"The Albany Convention has settled Henry Clay's coffee."
(Letter from CL Knapp to AA Phelps, August 1839)
i have not come across this expression before. The sentence appears as something of an afterthought in a letter that has nothing at all to do with either Henry Clay or the Albany Convention.
I have found out that the Albany Convention of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 resolved "... that no man is fit to be a candidate for President ... who is not in favor of immediate emancipation".
Taking into account Clay's political views and his presidential aspirations, the expression must be negative, that his presidential hopes were dashed by the Albany Convention.
I have only found one other use of "settled his coffee".
"Before Jonas left to seek a new place he told Cynthy Ann as how as ef he'd met her alrlier 'twould a-settled his coffee fer life."
(The End of the World, Edward Eggleston)
Here, the expression seems to be positive!
I am left wondering: is this expression current?, what is its normal meaning?, and what is its origin?
(Letter from CL Knapp to AA Phelps, August 1839)
i have not come across this expression before. The sentence appears as something of an afterthought in a letter that has nothing at all to do with either Henry Clay or the Albany Convention.
I have found out that the Albany Convention of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 resolved "... that no man is fit to be a candidate for President ... who is not in favor of immediate emancipation".
Taking into account Clay's political views and his presidential aspirations, the expression must be negative, that his presidential hopes were dashed by the Albany Convention.
I have only found one other use of "settled his coffee".
"Before Jonas left to seek a new place he told Cynthy Ann as how as ef he'd met her alrlier 'twould a-settled his coffee fer life."
(The End of the World, Edward Eggleston)
Here, the expression seems to be positive!
I am left wondering: is this expression current?, what is its normal meaning?, and what is its origin?