The beginnings of Pitmanic shorthand in England and in the United States, as I know them.
Chautauqua, NY: August 16, 1905. Typescript transcript, [1], 19 leaves typed on rectos only; bound with an incomplete transcript of a speech by Olivery Dyer on shorthand, 2 leaves; printed gray limp cloth covers, spine sunned, near fine. A speech given at the Chautauqua Institution, focused primarily on Benn Pitman's..... More