Right Smart (1829)

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   DARE has 1842, 1843, and 1859 for "right smart."
   This takes us into George Thompson territory, but I haven't seen a "right smart" post from him.


(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
 The New - York Mirror: a Weekly Gazette of Literature and the Fine Arts (1823-1842), New York; Feb 22, 1834; Vol. 11, Iss. 34
  DAVID CROCKET'S OWN BOOK.; pg. 266, 1 pgs

The Ariel. A Semimonthly Literary and Miscellaneous Gazette (1827-1832), Philadelphia; May 12, 1832; Vol. 6, Iss. 2
  THE USEFUL MAN.; pg. 21, 4 pgs

The Illinois Monthly Magazine (1830-1832), Cincinnati; May 1832; Vol. 2, Iss. 20
  The silver mine ; Anonymous; pg. 365, 10 pgs

Saturday Evening Post (1821-1830), Philadelphia; Jan 24, 1829; Vol. VOL. VIII, Iss. 0
  Article 10 -- No Title; pg. 0_004, 1 pgs
("The next morning he looked at it again, and after scratching his head and ruminating a short time on the subject, he came to the conclusion that if he worked 'right smart,' he could accomplish his task in one day--so he spent that day as he had the day before."  From the SCHOHARIE REPUBLICAN.)