- unitid
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{"value"=>"1444", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 1444", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1710-1912", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1710/1912"}
{"value"=>"1838-1912", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1838/1912"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1710
- date_inclusive_end
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1912
- keydate
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1710
- date_start
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1710
- date_end
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1912
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Collection of shorthand manuscripts"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 linear feet (5 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Jerome B. Howard (1860-1923) was associated with the Phonographic Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, notes, shorthand notebooks, and photograph. Bulk of the collection is manuscripts in Benn Pitman shorthand of letters and writings concerning the trial of Mary Surratt for alleged complicity in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Also, writings by others, two shorthand notebooks, and photograph of Mary Surratt."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection of shorthand manuscripts, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Howard, Jerome B., 1860-1923", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Benn Pitman (1822-1910), stenographer and founder of the Phonographic Institute; brother of Sir Isaac Pitman. Pitman was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England on July 24, 1822, the son of Samuel and Mariah (Davis) Pitman. He emigrated to the United States in 1852 and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio where he founded the Phonographic Institute to promote Pitman shorthand. In 1858, Isaac Pitman made radical changes in the system, however, Benn Pitman continued to teach the original method because he felt it was superior. Pitman became one of the most popular shorthand systems in the United States.</p> <p>During the United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Benn Pitman served in the ranks. Later, he was employed by the government as a shorthand reporter, He reported on a number of famous trials including the trial of the conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and he compiled and arranged for the publication an abridgement of the testimony \"The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators\"1865. Pitman authored many books including \"Sir Isaac Pitman, His Life and Labors, Told and Illustrated by Benn Pitman\", 1902,</p> <p>Pitman married Jane Bragg in 1849, by whom he had three children. His wife died in 1878, and in 1881 he married Adelaide Nourse, by whom he had one daughter. Benn Pitman died in 1910 after a long illness.</p> <p>Isaac Pitiman (1813-1897), English phonographer, originator and principal first teacher of a system of shorthand stenography based upon phonetics rather than orthography; brother of Benn Pitman,</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Jerome B. Howard Collection, 1710-1912, bulk dates 1838-1912, is shorthand manuscripts collected by Jerome B. Howard (1860. A23) of the Phonographic Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio., The bulk of the collection is Benn Pitman manuscripts which are letters, 1838-1868 and writings. The writings include material on the trial of Mary Surratt regarding Abraham Lincolns' assassination. Other individuals represented are George Dawsons' pamphlet \"Prenological sketch of Sir Isaac Pitman; Phineas Bailey; John Alexanders. \"Plea for Phonetic Spelling\" 3rd edition, unpublished; Thomas Sheltons' \"Tachygraphy. The most exact and compendious method of short and swift writing, that hath ever been published by any\". 1710 edition. This monograph is bound between manuscripts in both long and short hand, 1756-1763. It may be Shelton's hand.</p> <p>The photograph is a rare picture of Mary Surratt.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Received from Jerome B. Howard</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by VW, 12/13/88</p>"}
- extent_statement
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2 linear feet (5 boxes)
- date_bulk_start
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1838
- date_bulk_end
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1912