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Pitman Shorthand, & The First "Correspondence Course" (1837)
History of Information, n.d.
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- What it is
- A dated entry on Isaac Pitman's Stenographic Sound-Hand, published in London in 1837. It describes the system as a phonetic shorthand and notes its spread by correspondence course.
- How much weight it carries
- A research-based timeline with images from the original book. It is a secondary summary, so the 1837 date should be checked against the 1837 pamphlet for a formal citation.
Facts taken from this source
- Isaac Pitman published Stenographic Sound-Hand in 1837, introducing Pitman shorthand.
“In 1837 Isaac Pitman published Stenographic Sound-Hand in London at the press of Samuel Bagster, introducing Pitman shorthand” (Entry for 1837)
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