Abbreviations

Name: A Dictionary of American History - Abbreviations
Author: Thomas L. Purvis

Ala.	Alabama	Mont.	Montana
Ariz.	Arizona	N.C.	North Carolina
Ark.	Arkansas	N.Dak.	North Dakota
b.	born	Nebr.	Nebraska
ca.	circa (Latin, about)	Nev.	Nevada
Calif.	California	N.H.	New Hampshire
Colo.	Colorado	N.J.	New Jersey
Conn.	Connecticut	N.Mex.	New Mexico
d.	died	N.Y.	New York
D.C.	District of Columbia	Okla.	Oklahoma
Del.	Delaware	Oreg.	Oregon
Fla.	Florida	Pa.	Pennsylvania
Fr	Father	R.I.	Rhode Island
Ga.	Georgia	S.C.	South Carolina
Ill.	Illinois	S.Dak.	South Dakota
Ind.	Indiana	Tenn.	Tennessee
Kans.	Kansas	Tex.	Texas
Ky.	Kentucky	US	United States, American
La.	Louisiana	v.	versus (Latin, against)
Mass.	Massachusetts	Va.	Virginia
Md.	Maryland	Vt.	Vermont
Mich.	Michigan	Wash.	Washington
Minn.	Minnesota	Wis.	Wisconsin
Miss.	Mississippi	W.Va.	West Virginia
Mo.	Missouri	Wyo.	Wyoming

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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed July 7, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=39NGN7SKVLX1K3I.

MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 7 Jul. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=39NGN7SKVLX1K3I.

Harvard: Purvis, TL, A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 7 July 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=39NGN7SKVLX1K3I.