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Hi Elizabeth, </div>
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Debtor sounds correct to me. I do know that historic accounting books often used dr. for debtor.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 19, 2024 2:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Elizabeth Campion <campiee4@gmail.com><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] Historical Question</font>
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<div>Maybe debtor?</div>
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<div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Elizabeth Campion via Michlib-l" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>To: </b>"michlib-l" <Michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Friday, April 19, 2024 1:52:39 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Michlib-l] Historical Question<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><img class="x_gmail-CToWUd x_gmail-a6T" style="max-width:100%" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:18ef7768d3d40c3c72a1">Hi! This is perhaps slightly off-topic but seems a great place to likely find an answer.
<div>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. </div>
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<div>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:<br>
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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>
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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.
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Judson lost money in machinery and she knew it before marriage. </p>
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She is very deceitful. </p>
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If anyone has any thoughts about the meaning of Dr. in this context, I would love to hear them. </p>
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Thanks, </p>
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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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