Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rec” in chapter 12 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

..., like Jonah's gourd, and as suddenly collapsed. He was disturbed by a disparaging remark of a townsman, and sought legal redress with disastrous result. The history of the suit is entered on the Rec ords of the Inferior Court for the County of Middlesex, December term, 1740, page 172. By this it appears that Samuel Whittemore of Cambridge, Deputy Sheriff, on the 13th of March, 1739, declared publ...
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Charles Rec 222 192 0 0 0 user votes
Rec 28 0 0 0 0 user votes
Albany Rec 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Edward Rec 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Frederick Rec 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Lexington Rec 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Medford Rec 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
R. I. Rec 2 0 0 0 0 user votes

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