<html><body><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" class="4"><div>Maybe debtor?</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dr">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dr</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div><img src="cid:8e07aa0fc09676ef5dd6be9445ef9378c8047504@zimbra" data-mce-src="home/pmccann@dexter.lib.mi.us/Briefcase/sig 19.png" width="492" height="89" doc="Briefcase/sig 19.png"></div></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><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></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:18ef7768d3d40c3c72a1" style="max-width:100%" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T">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><br><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><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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