[Ads-l] Antedating of "K.K.K."

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

Here's two  orders from the "Grand Cyclops" using K.K.K. They are  dated 
  8th and
  11th March,  no year specified, but  I  presume 1868.   They are  
reprinted in a
journal dated   May 30 1868, and said to be previously printed in 
another journal
dated  15th March.

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Latter_Day_Saints_Millennial_Star/NaftAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22k+k+k+%22&pg=PA350&printsec=frontcover



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From "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 15/02/2025 14:29:17
Subject Antedating of "K.K.K."

>K.K.K. (OED 1872)
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>1868 Charleston Daily News 24 Mar. 2/2 (Newspapers.com)
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>"K: K: K: ... The whole West is agog over the doings of the Klan.
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>Fred Shapiro
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