down to brass tacks (1867)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 11/7/06, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
> From the 19th C. US Newspapers database (guessing on the page number):
>
> 1867 _Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier_ 12 Jan. 2[?]/3 The
> Galveston Bulletin says that Texas must "come down to brass tacks" and
> accept the constitutional amendment, unless the people wish Congress
> to proceed with reconstruction.

Using the "browse list" feature on the database, I see I was correct
in guessing that the page number is 2.


--Ben Zimmer

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