Emily A. Smith, take a letter! Many offers of Pitman shorthand books are winging their way to you. We also have an offer of "a well-traveled Pitman Dictionary" from Alice Craig of Lecanto.

1809: Louis Braille is born. He’ll devise a tactile alphabet for the blind. 1813: Isaac Pitman is born. He’ll devise a shorthand alphabet for quickly writing what people are saying. It’s ...

They bound me to serve the Brighton and Hove Herald for five years, from age 16 to 21.. In return, I would be trained in journalism and equipped with shorthand taught, one to one, by a patient, if ...