"huzzah" labelled Colonial speech

[Beverly Flanigan]

It's used frequently in a documentary about the early settlement of Ohio (1790-
1810) produced by Marietta College and Ohio University.  The settlers have a
grand feast on the 4th of July (inviting the local natives, of course) and
toast themselves and the new government with "Huzza(h)!"

Quoting Sam Clements <SClements at NEO.RR.COM>:

> There are 22 hits on NewspaperArchive for "Huzza" as opposed to
> "Huzzah"
> prior to 1807.  Most of them are tied to British sources.  But hard
> to
> believe that if it was a British cheer it wouldn't have also been a
> Colonial
> US cheer.
>
> From a 1797 Edinburgh Advertiser cite:
>
> "Huzza, my boys, huzza, 'tis Britain's favourite toast."
>
> Sam Clements
>
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