Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rip van Winkle” in article 11 of The Daily Dispatch: January 17, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
...a specimen of what is being made in the Old North State.
By taking a thousand they may be bought at four for one cent — nearly as cheap as the vile Yankee over sold them.
Say what you will, Rip van Winkle is wide awake.
Rambler.
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