*correction*! Re: [ADS-L] antedating "Loco-Foco" 1834

[Stephen Goranson]

Though 1834 appears on the title page, and it is also cataloged as 1834 in
Worldcat and elsewhere, this edition apparently has editorial notes (not by
Dymond) added and published at a later date. I should have read more (I went
back to look for etymology clues) before posting it as an "antedating." Sorry.

SG

Quoting Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>:

> OED has 1. 1839 quote for "self-igniting cigar or match" and 2. 1837
> quote for
> "...'Equal Rights' or Radical section of the Democratic party ..." with a
> note that "The name was given in 1835..."
>
> ADS-L archive has 1835 quotes for both senses from Barry Popik and
> Ben Zimmer.
>
> An inquiry into the accordancy of war with the principles of Christianity :
> and an examination of the philosophical reasoning by which it is
> defended, with
> observations on some of the causes of war and on some of its effects /
>
> Jonathan Dymond;  Philanthropos.
> 1834 3rd ed., corr. and enl.
> English Book Book viii, 191, 38 p. ; 22 cm.
> Philadelphia : William Brown, printer.
>
> Page 5
> Lobbying?... Loco Focos ? 73 ...
>
> Page 35
> We said last fall when Loco Foco Office-holders were spending money
> in unheard
> of profusion at the Polls, that the accounts of Defaulting
> Collectors! &c. ...
>
> Page 73
> A party in New York called Loco Foco had asked Colonel Young to be their
> candidate for Governor. H» declined, but reminded their committee, ...
> "Tammany Hall," said the loco focos in reply, "has become a nursery of
> brokers...
>
> Page 78
> AMES WESTERVELT is a Weigher, and has spoken to me about his situation. He is
> thoroughly loco-foco ...
>
> Page 80
> James Westervelt, the' weigher, was reported to be " thoroughly loco foco" ?
> and was retained. I do not know the man, but by reference to Mr. Reyburn, ...
>
> Page 127
> ... see that power having passed to M. Van Buren, Jesse Hoyt & Co., they had
> veered round for the present to the hard-money, anti-monopoly, loco
> foco side.
> ...
>
> U. California copy; full view at google.
>
> Stephen Goranson
> http://www.duke.edu/~goranson
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