- unitid
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{"value"=>"2746", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 2746", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"ca. 1660-ca. 1946", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1660/1946", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1660
- date_inclusive_end
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1946
- keydate
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1660
- date_start
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1660
- date_end
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1946
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Shorthand miscellany collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.3 linear feet (2 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"=>"Collection contains manuscripts representing American and English shorthand systems developed between the 17th and 20th centuries. Manuscripts are written in shorthand with some longhand script on a variety of subjects including shorthand systems."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Shorthand miscellany collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Shorthand Miscellany Collection is an assortment of unrelated manuscripts from various sources representing American and English shorthand systems.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains manuscripts representing shorthand systems developed between the 17th and 20th centuries.</p> <p>The manuscripts are written in shorthand with some longhand script on a variety of subjects including shorthand systems. The Bible, New Testament, Book of Common Prayer written by Abraham Nicholas in 1660 is an example of a work written in an English shorthand system which he may have invented. An example of Irish shorthand is also included. Consult the shorthand drawer for a complete description.</p> <p>Noted shorthand writers include; Levi H. Clark, Andrew Kippis, James Henry Lewis, Frederick Pitman, Jeremiah Rich, John Shelton, Edmund Willis and John Willis.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Received from Various sources.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Valerie Wingfield, 2/15/89</p>"}
- extent_statement
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1.3 linear feet (2 boxes)