1879, Francis Samuel Drake, Dictionary of American Biography, In 1840 Mr. Whittier took up his residence at Amesbury, where he has since resided, and whence he forwarded his contribs. to the National Era, Washington.
1995, Trevor Sykes, The Money Miners: The Great Australia Mining Boom, The fully paid shares closed at $8.30 and the 10 cent contribs at $6, leaving a gap of $2.30 between the two classes of stock although the theoretical difference was only 15 cents....But it is also possible that the contribs are overvalued by $5 and the fully paids are overvalued by $7.15.
2001, Elizabeth Sleeman, The International Who's Who of Women 2002, Publications include: Physical Properties of Fullerenes; numerous contribs to professional journals.
1915, James Russell Lowell, The Bookman, Taylor ran a department on the "Journal" which was called "A Little About Everything," and one of his "contribs" was a young insurance man, Franklin P. Adams.
1925, S. Jay Kaufman of the New York Telegram-Mail recently invited his contribs to write him what, in their minds, is the finest building in New York City...
1934, Charles Washburn, Come Into My Parlor: A Biography of the Aristocratic Everleigh Sisters of Chicago, While Eastman was in charge, one of his contribs was FPA. His identity was not known.
