Early use of "phatt" (1873)

[Mark A. Mandel]

Sam Clements <SClements at NEO.RR.COM> scripsit:
        >>>
<<Here is a sample of what she found in the 1873 copy:
    Joel Briggs a peddlar was,
    A peddlar of renown,
   He delt in tin ware and sl(?)ich,
        <<<

I guess that this is almost certainly "sich" = "such".

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   Information Extraction from the Biomedical Literature
   University of Pennsylvania