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Dr Page | Laudanum | pukt | 12/ | XX | 39th birth | left her Cleverly

Q: What did XX mean?

A: That she had made a delivery and been paid for it.

Evidence: Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher.
A Midwife's Tale. 1990

Martha Ballard may have begun her diary as a way to record births and payments in her midwifery practice. As her diary evolved, a single x indicated a birth and an xx indicated payment for that birth.

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