See “lynch law,” The American Cyclopædia (edition of 1875). See also, Notes & Queries, 2d Series, Oct. 23, 1858 (6: 338), where reference is made to _London Gazette_, 6–9 February, 1687–8, No. 2319. Footnote 18: That he succeeded in making himself thoroughly unpopular with every one is shown in the Calendars of State Papers, Colonial Series, America & West Indies, 1685–1688, and 1688–1692. (M.) Footnote 19: See “lynch law,” Encyclopædia Britannica (9th edition); also, under “to lynch,” Bartlett’s Dictionary of Americanisms (4th edition, 1877). C. A. Bristed, in an essay on The English Language in America (Cambridge Essays, 1855, p. 60) says: “_Linch_, in several of the northern-county dialects, means to beat, or maltreat. Lynch Law, then, would be simply equivalent to _club-law_; and the change of a letter may be easily accounted for by the fact that the name of Lynch is as common in some parts of America as in Ireland.” Footnote 20: No such verb as _linch_ or _linge_ is found in Bosworth’s Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language, or in Stratmann’s Middle-English Dictionary. Murray’s Oxford Dictionary (1903) gives the verb _linch_ as a variant of _linge_, a word “of obscure origin.” Footnote 21: See “lynch,” Skeat’s Etymological Dictionary. Footnote 22: Although Bristed ingeniously traces lynch-law back to the verb _linch_, he remarks, in passing, that “if there ever was a phrase deemed particularly Trans-atlantic in origin, it is that of Lynch Law for summary and informal justice.” Footnote 23: See p. 10, note 1. Footnote 24: “Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina” (1884), p. 172. Footnote 25: “History of North Carolina” (1851), p. 274. Footnote 26: See article by Albert Matthews in the _Nation_, Dec. 4, 1902 (75: 439). Footnote 27: Alexander Gregg: “History of the Old Cheraws” (1867), p. 120. F. X. Martin: “History of North Carolina” (1829), II, 228, 233. Hugh Williamson: “History of North Carolina” (1812), II, 128, 131. Footnote 28: J. B. O’Neall: “Annals of Newberry” (1859), p. 76. It is not stated by O’Neall at what time these gentlemen instituted this practice in South Carolina. From the evidence that Gregg gives, it apparently took place in the summer of 1767. See the following chapter, p. 53. Footnote 29: