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[Homestead] webster dictionary 250 yrs anniversary

From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Homestead] webster dictionary 250 yrs anniversary
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:20:22 -0700 (PDT)

"NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) -- The announcement came in 1800 in the back of
a Connecticut newspaper just above a farmer's reward for a stray cow. A man
named Noah Webster was proposing the first comprehensive "dictionary of the
American language." "

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/12/noah.webster.birthday.ap/index.html

[Homestead] webster dictionary 250 yrs anniversary, bob ford, 10/13/2008