Liberty Pole (pre-1780 cites needed)

[George Thompson]

These come from my notes, not from EAN:
        On Saturday Night last, between 10 and 11 o'Clock, as two
young Men were crossing the Green near Liberty Pole in this City, they
were stopp'd by a Company of Ruffians, who knocked one of them down,
and endeavored to rob him; but the other being resolute, and handling
them pretty roughly, the Villains were glad to make the best of their
Way off without any Booty.  New-York Gazette, April 9, 1770, p. 3,
col. 1

In addition, I have "Liberty Pole" in my paraphrase of stories in the
New-York Gazette of March 26, 1767 (p. 3, col. 2) and April 2, 1770
(p. 3, cols. 1-2).

I will check these against the film when I get a chance -- presumably
the words were taken from the story, though.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

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From: Bapopik at AOL.COM
Date: Sunday, June 11, 2006 5:47 pm
Subject: Liberty Pole (pre-1780 cites needed)

> _http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1617/liberty-pole-and-battle-of-
> golden-hill
> -1770_
> (http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1617/liberty-pole-and-battle-of-
> golden-hill-1770)
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> I just added "Liberty pole." Is there an cite in Early American
> Newspapers(not available in the Popik home) that has "Liberty
> pole" before OED?
> ...
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> (Oxford English Dictionary)
> <i>liberty-pole</i>,  a tall mast or staff with a Phrygian cap or
> othersymbol of liberty on the  top.
>
> 1775-83 _THACHER_ (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-
> t.html#thacher)Mil. Jrnl. (1823) 22 *Liberty  poles were erected
> in almost every town and
> villge..under which the tory is  compelled to sign a recantation.
> 1789  _GOUV.
> MORRIS_ (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-m4.html#gouv-
> morris)  in
> Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) II. 70 The soldiers were then paraded
> in triumph to the
> Palais Royal,  which is now the liberty pole of this city.
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