The Phrase-- 'Solid South'-- it's Origin and Early History [manuscript] : a paper / by Professor Hench, 1951.

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The Phrase-- 'Solid South'-- it's Origin and Early History [manuscript] : a paper / by Professor Hench, 1951.

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With Hench's article are several clippings about Hench and his love of etymology together with an advertisement from Sir James A. H. Murray, 1896, soliciting "Special quotations wanted for H" for inclusion in the New English Dictionary.

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Murray, James A. H. (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915

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