[Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Michigander"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Michigander (OED 1838 [14 Nov.])

1838 _Bangor Daily Whig and Courier_ 18 Oct. (Newspapers.com)

I came, as I told you, the last thirty miles to Detroit by rail road.  This is part of one which the Michiganders are making across to St. Joseph's.

Fred Shapiro


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