{
  "name": "Mechanical Turk: dated events, 1769 to 1854",
  "desc": "Mechanical Turk: dated events, 1769 to 1854, one row per event. Compiled by Hoax and Hindsight, 2026-11-05. License of this compilation: CC BY 4.0. Column sources: year, event and status = the printing named in the source and page columns of the same row ([Windisch], Inanimate Reason, London, 1784; Thicknesse, London, 1784; Racknitz, 1789; [Willis], London, 1821; [Poe], Southern Literary Messenger, April 1836; Fraser's Magazine, June 1839; Fiske, The Book of the First American Chess Congress, New York, 1859, with George Allen's letter), in this site's own words; status 'reported' marks an event that the later accounts read here tell in conflicting ways (Fraser's Magazine 1839, Allen 1859 and Fiske 1859 differ on its year and place) and for which no record written at the time was read; 'recorded' marks an event dated without conflict in the printing named in the same row, which may itself be a later account. Facts from sources that do not permit reuse are not included in this file; see the article's Exhibits.",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Hoax and Hindsight",
  "url": "https://hoaxandhindsight.com/proven-fakes/mechanical-turk/",
  "from": [
    "Public-domain printings of 1784–1859 listed in the Exhibits"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Hoax and Hindsight from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Public-domain printings of 1784–1859 listed in the Exhibits"
  ]
}