1789. I examined Captain Joseph Moulder’s house in Philadelphia that had a lightening rod.—Mass. Spy, July 23.
1790. After a lightening rod has been erected, that part of it which is under ground will contribute little or nothing towards the safety of the building.—‘Trans. Am. Philos. Soc.’ (1793), iii. 323. (N.E.D.)
1796. This wayward splinter of the old Lightening Rod never published an advertisement for me, and never will.—The Aurora, Phila., Sept. 16.
