Hi Kay...yep...Inst means current month.
Gin
I always understood that "Inst" meant the current month.
And that it
stood
for "Instant" or "this Instance" or something
similar. Hey, I could be
wrong.
K.
At 01:21 AM 9/30/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear list members,
>Many of you have asked me about the way I typed up the newspaper
entitled,
>The Lebanon Patriot dated, 1866. It
>was typed as written. The editor uses the phrases. "all of this county"
to
>mean Boone County., and "inst." , I
>believe this remark means he has already put the type set in place or
>"instructed". if it says "last" I feel
>that means the month before. I wll repost the "Married" section and type
>in parrenthis the month intended.
>J.P.
>
>7.
>Lebanon Patriot
>Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana
>Thursday, 19 April 1866 page 3
>
>MARRIED:
>DOOLEY-MARVIN
>On the 4th day of April, 1866, by Rev. A.J. SHERIDAN, Mr. William H.
>DOOLEY to Miss. Zella MARVIN, all of this
>county. ( I think you should all understand this posting)
>
>RHOREER- ANDERSON
>On the 17th last, ( March) by S. WITT, Esq. Mr. Thomas J. RHOREER to Miss
>Martha K. ANDERSON.
>
>BELL ELDER
>On the 18th inst. (April) By S. WITT, Esq. Mr. Elijah R. BELL to Miss
>Elizabeth ELDER.
>
>SMITH- CRAIG
>On the 19th inst., (April) by S. WITT, Esq., Mr. Martin V. SMITH to Miss
>Mary E. CRAIG.
>
>MEENACH - HOLMES
>On the 19th last., (March) by S. WITT, Esq. Mr. John M. MEENACH to Miss
>Maria C. HOLMES, all of Boone County,
>Indiana.
>
>* I hope this clears things up. I have typed this up and sent it out to a
>few of you before sending it to the
>list and several people were confused by the way it was sent out. Back in
>1866 the editors posted things
>different than they did in the 1900's. And as always... * Note from Janet
>Isley Price: I am posting this for
>others I am not related to any of the subjects.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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