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If You Try Sometimes, You Just Might Find, You Get What You Knave

Or, Yankee Ingenuity Not All That Unique

From the Raleigh Register, and North-Carolina Gazette, Friday, February 07, 1840:

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Confused as to why Yankees might have a reputation for offloading clever frauds? Ever wonder why Connecticut is known as the “nutmeg” state? See here for all the answers.

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