Information AboutBill Arp |
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Born and raised in Lawrenceville, Georgia , he enlisted and served in the U.S. Civil War . Afterwards settling in Rome, Georgia where he served as mayor beginning in 1867. After the war and until his death, he wrote "letters to the editor" to the Atlanta Constitution as Bill Arp which were typically in Dialect talking about all manner of things that he couldn't say as a public figure. He also edited newspapers in Rome, Cartersville and Atlanta . REFERENCES Collected works online at UNC |
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