Bal. Balance Bd. Bound Bdl. Bundle Bds. Boards Bldg. Building B.O. Buyer’s Option Bro(s). Brother; Brothers
Chap. Chapter C.I.F. Cost, insurance, freight Co. Company C.O.D. Cash on Delivery Cr. Creditor
Dept. Department Do. Ditto, the same Dr. Debtor
E.E. Errors excepted E.O.D. Every other day E. & O.E. Errors and omissions excepted Etc. (_Et cetera_) and so forth Ex., Exch. Exchange Exp. Express
Memo. Memorandum Mfg. Manufacturing Mfr. Manufacturer Min. Minute
Payt. Payment Pd. Paid Per an. (_Per annum_) by the year Per cent. (_Per centum_) by the hundred Pkg. Package Pl. Plate, plates Pref. Preface
Rd. Road Rem. Remarks Rep. Reports R.R. Railroad Ry. Railway
Ser. Series Sq. Square S.S. Steamship, steamer
Ala. Alabama Alaska Alaska Ariz. Arizona Ark. Arkansas Austral. Australasia { 78}
B.A. British America Br. Col. British Columbia
Cal. California Can. Canada C.B. Cape Breton Colo. Colorado Conn. Connecticut C.W. Canada West (Ontario)
D.C. District of Columbia Del. Delaware Den. Denmark
E. East (London Postal District) East Isl. Eastern Islands E.C. East Central (London Postal District) E.I. East Indies Eng. England, English
Ga. Georgia G.B. Great Britain Glas. Glasgow
Ia. Iowa Idaho Idaho Ill. Illinois Ind. Indiana Ind. Ter. Indian Territory (_now Oklahoma_) Ire. Ireland It. Italy
Man. Manitoba Mass. Massachusetts Md. Maryland Me. Maine Mex. Mexico Mich. Michigan Minn. Minnesota Miss. Mississippi Mo. Missouri Mont. Montana
N. North (London Postal District) N.A. North America N.B. New Brunswick; North Britain (Scotland) N.C. North Carolina N. Dak. North Dakota N.E. New England; Northeast (London Postal District) Neb. Nebraska Neth. Netherlands Nev. Nevada N.F. Newfoundland N.H. New Hampshire N.J. New Jersey N. Mex. New Mexico N.S. Nova Scotia N.W. Northwest (London Postal District) N.Y. New York N.Y.C. New York City N. Zeal. New Zealand
O. Ohio Okla. Oklahoma Ont. Ontario Ore. Oregon
Pa. Pennsylvania Pal. Palestine P.D. Postal District (London) { 80} P.E.I. Prince Edward Island Per. Persia Phila. Philadelphia P.I. Philippine Islands Port. Portugal P.R. Porto Rico Prus. Prussia
R.A. Russian America (_now Alaska_) R.I. Rhode Island Russ. Russia
S. South (London Postal District) S.A. South America S.C. South Carolina Scot. Scotland Sc. Pen. Scandinavian Peninsula S. Dak. South Dakota S. E. Southeast (London Postal District) Sic. Sicily S. Isl. Sandwich Islands Soc. Isl. Society Islands S. lat. South latitude Sp. Spain Sw. Sweden Switz. Switzerland Syr. Syria