I posted this in Pronunciation help and was referred here.
Can anyone help me figure how to read the last bit on these lines, each one symbolizes a Southern US newspaper advertisement from the 1850's. They are scattered throughout Part 3, Chapters 3 and 4 of the project A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/54812/
Dadeville, Sept. 1, 1852. 1tf
Monroe, Feb. 17, 1852. 15–3m
Dec. 21. 53 ‡tds.
Terms, &c. &c.
Nov. 11 30 x3
Nov. 20 37 †xtf
Nov. 5-dly.
Sept. 13, 1852. twtf (J)
I can't find anything online, so any help would be appreciated.
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At a guess, the abbreviations show when a particular paper was published; the last "twtf" being Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, for example.
"txtf" possibly Tueday to Friday, excluding Wednesday ...
Peter
"txtf" possibly Tueday to Friday, excluding Wednesday ...
Peter
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