Does anyone know what the letters B. R. or N. B. mean following the names of people appointed to be postmasters in the 1800s? On a list copied from records at the National Archives, Czar Dikeman & John G. Curtis are listed as "B. R. 17 May 1837" under Peterboro postmasters. Under Siloam postmasters is the following "Lewis Nash & Sylvester Dickey N. B. 15 Nov. 1842." I can't remember where I found these notes. It might have been at the Madison Co. Historical Society. At the top of the page it said "Postmasters - Appointment Records - National Archives." Thanks, Donna