Brook Trout (1820)

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   "Brook trout" is a popular fish, with about 71,000 Google hits.  Merriam-Webster has 1836.  OED has 1868?


   29 July 1820, THE NATIONAL RECORDER (American Periodical Series), "Western Fisheries," pg. 73:
   The common salmon of the western waters spawn, it is said, twice a year; also the brook trout.  Linnaeus enumerates between forty and fifty different species of the salmon.  I have reason to believe that there are several in this country.  Besides the common salmon, the salmon trout, and the brook trout, there are, I think, different species of trout in rivers and lakes, which are confounded under the general name of salmon trout and common trout.


   A story about Lake Michigan on the same page also includes "brook trout."  There are several 1830s APS hits, especially in the periodical AMERICAN TURF REGISTER AND SPORTING MAGAZINE.
   Here are some LITERATURE ONLINE hits before 1850:


1. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 [Author Record]

The Chainbearer; or, The Littlepage Manuscripts, Volume 1 (1845) 560Kb
The Chainbearer; or, The Littlepage Manuscripts, Volume 1 560Kb
Found 1 hit:

Main text 546Kb
CHAPTER VII. 36Kb
...of squabs, a string of  brook-trout, and maybe a deer, or...

2. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 [Author Record]

Lionel Lincoln; or, The Leaguer of Boston . . . Volume 1 (1824-1825) 1Kb
Lionel Lincoln; or, The Leaguer of Boston . . . Volume 1 1Kb
Found 1 hit:

Main text 1Kb
CHAPTER IX. 1Kb
...act of Parliament ag'in taking  brook trout." "Fellow, you are attempting...

3. Cooper, Susan Fenimore, 1813-1894 [Author Record]

Elinor Wyllys; or, The Young Folk at Longbridge. A Tale, by Amabel Penfeather [pseud., ed. by J. Fenimore Cooper] Volume 1 (1846) 554Kb
Elinor Wyllys; or, The Young Folk at Longbridge. A Tale, by Amabel Penfeather [pseud., ed. by J. Fenimore Cooper] Volume 1 551Kb
Found 1 hit:

Main text 543Kb
ELINOR WYLLYS. 543Kb
CHAPTER XV. 23Kb
...Wyllys-Roof, expressly to carry some  brook-trout, for Mr. Wyllys's breakfast. The...

4. Cooper, Susan Fenimore, 1813-1894 [Author Record]

Elinor Wyllys; or, The Young Folk at Longbridge. A Tale, by Amabel Penfeather [pseud., ed. by J. Fenimore Cooper] Volume 2 (1846) 766Kb
Elinor Wyllys; or, The Young Folk at Longbridge. A Tale, by Amabel Penfeather [pseud., ed. by J. Fenimore Cooper] Volume 2 762Kb
Found 1 hit:

Main text 754Kb
ELINOR WYLLYS. 754Kb
CHAPTER XXI. 50Kb
...quite so sure of the  brook-trout." "I don't think Jonathan will...

5. Dunlap, William, 1766-1839 [Author Record]

Thirty Years Ago; or, The Memoirs of a Water Drinker Volume 1 (1836) 601Kb
Thirty Years Ago; or, The Memoirs of a Water Drinker 598Kb
Found 1 hit:

Main text 588Kb
CHAPTER VI. 28Kb
...am not one of your  brook trout to be played back...

6. Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858 [Author Record]

The Deerstalkers; or, Circumstantial Evidence. A Tale of the South-western Counties. By Frank Forester [pseud.] (1849) 341Kb
The Deerstalkers; or, Circumstantial Evidence. A Tale of the South-western Counties. By Frank Forester [pseud.] 338Kb
Found 1 hit:

Main text 331Kb
CHAPTER V. THE DEATH OF THE STAG. 44Kb
...rippling shallows, seeing the swift  brook-trout dart through the eddies from...

7. Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858 [Author Record]

Dermont O'Brien; or, The Taking of Tredagh. A Tale of 1649 (1849) 388Kb
Dermont O'Brien; or, The Taking of Tredagh. A Tale of 1649 385Kb
Found 1 hit:

Main text 381Kb
CHAPTER I. 29Kb
...emerged again, with a five-pound  brook-trout quivering in his Page 005....

8. Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858 [Author Record]

Ingleborough Hall, and Lord of the Manor (1847) 552Kb
Ingleborough Hall, and Lord of the Manor 549Kb
Found 1 hit:

Main text 547Kb
Lord of the Manor 278Kb
CHAPTER IV. 33Kb
...and Raywood; and the spring-  brook trout pond lies in the...
9. Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858 [Author Record]

Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches, [Editor] Hawes, William Post. Volume 1 (1842) 512Kb
Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches, [Editor] Hawes, William Post. Volume 1 509Kb
Found 1 hit:

Main text 499Kb
FIRE ISLAND ANA; 187Kb[2] OR, A WEEK AT THE FIRE ISLANDS.
CHAPTER V. 33Kb
...It was a trout, a  brook trout, an old fellow that...