ROWNE'S Names and Pb ' B, EH US SCOTT-BROWNE'S BOOK Off CONSISTING OF STATES, MONTHS, CITIES, TITLES, CORPORATIONS, PHRASE-SIGNS AND COMMERCIAL ABBREVIATIONS WITH SENTENCE PRACTICE EXERCISES FOR MEMORIZING THE FORMS. PHONOGRAPHIC HEADQUARTERS NEW-YORK, 1891- [Copyright, 1891 , by D. L. Scott-Browne.] [All rights reserved.] COMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN STAi\ DARD TEXT-BOOKS AND SYSTEM. Students, teachers and professional stenographers speak so enthusiastically in favor of the system that we can only tind space to publish extracts from their letters. Many of the professionals are writers of various systems who have been helped by the improvements found in the American Standard Text-Books, and as they are well known, we will not attempt to give more than their resident addresses. Better than Benn Pitman. " I am a writer of the Benn Pitman system, but find the American Standard improvements help me considerably in actual work." John B. Collins. N. V City. "I have been writing the Benn Pitman system for thirteen years, and was about to begin teaching that style, but being so highly pleased with the American Standard, decioed that that was tne system to use." John P. Mann, Dorchester. Mass. Better than Munson. " I am going to give up the Munson system and use the American Standard. I want a system in which the majority of words are written on or above the line. / get very tired trying to calculate the location of Munson's outlines" Rev Robert F. Smith, Pleasant Unity, Pa. " I was a very fair Munson writer, reporting in Justices' courts, but always had trouble in reading my notes by t'lat system. After studying the American Standard a short time, I can write as fast as 1 could in my old system, and have no trouble at all in reading my notes." Frank M. Eddy, Glenwood, Minn. Better than Graham. " I have burned Graham's Hand-Book." C. C. Boslaw, Hampton, Neb. " I tried to master Graham's Hand-Book; you can judge what my opinion of it is after trying your excellent Text-Books in private study." W. J. Lorshbough. Primghar, la. " I had been studying the Graham system, but could make little or no head- way. As soon as I substituted the American Standard for it I began to improve rapidly, and at the end of six weeks was able to make a verbatim report (and read it) of the sermon of almost any minister in Charleston. Thanks to the American Standard system, I am to-day the confidential clerk of the superintend- ent of a wealthy corporation." A. C. Hamett, Macon, Ga. Easiest System to Learn. " I learned your system about five years ago without a teacher, in five months from the beginning, and wrote 1-25 words a minute." M. H. Wardwell, Bangor, Me " I have taken twenty lessons in the system and can now write eighty-five words per minute." Miss Birdie Schafer, Reading, Pa. " I have been reporting in the courts three years, having learned the Ameri- can Standard system from the books in the time 1 had aside from my regular work as clerk of the court." R. H. Pollock, Pawnee City, Neb. " I speak from experience in saying when we take into consideration all the most desirable points that are prime principles of accuracy, legibility and speed, I believe the American Standard to be the best system in the world." J. Lawrence Mason, Dennison, O. Better than Other Systems Because " It is systematic and based on never- varying principles." Robert M. Smith Lachine Locks, Que. " Scott-Browne writers are occupying some of the bet positions in this civ. ind their emplovers have only the highest praise for their work." Nellie ft' -Jampton, Cincinnati. O THE PURPOSE OP THIS BOOK. In business correspondence there is a system of abbreviation for certain