Abbreviation | Reference |
L:Derry Journal* | Londonderry Journal (newspaper, Londonderry, England) |
L List* | Lloyds List (newspaper, London, England) |
l/b | Letterbook |
l/m | Letter of Marque, commissions issued to the commanders of privately owned vessels, giving permission to seek and take enemy merchant vessels, either as recompense for injuries undergone or as acts of war. |
l/m | landsmen or landmen (18th century rate given in the British navy to men on war ships who had no naval training and were paid less than ordinary seamen) |
Lab docs* | Great Britain. Privy Council. In the Matter of the Boundary between the Dominion of Canada and the Colony of Newfoundland in the Labrador Peninsula, Vol. 4, part 9, (London, 1927) Labrador Boundary Documents |
Lab Surr | Newfoundland. Labrador Surrogate Court Records |
la have | La Have, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia |
Lamaline | Lamaline, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland |
langton matravers | Langton Matravers, Dorset, England |
langton matravers | Langton Matravers, Dorset Parish Records, England |
late | deceased or former |
law | Lawrence |
lazy bank | Lazy Bank (running northwest from 170 New Gower Street, present day Pleasant Street), St. John's, Newfoundland |
ld | Lord |
Ledger* | Public Ledger and Newfoundland General Advertiser (newspaper, St. John's, Newfoundland) |
Leeds mercury | Leeds Mercury (newspaper, Leeds, England) |
leg | Leghorn, Italy |
LEP* | London Evening Post (newspaper, London, England) |
Lester Diary | Isaac and Benjamin Lester Diary, Merchants, Newfoundland and Poole, England |
let marq | Letter of Marque, commissions issued to the commanders of privately owned vessels, giving permission to seek and take enemy merchant vessels, either as recompense for injuries undergone or as acts of war |
levied | forced (forced into enrollment, e.g. on a vessel in times of war; a required payment or tax imposed or collected) |
lic | licence |
limerick | Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland |
linney | a porch or a storage room attached at the back of the house |
lipari | Lipari, Lipari Islands |
Lis | Lisbon, Portugal |
lit plac | Little Placentia, Newfoundland |
Little Hemspton | Little Hempston, Devon, England |
Little Hemspton | Little Hempston, Devon Parish Records, England |
Littleh or Littleham | Littleham, Devon, England |
Littleh or Littleham | Littleham, Devon Parish Records, England |
Liverpool | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
liverpool n.s. | Liverpool, Queens County, Nova Scotia |
Lloyd (List)* | Lloyd's List (newspaper, London, England) |
Lloyds (w/full date)* | Lloyd's List (newspaper, London, England) |
Lloyds news* | Lloyd's List (newspaper, London, England) |
Lloyds reg. own | Lloyd's Register (Owners) |
Lloyds Ship | Lloyd's Register (Owners) |
Lloyds under | Lloyd's Register (Underwriters) |
lm | Letter of Marque, commissions issued to the commanders of privately owned vessels, giving permission to seek and take enemy merchant vessels, either as recompense for injuries undergone or as acts of war. |
Lond | London, London, England |
Lond Chron News* | London Chronicle (newspaper, London, England) |
Lond eve post | London Evening Post (newspaper, London, England) |
Lond Gaz* | London Gazette (newspaper, London, England) |
Lond pkt* | London Packet (newspaper, London, England) |
london | London, London, England |
Long Bredy | Long Bredy, Dorset, England |
Longbridge | Longbridge, Devon, England |
Longfleet | Longfleet, Dorset, England |
louisberg | Louisburg, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia or Louisburgh, County Mayo, Ireland |
Loveday | Loveday, author (book unknown) |
Lower Town | Lower Town, Devon, England |
Lower Town | Lower Town, Devon Parish Records, England |
lpool ship | Liverpool Ship Registers, England |
Lpool | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
lt | lieutenant |
lustleigh | Lustleigh, Devon, England |
lustleigh | Lustleigh, Devon Parish Records, England |
lyme regis | Lyme Regis, Dorset, England |
lymington | Lymington, Hampshire, England |
Lympston(e) | Lympstone, Devon, England |
Lympston(e) | Lympstone, Devon Parish Records, England |
lytchet matravers | Lytchet Matravers, Dorset, England |
lytchet matravers | Lytchet Matravers, Dorset Parish Records, England |
lytchet minste | Lytchett Minster, Dorset, England |
lytchet minste | Lytchett Minster, Dorset Parish Records, England |
