Likely a simple omission by some clerk who transcribed the document. The expression in such as this surety "...heirs and successors...."
----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Anne Center
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Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 11:06 PM
Subject: question about superscript o with dot under it
Can anyone tell me what an o in the superscript position with a dot directly
under and close to it means in an 1817 document? It looks something like
what follows (but is, as I said, on one line):
o
.
or
c
.
In case context will help, here's a transcription I made of the line that
has the above-mentioned character:
"To the payment whereof will & truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs
&
o firmly by these presents witness our hands & seals this 4th day of March
1817."
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