[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jelly Roll"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Excellent citations. Here are two slightly earlier matches:

Date: April 13, 1855
Newspaper: Daily Missouri Republican
Newspaper Location: Daily Missouri Republican
Article: Advertisement: Bill of Fare of the St. Louis and Missouri
River Packet Steamer Sonora
Quote Page 2, Column 7
Database: GenealogyBank

[Begin excerpt]
Lady Fingers
...
Ribbon Rolls
Jelly Rolls
[End excerpt]

Date: November 17, 1856
Newspaper: The Charleston Daily Courier
Newspaper Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Article: Advertisement: W. Hammond Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
French and American Confectionery
Quote Page 2, Column 6
Database: GenealogyBank

[Begin excerpt]
JELLY TARTS,
JELLY ROLLS,
PHILADELPHIA JUMBLES,
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM John Baker
<0000192d2eeb9639-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
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> A little earlier:
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> 1859 Fall River Daily News 6 Sept.  1/4 (Newspapers.com) This pastry, such as is furnished every day to families and parties in Providence, I offer for sale by the slice or loaf. The varieties are Plain or Frosted Pound and Sponge; Plain or Frosted Raison, Currant, Citron and Fruit, Jelly Rolls and Drop Cakes, (most called for), Macaroms, and Washington Pie.
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> The context of the 1862 example is a listing of various bad behaviors by hotel guests, sarcastically referred to as “etiquette.” “Called for” seems to mean “ordered” in the 1859 use, but I don’t know what bad behavior could be referenced in 1862.
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> John Baker
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> > On Jan 12, 2025, at 4:37 PM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > What is the context there? It's clear that a pound cake has weight, but how
> > can a jelly roll realistically be *called*, unless that's a term for
> > something analogous to a roll call?
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> > Mark A. Mandel
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> >> On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> >> jelly roll (OED 1895)
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> >> 1862 Janesville Daily Gazette 19 May 1/4 (Newspapers.com)  Ask if the
> >> pound cake weighs sixteen ounces, and whether the jelly roll has been
> >> called.
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> >> Fred Shapiro
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