Antedatings of "Right Stuff"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> 1856 _Harper's New Monthly Mag._ Mar. 477  The old mate will roysterously
> bellow forth -- "If I didn't know as you've got the right stuff among ye, I
> should think I'd found a lot of chicken-hearted greenhorns.

Column number is 477/1.

> 1861 _Harper's New Monthly Mag._ Jan. 249  If you have the right stuff in
> you, you will not be put down.

Column number is 249/2.

Fred Shapiro


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