[Bell Historians] Date touch history

[John Harrison]

In article <5a62a055e9john at jaharrison.me.uk>,
   John Harrison <john at jaharrison.me.uk> wrote:
> Does anyone know when the first date touch was rung?

Partly answering my own question, I've just found 30 odd date touches of
1881 in the first edition of Bell News, which suggests the custom was well
established by then.  So the question remains - how much earlier did it
start?

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