[Ads-l] Antedating of "Cabinet" (governmental body)

[Shapiro, Fred]

In the citation below I omitted the date of the letter, which was 17 Feb.

Fred Shapiro

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From: Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
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Subject: Antedating of "Cabinet" (governmental body)

cabinet (OED, II.8.b., 1793)

1787 Thomas Smith Letter to George Washingtonn (Founders Online)

I most ardently Pray that you may be as successful in the Cabinet ... as you was [sic] in the Field.

Fred Shapiro


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