[Ads-l] Antedating of "Caucus" with Modern Spelling

[Shapiro, Fred]

caucus (OED, with this spelling 1788)

1786 Mary Smith Cranch Letter to Abigail Adams 7 Apr.

The member for Braintree was very angry and said publickly, that the county in a Caucus has determin'd that mr Cushing, should be L Governer.

Fred Shapiro

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