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Angus Trumble's 1727 in Retrospect One year. One page. (Seventh in a series) "John Cheny began publishing Cheny’s Horse Matches, a digest of Newmarket and other match books. In Philadelphia, the Junto Club was founded by Benjamin Franklin and 12 of his friends, all workingmen. Before long they created the first public library in America. With curious symmetry, the Metropolitan Philotheus of Tobolsk died in Tobolsk." Esopus's resident chronologist sets his sights on 1727, recounting the mundane (the earliest documented use of potatoes in savory dishes), the monumental (China's first invasion of Tibet), and nearly everything in between. A regular feature. Angus Trumble is Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, CT. His book A Brief History of the Smile was published by Basic Books in 2004. His new book, The Finger: A Handbook, will be published in 2006 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Esopus 7 (Fall 2006)
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