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[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
<Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
>
> _Daily Evening Bulletin_, (San Francisco, CA) Wednesday, October 17,
> 1866; pg. 3;  col A
>
> "Political Corruption in England " [from the NY Times, no author cited]
> " "I call a man honest," said a New Jersey politician, "who, when he is
> bought, <i> stays bought</i>." "
>
> I cannot find the corresponding story in ProQuest NY Times.

New York Times, Sep. 8, 1866, p. 4, col. 6
Proquest Doc ID 83458476
Title is "An Astonishing Display of Corruption" (misspelled by
ProQuest as "...Corraption")
Also here: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A02E3D7133DE53BBC4053DFBF66838D679FDE


--Ben Zimmer

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