See CLAP-BOARD, 1818, and CATS AND CLAY, 1848, for descriptions.
1840. Log cabins were what the term means—a house made of round logs, one story high, of dimensions suited to the size or number of the family who were to inhabit it, and sometimes with reference to an increase, a puncheon floor, a lin-bark loft, and a clapboard roof.—Mr. Duncan of Ohio, House of Repr., April 10: Cong. Globe, p. 427/3, App.
1850. He aided to “carry up the corner” of the first log cabin, where now stands the great city of Cincinnati.—Mr. Campbell of Ohio, the same, Feb. 19: id., p. 182, App.
