Antedating of "Lynch"

[Fred Shapiro]

lynch, v. (OED 1836)

1835 _Maryland Gazette_ 30 July (19th Century U.S. Periodicals)
Postscript from the Natchez Courier, July 10. ... The citizens of
Vicksburg formed an anti-gamblers society on the 4th, and at night Lynched
one of the fraternity.

Fred Shapiro


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