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Jacob,
The doctors at "Saint Elizabeths Hospital" (that's how the institution
appears in statutes of  the District of Columbia) get very nasty if you
abbreviate Saint. The patients grow restless if you use an apostrophe.
Tim Romano

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From: "Jacob Korg" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: St. Elizabeths


> A query on a very minor point. The biographers invariabley give
> Pound's mental hospital as above, without an apostrophe. Is this the
> official spelling? Can anyone on the list help?
>                                         Jacob Korg
>
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