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Pitman, Sir Isaac (1813-1897)18
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Notebook (partly in a shorthand notation) on religious subjects, apparently abstracts of sermons, compiled by M. Lucas

Lucas, M

1718

Includes the heading 'Mr Blindstone' on f.25 and 'Mr Bradshaw' on f.108v

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BC MS Lt q 56, f.10r: James Hervey's poem
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Drafts of Meditations among the tombs, and Reflections on a flower-garden, with miscellaneous other material, by James Hervey.

Hervey, James

c.1740

Comprises what are probably the earliest drafts of Hervey's most famous works, apparently not previously known to their many editors and publishers, containing many corrections, alterations, additions...

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The phonographic reader : a complete course of inductive reading lessons in phonography

Andrews, Stephen Pearl (1812-1886); Boyle, Augustus French (1818-)

1848

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History of shorthand : with a review of its present condition and prospects in Europe and America

Anderson, Thomas (1845-1907)

1882

"Supplementary lists of writers on shorthand": p. 193-210.

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