names, phrases and terms; and these abbreviations are not taught in the schools, so that even a graduate of Harvard College will show as great deficiencies in business letter writing as a boy from the rural district. Generally, an educated person will write out the names of months, states and other contracted words, which in business correspondence, are not only out of place, but objec- tionable, because they are regularly established abbreviations and the use of them is a gain in time or amount of work a stenogra- pher can accomplish in a day; and, on the principle that "brevity is the soul of wit," accepted abbreviations are the soul of business. The purpose of this book is to teach the accepted abbreviations and place them in such a relation, in the practice exercises, as to make it impossible for the student of shorthand to slight them, or even to think he has any right to take the liberty to make abbre- viations of .his own. It is not unfrequently that a student writes "Vir." for Virginia, "Geo." for Georgia, or makes many another contraction for a word, or try to make one contraction do duty for another. There are occasions, however, where special contrac- tions have to be made for frequently occurring words, still there are regular principles of contraction to guide one in this matter, and they should be learned so as to be observed when occasion may demand. Chapter XXVI of Part II. Text Book of 1 honogra- phy gives the necessary rules and illustrations for this kind of abbreviation. The graduate of shorthand, who is not prepared to write the correct abbreviations, both in the shorthand form and in his typewriter transcript, according to the method in print, will find it hard to secure a position in a business office, no difference what proficiency he may have in shorthand and typewriting. This is the only book that has been prepared by any shorthand author on the subject of names, phrases and contractions and it is so prepared that it may be used as a dictation book and written over time and again till the correct longhand and shorthand abbre- viations are learned. The book will be found to contain the most valuable business information to be had by students or young stenographers. THE AUTHOR. 452139 Shorthand Abbreviations. NAMES C (The Lon 1-.- Academy 1 A cad. )F PERSONS, PLAC ihand Abbreviation (s given i . l 7 ..y<7Astrology . // ' Astral. ....) V^TAstronomy ^^~^ Astron. i 1 ,3 Atlanta ES, ETC. n Italics.) % Book of Short. . A_J_ hand Abbrevia- v ~ < \ tions. B.S.A. \v_ X" Book of Bus- ^>JT iness Letters V T Boston S ^ - 1., Botanist x-^X ' l \^'^/ .^!... ..^.... Brattleboro' 1 A. Ex Co. A dr. 5^ .... Africa Af. L .\C>..... Alabama __t2 Atlantic Attorney-Gen- eral. Atty-Gen. .^ ,V Auburn x^ Ala. x-v A las. Brazil . August ^ Braz. j British B. ... ~^r^...... Alleghany ^3 Brooklyn y "1 Austria B ^V^s Baltimore o /V? (^Browne's .... _^/ .... America n Amer. f \/7 American Ex- Phonographic Monthly B.P.M. JL^..... Brunswick ^ ~/ ^W^ j( .v.... Burlington^^ press Co. Am. EJC. / T^.._ Amsterdam Bait. V^< L Baltimore & O. Tel. Co. B.&> O.T.Co. \ s> _^7 Bangor ^t J^s - Baton Rouge i\ April Apr , c California Z /' / <^^ Arizona Ariz. "p.... Arkansas Ark. -f ,L Arsenal yS Benjamin A> Benj. Cal. j xQ Call. \ / . Aspinwall N*> ^\.f~* er in / Instr.C. T.I. c 6 Palvarv* V / PRACTICE EXERCISE ON NAMES. 5 I. From Amsterdam the Attorney-General sailed for America. 2 Africa is the place for an Alderman to study astrology. 3. Ala. and Alas, are farther apart than Albany and Cal. 4. The academy in Antwerp is the best place to study astronomy. 5. Apr. and Aug. are the best months to go to Australia. 6. An American in Berlin, Belgium and Brazil, liked Ariz. 7. Adams Ex. Co. have offices in Annapolis and Baton Rouge. 