When was the tale of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man first printed?
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1824. A document this archive holds states it: “Colonel Higginson writes as follows : — " The tale which will, perhaps, keep him in lasting memory is 'Peter Rugg, the Missing Man.' The tale was first printed in Buckingham's 'New England Galaxy' for Sept. 10, 1824;” urn:lemay:boston:entity:peter-rugg-the-missing-man
That statement stands in William Austin, Literary Papers of William Austin, with a Biographical Sketch — 1890, which the archive holds in full. The archive names a first printing only where a document it holds names one, and this is such a case. urn:lemay:boston:entity:peter-rugg-the-missing-man
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- Peter Rugg, the Missing Man — entityurn:lemay:boston:entity:peter-rugg-the-missing-man
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