Antedating of "Lynch"

[Fred Shapiro]

The OED's first usage of the verb "lynch" is dated 1836.  Here is a
slightly earlier occurrence:

1835 _New-England Magazine_ Oct. 270  (heading) The inconveniences of
being lynched.


Fred Shapiro


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