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| ACMa | American Chess Magazine | 1846-1847 |
| ACMo | American Chess Monthly | |
| Aus | The Australasian | |
| BA | Baltimore American | |
| BLL | Bell's Life in London | 1822-1853 |
| BM | The Bristol Mercury | |
| BCM | British Chess Magazine | |
| BCR | British Chess Review | 1853-1853 |
| BDE | Brooklyn Daily Eagle | |
| BDSU | Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union | |
| CalM | The Caledonian Mercury | |
| CR | The Cambridge Review | |
| CSN | Charleston Sunday News | |
| CM | The Chess Monthly | |
| CP | The Chess Player | 1851-1853 |
| CPC | Chess Player's Chronicle | 1841-1853 |
| CPM | Chess Player's Magazine | |
| CPQC | Chess Player's Quarterly Chronicle | |
| CW | The Chess World | |
| CCC | Columbia Chess Chronicle | |
| Era | The Era | 1838-1853 |
| Fld | The Field | |
| FM | Fraser's Magazine | |
| FJ | Freeman's Journal | |
| GM | The Gentleman's Magazine | |
| GH | The Glasgow Herald | |
| GWH | Glasgow Weekly Herald | |
| TG | The Globe (Toronto) | |
| HC | Home Circle | 1849-1853 |
| HCM | Huddersfield College Magazine | |
| ILN | Illustrated London News | 1842-1878 |
| ISDN | Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News | |
| ICM | The International Chess Magazine | |
| LeM | The Leeds Mercury | |
| LiM | The Liverpool Mercury | 1811-1853 |
| LF | London Figaro | |
| MG | Manchester Guardian | |
| MWEG | Manchester Weekly Express and Guardian | |
| NDA | Nashville Daily American | |
| NU | Nashville Union | |
| NYDT | New York Daily Tribune | |
| NYEP | New York Evening Post | |
| NYR | New York Recorder | |
| NYS | New York Sun | |
| NSC | Newark Sunday Call | |
| NR | La Nouvelle Régence | |
| Pal | Le Palamède | 1836-1847 |
| PI | Philadelphia Inquirer | |
| Phil | The Philidorian | 1837-1838 |
| QCH | Quarterly for Chess History | |
| QR | The Quarterly Review | |
| Reg | La Régence | 1849-1851 |
| RE | La Revue d'Echecs | |
| SLGD | Saint Louis Globe-Democrat | |
| SZ | Schachzeitung | |
| Sph | Le Sphinx | |
| ST | The Sunday Times | |
| SMH | Sydney Morning Herald | |
| Tim | The Times (London) | |
| TLS | Times Literary Supplement | |
| TFF | Turf, Field and Farm | |
| VDC | Victoria Daily Colonist | |
| WP | Westminster Papers | |
| WSMS | Wilmington Sunday Morning Star | |
