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Debtor, most likely.
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<div class="default-style"> <a href="https://thelawdictionary.org/dr/#:~:text=An%20abbreviation%20for%20%E2%80%9Cdoctor%3B%E2%80%9D,items%20for%20which%20he%20is">https://thelawdictionary.org/dr/#:~:text=An%20abbreviation%20for%20%E2%80%9Cdoctor%3B%E2%80%9D,items%20for%20which%20he%20is</a>
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<div class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;">Amber L Hughey, MLIS</span>
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<div class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;">She/Hers</span>
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<div class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;">Director</span>
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<div class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;">Bridgeport Public Library zv041</span>
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<div class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;">Saginaw MI 48601</span>
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<div class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 12pt;">989-777-6030 ext 4</span>
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On 04/19/2024 1:52 PM EDT Elizabeth Campion via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
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<img class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" style="max-width: 100%;" tabindex="0" src="cid:18ef7768d3d40c3c72a1">Hi! This is perhaps slightly off-topic but seems a great place to likely find an answer.
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A woman in California recently sent a very old composition book to our library because there is writing in the book referencing the village that was once where our library now stands. I have been transcribing and digitizing the book for historical records. There is an abbreviation used frequently throughout the book that I can not interpret.
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It is 'Dr.' but it is not used in a common usage like Doctor or Drive. I'm including a picture of a page in the book where the abbreviation appears frequently. The transcription is as follows:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">M. J. Monfore Dr. <br>Mary D. Monfore for pasture of horses + cow. Sometimes more cows + horses.<br>M. J. Monfore Dr. <br>To A. J. M. Gillespie + Mary Amelia Monfore for pasture of horse + cow<br>M.J. Monfore Dr. <br>to Amelia Monfore + A. J.M. Gillespie for pasture of horses + cow.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Maria wants but never worked like us. She has been stronger than we but did not want to work. Amelia has a lame arm from infancy. <br>Judson lost money in machinery and she knew it before marriage.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">She is very deceitful.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">If anyone has any thoughts about the meaning of Dr. in this context, I would love to hear them. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Thanks, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Elizabeth Campion, Librarian<br>Shelby Township Library<br>52610 Van Dyke<br>Shelby Township, MI 48316<br>586-739-7414</p>
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