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From: "Judy A. Fee" <>
Subject: [MORAY-CGA] "inst." definition
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 19:31:52 -0500
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I know someone already answered this correctly, but I was curious about what
actual word "inst." stood for. According to the abbreviations section in my
dictionary, "inst." means "instant (the present month)." That's a new one
for me, because I've never before heard the present month referred to in
that way.

Judy Fee


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Subject: Re: [MORAY-CGA] Ball, Ballew in Ray Co


> Hi,
> Does anybody out there know what 'inst.' would stand for in a 1917
> obituary? I have an obituary for Sarah Jane (Ball) Ballew.
> "Death of a Good Woman"
> "Mrs. Jane Ballew breathed her last at her late home in the Georgeville
> country on the 6th inst. She was the relict of the late G.W. Ballew, who


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