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Year:
1890
Short description:
Board of Geographic Names established
Medium description:
Board of Geographic Names established to promote consistent spelling of place names on maps and charts.
Tags:
history of English
in the USA
Crystal, David (2012). Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling. London: Profile Books Ltd [p.207]