jerk-water antedated to 1865

[Garson O'Toole]

Stephen: That is an excellent find. There was a link in my second post
on jerkwater that led to a post by Bill Mullins in the ADS archive.
Bill found this 1865 citation. I should have mentioned the discovery
more prominently.
Short link: http://goo.gl/01YIH

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
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> New York Times, Sunday Sept 24, 1865, p. 2, col. 6:
> Kentucky
> Returning to the Borders of Liberty--...--Condition of the Railroads--....
> ....A little jerk-water engine, which looks as if it was stuck together
> simultaneously with the building of Noah's ark, runs "wild" through
> this wild region as often as they get a load of people and other things.
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> Stephen Goranson
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