Q: Emergence of "American English"

[Joel S. Berson]

John Clive and Bernard Bailyn wrote in 1954 "By 1754, the emergence
of American English, adversely commented on as early as 1735, was so
far advanced that the suggestion was made, facetiously, that a
glossary of American terms be compiled."

Who commented in 1735?

Who suggested a glossary of American terms in 1754?

Might I find the answers (or other interesting information about 18th
c. American speech) in M.M. Mathews, ed., "The Beginnings of American
English" (1931)?

Joel

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