(Further) antedating quote about spelling

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/14/2010 12:51 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>It's also possible that Andrew
>Jackson and Mark Twain both used modified versions of the phrase later,
>but there is no direct evidence for this and the original quip clearly
>predates both of them.

If there's no further antedating than EAN's Sept. 13, 1855, then
surely Pres. and Gen. Andrew Jackson antedates the phrase, not vice versa.

Joel

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