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Benn Pitman

Inventor of Pittman stenography (called phonography at the time)

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United states stenographer and crafts promoter

Born 1822
Died 1910

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  • Cover of: The manual of phonography

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

    Cover of edition reporterscompani00pitmiala Cover of edition thereporterscomp00pitmiala Cover of edition thereporter00pitmiala Cover of edition reporterscompan00howagoog First published in 1861 — 6 editions
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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 ...

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

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

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

    First published in 1902 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Child's first reader ...

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

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

    First published in 1856 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The reporter's manual and vocabulary.

    First published in 1854 — 2 editions
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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
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  • Cover of: The Manual of Phonography

    Cover of edition manualphonograp03howagoog First published in 1903 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A plea for alphabetic reform

    First published in 1905 — 2 editions
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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
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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
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  • Cover of: The assassination of President Lincoln and the trial of the conspirators

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The second phonographic reader

    First published in 1886 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The manual of phonography

    1 edition
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  • Cover of: The trials for treason at Indianapolis, disclosing the plans for establishing a north-western confederacy.

    First published in 1892 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: History of short hand

    First published in 1856 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of Benn Pitman

United states stenographer and crafts promoter

Born 1822
Died 1910

Subjects

Shorthand, Benn Pitman, Knights of the Golden Circle, Northwestern Conspiracy, 1864, Assassination, Order of American Knights, Sons of Liberty (1864), Trials, litigation, Dictionaries, History, Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial, Washington, D.C., 1865, Spelling reform, African Americans, Booth, john wilkes, 1838-1865, Circle of Honor, Civil rights, Conversation and phrase books, Freedmen, Ku Klux Klan (19th century), Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869), Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, assassination, Martial law, Order of the Sons of Liberty, Phrase-books, Pitman

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Indiana, Indianapolis, South Carolina, United States

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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), David E. Herold (1844-1865), John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865)

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