"Bakery" in Evans Digital Edition

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 1 May 2003, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> The following are the three earliest hits for "bakery" in Evans Digital
> Edition.  I will post more details later.
>
> 1739 _Journal of the votes and proceedings of the General Assembly of His
> Majesty's colony of New-York, begun the twenty ninth day of August, 1739_

The 1739 usage turns out to be "battery," not "bakery"; perhaps the others
are false hits too.  I'll post further information.

Fred


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