8. I like Boston better than Brooklyn, Burlington or Buffalo. 9. From Baltimore the Bait, and Ohio Tel. Co. start for Cal. 10. The British in Brunswick and Australia eat buckwheat, it. A botanist in Brattleboro went to Brazil in August. 12. Benj. in Boston was a botanist, though buried in Calvary. 13. Benn had a Caligraph in Amsterdam purchased in America. 14. Bangor, Brooklyn, Brunswick, Buffalo, Burlington are big. 15. The arsenal in Baton Rouge, Belgium, is full of Americans. 16. Benn left the academy to sail down the Alleghany to Amazon. 17. Atlanta and Auburn seem as far apart as Austria and Ala. 18. The Caligraph was seen in the academy at Amsterdam. 19. In the Book of Shorthand Abbreviations are Bait, and Cal. 20. Adams Ex. Co. may do in Ala., but not in Austria or Brazil. 21. Come with me in Apr. to Ariz , Ark., Atlanta and Bangor. 22. Benj. was a botanist in Brattleboro and traveled in Africa. 23. The Adirondack is like the Alleghany and Amazon for size. 24. A man in Albany went to Alas, by way of Antwerp and Ala. 25. Study astronomy in Apr. or Aug. if you go to Berlin. 26. The British in Brooklyn are worse than a Buffalo in Ariz. 27. America sent an Alderman to Brunswick instead of Auburn. 28. They have the Caligraph in Cal. and buckwheat in Colo. 29. Benj. went to Boston by way of Brattleboro to buy an academy. 30. In Calvary and Bait, they bury soldiers from the arsenal. 31. The Book of Bus. Letters can be had in Ala. as well as Cal. ^2. Alas, and Albany are like Africa and Austria for distance. 33. The Att'y-Gen'l sent word by the B .It. & O. Tsl. Co. 34. The Amazon in Brazil and the lleg. in America are large. 3i. The Am. Ex. Co. is in Australia as well as Austria. 3*>. The botanist cares nothing for astronomy or the Caligraph. 37. The Call. & Typewriting Instructor is used in Brooklyn. BOOK OF SHURTAHND L i. .'... Canada /" Can. Capitol f i Comptroller David N a?;//. 1 D. -1) Davis V^ J Deadwood ll i ^7 \ December ^T77!..U- Connecticut n Caff. _ Cashier __/1 n _ Conn. Consolidated Cash. T Catholic Express Co p C lr. Co > i < ... Constantinople ^- J^^ Delaware _ e __ GzM. Delaware JLackawanna ^^r->. & Western " J Q Express Co. D. L. &> W. 1 . Ex. Co. f y.. Denmark ..\..!ST^. Copenhagen Ci? Chancelor *~N. Chanc. 1 'h> b_ / Charles *- ^ Den. yJ Denver V^5=V r~i Des Moines ~\ T^Q Chas. I J Charleston c-r f~t> Court of Charlestown ^ Chattanooga " Detroit Claims c-^. Court of ..._ Chicago , Sessions jst__ . Coventry Chief-Clerk Deut. L Dictation ^ Book D.B. \ District -At- M torney . V ' Dist.-Atty. (t ^^ District of Criminal / C. C. 6 C. J. Court ^7TTr/lTr! s ' Cumberland D 1 Dakota _>, (J_^ Daniel Z>w. <\^~ Dartmouth bCollegt Dart. Coll. \^e. j Dayton 1 Davenport ~ Christmas R_fi_y| Xmas. ' Cincinnati Columbia , D.C. . .si District x-j Cin. Cleveland Courf ^\ .... Dover ^-j> Cleve. <| Clinton \ . Dublin f \__.... Dubuque L_L Duluth -S^r^..\. .. Colorado Colo. _<^nr^!!"*\... Columbia Cola. ^fe^-T/LP..... Columbus NAMES AND PHRASES. 1. The cash, in Can. was chief clerk in the Dist. Att'y's office. 2. A Cath. in Chattanooga was Chief-Just, in Charleston. 3. The Chancellor in Cayuga was a capt. at the cap. in Colo. 4. Chas. was in Catskill as well as Charlestown and Chicago. 5 The Compt. went to China by way of Cin., Cleve., Chicago. 6. The Con. Ex. Co. had offices in Constantinople and Del. 7. Xmas in Copenhagen is not the same as in Conn, or Dak. 5. The D , L & W. Ex. Co. have offices in Columbus and Cin. 9. The Cor. at Council Bluffs and Coventry is in Detroit. 10. David Davis was at the County Court in Clinton, Conn. 11. The Cap. at Columbus is in the Court of Claims and Sess. 12. There are criminal courts in Cumberland, Dayton, Denver. 