1862 Racine WI directories "abbreviations"

                              ab – above

                             agt – agent

                            atty – attorney

                             av – avenue

                            b – between

                            barb – barber

                            bar k – bar keeper

                           bds – boards

                           bel – below

                            bk – book

                            b k - book keeper

                          blksmth – blacksmith

                          confec – confectioner

                           coop – cooper

                          c or cor – corner

                         cab mkr – cabinet maker

                         carp – carpenter

                        cash – cashier

                        cig – cigar

                       clk – clerk

                                com – commission or commissioner

                              com mer – commis’n merchant

                           dent - dentist

                             dray – drayman

                              drug – druggist

                             e – east of

                               eng – engineer

                               e s – east side

                              fordng – forwarding

                              ft – foot

                              groc – grocer

                             h – house

                             ins – insurance

                              lab – laborer

                                lith – lithographer

                               mach – machinist

                                 manuf – manufacturer

                                  med – medicines

                                 mer – merchant

                                mkr – maker

                               n – north of

                                   n e c – north east corner

                            nr – near

                              n s – north side

                             opp – opposite

                            pat – patent

                              phys – physician

                              pres – president

                              pro – proprietor

                              prod – produce

                             rd – road

                             res – resides

                             s – south of

                             sec – secretary

                              s e c – south east corner

                            s s – south side

                              supt – superintendent

                            s w c – south west corner

                            tob – tobacco

                            treas – treasurer

                           w – west of

                            wag – wagon

                             wh – wholesale

                              w s – west side