Business letters used to say "instant" when they meant this month, or week, or day. There must have been gradations, but I do not know what they were. Elizabeth C Susan Regan wrote: >I was just wondering what "instant" or "instantly" meant is obits from the mid to late 1800's. I have a few relative's obits that were worded like that but they died of illnesses like consumption, pneumonia...things that aren't so suddenly...so what other meaning can it have? > >Thanks for any insight. > >Susan > > >==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >Visit City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at: > http://www.pa-roots.com/~philadelphia/ > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >