[PW] Anachronisms

[Donna Halper]

And it was said by JT:

> > A clew is a ball of thread.

And Karen replied:

>Is it possible that clew is an American spelling? A remnant of
>Webster's attempts at spelling reform? I find spellings like clew and
>bowlder in some of the 19th century American novels that I proofread
>for Distributed Proofreaders.

That was my point too.  I am a media historian, and American 
newspapers of the early 19-teens and 20s absolutely used the "clew" 
spelling where we today would use "clue."  They also used "indorse" 
where we today would use "endorse."