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... short- hand is found previous to the year 60 B. C. At that time Marcus Tul- lius Tiro , the freedman , namesake , and friend of Cicero , invented a sys- tem of " notæ , " which , with various additions by Seneca and others , was ...
... short- hand is found previous to the year 60 B. C. At that time Marcus Tul- lius Tiro , the freedman , namesake , and friend of Cicero , invented a sys- tem of " notæ , " which , with various additions by Seneca and others , was ...
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... short - hand . 1776 . Thomas Heath . 1664 . Shorthand dictionary . ( 1777. ) John Wilkins . 1668 . William I. Blanchard . 1779 . Pen's dexterity compleated . 1669 . William Hopkins . 1670 . Thomas Hervey . 1779 . Francis Peck . 1779 ...
... short - hand . 1776 . Thomas Heath . 1664 . Shorthand dictionary . ( 1777. ) John Wilkins . 1668 . William I. Blanchard . 1779 . Pen's dexterity compleated . 1669 . William Hopkins . 1670 . Thomas Hervey . 1779 . Francis Peck . 1779 ...
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... short - hand . ( About 1815. ) James Duncan . 1816 . Andrew Hunter . 1816 . William Gardiner . 1817 . A. Floyd . 18'8 . Phineas Bailey . 1819 . Richard Farr . 1819 . William Gawtress . 1819 . J. Kelly . 1820 . P. Bingham . 1821 . A ...
... short - hand . ( About 1815. ) James Duncan . 1816 . Andrew Hunter . 1816 . William Gardiner . 1817 . A. Floyd . 18'8 . Phineas Bailey . 1819 . Richard Farr . 1819 . William Gawtress . 1819 . J. Kelly . 1820 . P. Bingham . 1821 . A ...
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... short - hand . 1855 . George Cameron . 1856 . John Huxham . 1856 . William Lyle . 1856 . John McCombe . 1856 . 1856 . Ebenezer Soper . George Vasey . 1856 . Morris Coleman . 1857 . Henry Dircks . 1857 . Thompson Cooper . 1858 . Thomas ...
... short - hand . 1855 . George Cameron . 1856 . John Huxham . 1856 . William Lyle . 1856 . John McCombe . 1856 . 1856 . Ebenezer Soper . George Vasey . 1856 . Morris Coleman . 1857 . Henry Dircks . 1857 . Thompson Cooper . 1858 . Thomas ...
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... short- hand clerks , who make use of it in the performance of their other duties , not giving its practice their entire time , as is the custom in American business houses . The largest association for the propagation of pho- nography ...
... short- hand clerks , who make use of it in the performance of their other duties , not giving its practice their entire time , as is the custom in American business houses . The largest association for the propagation of pho- nography ...
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