Sunday, September 01, 2013

"The Squire thinks it a little tough to pay $2 for shooting at the blue canopy of heaven..."

[The Colfax Chronicle, Colfax, Grant Parish, LA., Saturday, June 10, 1893. Vol. XVI. No. 31. Pg. 4]

es·quire 
n.

2. Abbr. Esq. Used as an honorific usually in its abbreviated form, especially after the name of an attorney or a consular officer: Jane Doe, Esq.; John Doe, Esq.

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