"a brief and pithy letter nine yards long." 1873 -- was RE: [ADS-L] Brooklyn Daily Eagle

[Stephen Goranson]

Thanks, Sam.

1873, Feb. 4 p.1 col.2 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
"Mr. Tilden is out in a brief and pithy letter nine yards long."

http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Skins/BEagle/Client.asp?Skin=BEagle&AW=1399116444421&AppName=2&GZ=T

Stephen Goranson
http://people.duke.edu/~goranson/<http://people.duke.edu/%7Egoranson/>

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