Spelling Bee (1871)

Joanne M. Despres jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM
Tue Mar 11 14:26:46 UTC 2003


FWIW, our 1872 evidence comes from Richard H. Thornton, _An
American Glossary_, quoting an 1872 book entitled _The Hoosier
Spelling-Master_.

Just to quell any doubts about whether there's actually backing for
these undocumented dates...

Joanne



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