Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History, <a target="_blank" onclick="openPopupWindow(this); return false" href="entityvote?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0001&auth=babbitt,isaac&n=1&type=person">Babbitt, Isaac</a>, 1799-1862, Brother Jonathan., Buncombe,

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Buncombe,

Mere talk, or speaking for the gratification of constituents. It is said the word received this meaning from a remark of Felix Walker, representative to Congress from North Carolina, 1817-23. While making a speech in the Missouri compromise debates with little relevancy, as the House thought, he asserted it did not matter, as he was “making a speech for Buncombe,” one of the counties he represented.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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