13. The Dist. Court in Dover and Dubuque has a Dist. Att'y. 14. They swear by Deut. in the Dist. Court of Deadwood, Dak. 15. The Chiet-Just. in the D. C. lived in Copenhagen. Den. 16. In Des Moines or Detroit lives the cash, of D., L. & W. Ex. 17. The Dictation Book is used in Dart., Col., Dublin, Dubuque. 18. Dover is the cap. of Del. and Denver is the cap. of Colo. 19. Charleston, Columbus, Concord and Constantinople are caps. 20. Can., Colo., Den., Davenport and Dublin are fine places. 21. Des Moines, Denver, Deadwood and Charleston are caps. 22. Dan. was a Cath. in Coventry and on the continent, in Dec. 23 China, Charlestown and Chattanooga, a long way from Can. 24. Capt. Chas. was a Chancellor and compt. in Dec. last. 25. Dan. was before the Court of Claims in Dublin and D. C. 26. Duluth, Detroit, Davenport and Dayton are in the far west. 27. David was on the continent and Dan. in Council Bluffs. 28 The. Cor. had Davis in the County Court at Deadwood 29. Deut. and the Dictation Book were found in Dart., Col., Den. 30. The Court of Sessions and the Criminal Court are in Colo. 31. Cleveland, Clinton and Concord have criminal courts. 32 The Chancellor was a cath. in Catskill, Colo, and Cleve. 33. They have Xmas in Chicago, Cayuga, Charlestown and D.C. 34 Davis will goto Del. in Dec. by way of Dayton and Dover. 35. I like Cayuga and Chattanooga, but not Cin. or Clinton. 36. Chas. was Chief-Clerk and Dist. Att'y in Dubuque, Dak. 37. Xmas in China is not like Xmas on the continent or Col. 38. A Cath. in Dublin was Chief-Clerk in the Con. Ex. Co. BOOK OF SHORTHAND \ E xO ^~y Florence Easter Q A S .^...Vvrr.. . Halifax 1 .. ^y \ . Florida'/Yor. J x .... Edinboro !> Hamburg I Edward c \_JX Fort Wayne jyv^?\ i Hanover 1 Edw. 2 <& France Fr. cv i-v e N . Harbor ^ ^_^__y^~i Frankfort-on- X ^ f ^\ Elizabeth "" _ the-. Main C" Elit. ~~^\ Fredericks- . ~ T burg "* \ Encyclopedia ? *\- French Fr. CN . jzncyt, . . c.._ Hartford ^~S-rs England ^^C-i ^ Friday Fri. c Harvard w ) English En" 1 I \^ .... Fulton <\ iT- ^ Havana I E uit Court ] s Erie G ...^^^ Havre ^V frV._.^) Ernest Vr> Galveston c^V_ Honol^ L^x /George Geo. r 1 Georgia Ga. "^..kv^.... Hudson o_VL Eufaula J /~^ ' Germany ^~>\_>< ^i -< / .....4.. ....v... Huntingdon 3_./ Eugene AGer. German G. /\ Europe T3 Ghent I \ Executive / /^ Gibraltaq 1 " Idaho Id, ->-o Mansion ^ Illinois ///. F Indiana Ind. Fahrenheit v/V_X Fahr. Great Britain Indianapolis \^_ February f?f>. ""cr-^ ' 6 " B - v/ Greensboro' Indian Territo- WWv FirstPhonogrn- phic Reader _\_ Guelph ^. Inspector-Gpn- f, P. A'. J eral Insp-Gtn. B.O. 1 NAMES AND PHRASES., : _ 1. Ernest went to Edinboro on Friday to meet Edw. and Eliz. 2. Edw. was in Hamburg and Hanover, Ger., on Easter morning. 3. The English Encyclopedia in Eng. is the standard in Europe. 4. Geo. was tried in the Equity Ct, in Fulton, Ga., on Friday. 5. Eufaula, Fia., is like Ft. Wayne, Ind., Gibraltar or Ghent, Eng. 6. Eugene bought the first Phon. Reader in Feb. last, in Indian. 7. Florence has gone to Frankfort-on-the-Main through G. B. 8. Gibraltar is a stronger fort than Ft. Wayne or any in Galvesion. 9. Edw. George, Esq., lives in the Ex. Mansion in Greensboro, Ga. 10. Eng. was great in the time of Eliz. and the Guelph family. 11. The Erie is owned in Ghent, Gibraltar and Fredericksburg. 12. Ernest went to Erie and Harrisburg by way of Edinboro. 13. I would rather go to Eng. than Fr., Ger., Idaho or Honolulu. 14. Hudson sailed up the Hudson and found a harbor in Harlem. 15. The Gov. in Glasgow was a Ger. from Halifax or Havre, Fr. 16. Harrisburg, Hartford, Havre and Honolulu are capitals. 