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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I would think for “debits”<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Such that people were spending money on pastures of cows & horses.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Michlib-l [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Elizabeth Campion via Michlib-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 19, 2024 1:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michlib-l@mcls.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Historical Question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="4032" height="3024" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01DA9263.31AD27A0" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01DA9263.31AD27A0">Hi! This is perhaps slightly off-topic but seems a great place to likely find an answer. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">M. J. Monfore Dr.
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">She is very deceitful.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If anyone has any thoughts about the meaning of Dr. in this context, I would love to hear them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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