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  • Letter from Isaac Pitman to William Allingham, July 6, 1876
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1876 | William Allingham papers, 1846-1920One letter from teacher of English and creator of the Pitman shorthand Isaac Pitman to William Allingham written in phonetic shorthand. The letter is addressed to Allingham as the proprietor of Fraser's magazine, and first expresses his pleasure as a vegetarian in reading a paper last month's volume. Pitman asks permission to reprint the paper in phonetic spelling, or semi-p...