Statistics for occurrence #1 of “United States” in article 6 of The Daily Dispatch: April 8, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
...clined to believe it the fruit of Bourse invention for purposes of speculation.
A late letter from Turin states that at the first grand diplomatic dinner, given by Ratazzi, the Minister of the United States proposed a toast to "the happiness and union of a divided people"--a sentiment supposed by those present to convey a double meaning.
Perhaps it did.
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