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Benn Pitman

1822 - 1910

Inventor of Pittman stenography (called phonography at the time)

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  • Cover of: The manual of phonography

    First published in 1860 8 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition manualphonopitm00pitmiala Cover of edition manualphonograph00pitmiala Cover of edition themanualofphono00pitmiala Cover of edition manualphonograp00howagoog
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  • Cover of: The reporter's companion

    First published in 1861 6 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition reporterscompani00pitmiala Cover of edition thereporterscomp00pitmiala Cover of edition thereporter00pitmiala Cover of edition reporterscompan00howagoog
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  • Cover of: The trials for treason at Indianapolis: disclosing the plans for establihing a North-western confederacy. Being the official record of the trials before the military commission ... containing the testimony, arguments, finding and sentence ...

    First published in 1865 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition cu31924083529358 Cover of edition trialstreason00pitmrich
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  • Cover of: The Manual of Phonography

    First published in 1886 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The phrase book

    First published in 1861 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Sir Isaac Pitman: his life and labors

    First published in 1902 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The reporter's companion

    First published in 1877 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Child's first reader ...

    First published in 1904 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The phonographic dictionary and phrase book.

    First published in 1901 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition phonographicdic00howagoog
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  • Cover of: The phonographic manual

    First published in 1856 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A plea for alphabetic reform

    First published in 1905 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The reporter's manual and vocabulary.

    First published in 1854 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The teacher: a treatise on the best method of imparting a knowledge of phonography.

    First published in 1856 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Business letters.: no. 1- In the amanuensis style of phonography.

    First published in 1912 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Manual of Phonography

    First published in 1903 2 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition manualphonograp03howagoog
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  • Cover of: The second phonographic reader

    First published in 1900 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The phonographic dictionary: Containing the reporting outlines for upwards of thirty thousand words; embracing every useful word in the language, and a large number of proper and geographical names, legal, scientific and technical terms, etc

    First published in 1895 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The assassination of President Lincoln and the trial of the conspirators ; David E. Herold, Mary E. Surratt, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, Edward Spangler, Samuel A. Mudd, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlin...

    First published in 1865 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The assassination of President Lincoln: and the trial of the conspirators David E. Herold, Mary E. Surratt, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, Edward Spangler, Samuel A. Mudd, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlin.

    First published in 1865 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The great Ku Klux trials: official report of the proceedings before U.S. Circuit Court, Hon. Hugh L. Bond, circuit judge, presiding, and Hon. George S. Bryan, district judge, associate, held at Columbia, S.C. November term, 1871o

    First published in 1872 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Shorthand, Benn Pitman, Assassination, Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial, Washington, D.C., 1865, Trials, litigation, Knights of the Golden Circle, Northwestern Conspiracy, 1864, Dictionaries, History, Order of American Knights, Readers, Sons of Liberty (1864), Spelling reform, Textbooks, Texts, Trials (Conspiracy), African Americans, Booth, john wilkes, 1838-1865, Circle of Honor, Civil rights, Commercial correspondence, Conversation and phrase books, Freedmen, Ku Klux Klan (19th century), Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869)
Places
Indiana, Indianapolis, South Carolina, United States, Washington (D.C.)
People
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865), David E. Herold (1844-1865), Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Jefferson Davis (1808-1889)
Time
Civil War, 1861-1865

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
December 31, 2019 Edited by Tom Morris Edited without comment.
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 6, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import