ult.

American

abbreviation

ultimate.
ultimately.
ultimo.

ult. British

abbreviation

ultimate(ly)
Also: ulto. ultimo

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She called here on the 17th ult., and asked to see you.

From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh

If I understand his letter of the 24th ult., he is determined to march the army without delay into Middle Tennessee, leaving Sherman on his right flank and rear.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones

How impatiently they have been expected, you will be able to 405 judge, by mine of the 29th ult. which you will receive with this.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various

"Sir, "About an hour before the dawn of day, on the 22nd ult. an alarm was fired at Scotshead, and soon after a cluster of ships was discovered off Roseau.

From Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review by E. B. Brenton

With this object we left Shanghae on the 30th ult., accompanied by three other brother missionaries.

From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Augustus F. Lindley

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