A Guide to abbreviations used in the Surrey Calendar
| AC. | Archives des Colonies (but the A has been omitted in the case of the series AC 8, AC 9, AC 11 and AC 13). |
| AE., Esp. | Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Correspondance Politique, Espagne. |
| AE., Mém. et Doc., Amér. | Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Memoires et Documents, Amérique. |
| AG. | Archives du Ministère de la Guerre. |
| AM. | Archives de la Marine. |
| AN. | Archives Nationales. |
| ASH. | Archives, Service Hydrographique. |
| A.S.P., For. | American State Papers, Foreign Relations. |
| BA. | Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. |
| BG. | Bibliothèque du Ministère de la Guerre. |
| BI. | Bibliothèque de l'Institut. |
| Bib. Génie. | Bibliothèque, section technique du Génie. |
| Bib. Maz. | Bibliothèque Mazarine. |
| Bib. Sénat. | Bibliothèque du Sénat. |
| Bib. Ste. Gen. | Bibliothèque Ste. Geneviève. |
| BMM. | Bibliothèque du Ministère de la Marine. |
| BN. or BnF | Bibliothèque Nationale de France. |
| BN., MSS., Clair. | Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Collection Clairambault. |
| BN., MSS., fr. | Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fonds français. |
| BN., MSS., fr., n.a. | Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fonds français, nouvelles acquisitions. |
| BSH. | Bibliothèque du Service Hydrographique. |
| C 8, C 9, C 11, C 13 | See AC, above. |
| Ill. H. C. | Illinois Historical Collections. |
| La. Fla. H. C. | Historical Collections of Louisiana and Florida (B. F. French). |
| La. H. C. | Historical Collections of Louisiana (B. F. French). |
| LC. | Library of Congress (but since the entire series AC 13a has been copied for that library, the indication LC has usually in the case of that series, been omitted as superfluous). |
| MC. | Ministère des Colonies. |
| Mich. H. C. | Michigan Historical Collections. |
| MM. | Ministère de la Marine. |
| N. Y. C. D. | New York Colonial Documents (Documents relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York). |
| Wis. H. C. | Wisconsin Historical Collections. |