Fred uncovers: >bakery (OED c1820) > >1780 George Washington _Let._ 24 May in _Writings of Washington_ (1937) >XVIII. 411 Independent of the apartments for the sick, there must be one >or more kitchens; an apothecarys shop; a magazine for drugs and remedies; >an oven; a bakery. > Can this really be the first cite? George Washington, the father of our "bakery"?