Manuscript in shorthand, c1890s

Containers:

Box 4 (MS 10371)

Component identifier:

File 23

Content Summary:

Undeciphered shorthand manuscript found inside book published in England in the 1890's. Written on laid paper (vertical lines) with the watermark 'van' - in the form of a gothic letter. Paper is machine made and was called SYLVAN. It was made in the UK by John Dickinson and Co. Ltd. throughout the 1880s and 1890s.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection has been acquired from Jamie and Michael Kassler in instalments received in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023.

Subjects:

Performing arts
Science and technology

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