Glossary

instant

In old texts, 'instant' means the 'the one that just occured' and is always tied to a day. In this case, 'On the 2d instant' means 'On March 2, 1770' because the testimony was given on March 12, 1770; March 2nd is the day with that number that most recently occured.

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