May 1, 2007

Item of the Day: Noah Webster’s Letter to John Pickering (1817)

Full Title:  A Letter to the Honorable John Pickering, on the Subject of his Vocabulary; or, Collection of Words and Phrases, Supposed to be Peculiar to the United States of America.  By Noah Webster.  Boston:  Published by West and Richardson, 1817.
To The
Honorable
John Pickering. 
Sir,
When I first read your Vocabulary, or Collection of Words and Phrases, supposed [...]