laws, reports, and notes on the Conestoga Community Center of Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pa. Of interest is a letter, 1908, from Gaston Pollard, New York, to a Prof. Deering re: the latter's interest in Franz Grillparzer. Another letter, 1946, from Ralph Happel, Fredericksburg, Va. to H.L. Mencken, attempts to trace the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" in American slang.

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University of Virginia. Library

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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...

Conestoga Community Center (Delaware County, Pa.)

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Bacon's Castle (Va.)

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Pollard, Gaston.

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Grillparzer, Franz, 1791-1872

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Austrian playwright. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Vienna], 12 February 1847, to Giacomo Meyerbeer, 1847 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578329 ...

Deering, Professor.

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Happel, Ralph

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Park historian, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. From the description of Papers of Ralph Happel [manuscript], 1838-1948. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816440 ...