PROPER NAMES
1. Abbreviate company in firm names: e.g., John Brown & Co.
2. Spell out names of companies, railroads, etc., using the ampersand (&) only between proper names: e.g., Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company; Norfolk & Western Railroad; but American Smelting and Refining Company. If names of railroads are abbreviated, use no space between the letters: e.g., N.Y., N.H. & H.R.R.
3. Abbreviate United States when immediately associated with the name of an officer of the army or navy, as Lieut. John Doe, U.S.A.; when it is the name of an organization of the army or navy, as First Regiment U.S.V.; when preceding the name of a government vessel, as U.S.S. Brooklyn.
4. In referring to plays, specify act, scene, and line, also part if necessary: e.g., 2 Henry IV, I, ii, 1–7.
5. Christian names should be spelled in full, as John, George, Charles, except in an {67} original signature, or when following copy in a quotation.
6. When necessary to abbreviate Christian names, use the forms Dan., Edw., Sam., Thos., etc. Alex, Ben, Ed, and Sam are not always abbreviations, and copy should be followed as regards period. Use the following list:
| Alex. | Alexander |
| And. | Andrew |
| Anth. | Anthony |
| Ap. | Appius |
| Arch. | Archibald |
| Aug. | August, Augustus |
| Benj. | Benjamin |
| C. | Caesar |
| Caes. Aug. | Caesar Augustus |
| Cath. | Catherine |
| Chas. | Charles |
| Dan. | Daniel |
| Eben. | Ebenezer |
| Edm. | Edmund |
| Edw. | Edward |
| Eliz. | Elizabeth |
| Esd. | Esdras |
| Esth. | Esther |
| Ez. | Ezra |
| Ezek. | Ezekiel |
| Ferd. | Ferdinand |
| Fran. | Francis |
| Fred. | Frederic, Frederick |
| Geo. | George |
| Herbt. | Herbert |
| Hos. | Hosea |
| Jas. | James |
| Jona. | Jonathan |
| Jos. | Joseph |
| Josh. | Joshua |
| Matt. | Matthew |
| Nath. | Nathaniel |
| Pet. | Peter |
| Phil. | Philip, Philander |
| Philem. | Philemon |
| Reg. | Reginald |
| Richd. | Richard |
| Robt. | Robert |
| Sam. | Samuel |
| Theo. | Theodore |
| Thos. | Thomas |
| Tim. | Timothy |
| Wm. | William |