17. Ed. lived in Galveston till he moved to Fredericksburg. 18. The German of Harvard lives in Harlem, or Havana, 111. 19. You can go to Huntingdon, Ind., by way of Indianapolis. 20. The harbor at Hudson is as good as that of Halifax, B. A. 21. Hamburg and Hanover belong to Germany and are German. 22. The Insp.-Gen'l in Feb. last passed through Galveston. 23. Greensboro, Ga., is like Havana in Feb. or Honolulu in May. 24. A German in Frankfort-on-the-Main went through to Hanover. 25. Florence went to Honolulu by way of Eufaula, Fla. 26. The Gov. of Indian was Insp.-Gen'l in Idaho and Ind. 27. Eugene and Ernest on Easter went to Edinboro and Halifax. 28. Fulton was in Fr. Friday, 111. last week and Europe the next. 29. Ft. Wayne, Ind., is near 111., Indianapolis and Guelph. 30. The state of Indian is the home of the Insp. and Att'y-Gen'l. 31. Huntingdon, Harrisburg and Hartford are noted for Indians. 32. Fredericksburg in Ger. is like Frankfort-on-the-Main, Glasgow. 33. It would take a cyclopedia to explain the meaning of Fahr. 34. Mr. Fahrenheit was a German and something like Hudson. 35. Glasgow Harbor is a good place to make grass grow in Feb. 36. Guelph is quite Eng. though not in G. B., Ger. or Fr. 37. Florence is in Ft. Wayne, but will move to Galveston soon. 38. Geo. is Fr. though he lives in Havana, Idaho, near Indian. BOOK OF SHORTHAND \^_^ _ ^ Inter- Ocean Iowa Ici L / /< ^"~\5 r 'V- Legal Phono- S ^_ Marine Court xo ./. a. c^> Marseilles .. /. /'. A'. ^ f \^ f n Librarian of . .^ . Congress Iowa City V Ireland f 3 1 .^- s Zz^. Ctmf, _ J Irish V Island /. ...(.. Limerick Vr< J .... Lincoln '"^ . Mav /^Ti s *^f^ Mediterranean / X^V- Literary Pho j Melbourne k* i Italian It Reader e^ Z. P. R. f. ^ Liverpool s^_A &* (J i J London Z Memphis J ' / January Jai L,tS^ &-s (r^Jefferson s~~\ o Mexico s-^ ' M*x. ~*-S. Long Island Lord L cr ^_ J//V/4. ^ O^ . Minneapolis / JBa^L Louisiana 1 Minnesota / Jersey 2-s~~\ 7 Jerusalem /V La ' ^r~ /^f*\. Minn. .- Mississippi C s A/tss. (^o. Missouri /Johnston ""Johnstown /-..--July ^^v Madam Mister Mr. J. Mistress r> Mn. > Mobile Mad. Madrid 1 Monday /O_ Maine Me. s-~~~f> Mon. ^ ^..... Montana - y' ^^ jf .y Manchester /^i s\ Mont. tT" .V. Manitoba ^ Man. S^f.(. .... March Mar (f Monthly Jfo. NAMES AND PHRASKS. 1. The Inter-Ocean is taken in la., Ireland. Jefferson and La. 2. la. City has an Irish and Italian element from Jerusalem, 3. Jehovah appeared in Jerusalem in Dec. as lord of all. 4. Louisville, Lowell, Manchester and Liverpool are great places. 5. Ken., Jersey, Kan., Va., Mich., Minn, and Miss, are states. 6. Jefferson is in Mo., Louisville in Ky., and Lowell in Mass. 7. The finest months of the year are June, July and Aug. 8. Minneapolis, Minn., Mobile, Ala. are like Melbourne, Aus. 9. Marseilles and Lyons are in Fr., London and Liverpool in Eng. 10. Kansas City is in Mo., while Limerick is in Ireland. 11. The Literary Phon. Reader was found in the Lib, of Cong. 12. The Legal Pnon. Reader was advertised in the Inter Ocean. 13. Jan. and March are the worst months of the year in Mich. 14. Johnstown will be remembered as long as Jerusalem. 15. Madam May lived in Ma irid till she moved to Manitoba. 16. The Irish-Italian will be tried in the Marine Court. 17. Monday, Mont., Mmitpelier, Montreal, Manitoba begin alike. 18. Jefferson was in Memphis and Mex. in March and Jan. 19. Lincoln lectured in Johnston, Kansas City and Louisville. 20. The Irish in Iowa City are like the Italians in London. 21. Limer ck is in Ireland and Manchester in England. 22. The Monthly was in Milwaukee and Memphis on Monday. 23. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln lived in Kansas in June and July. 24. Mediterranean is the same in Jan. and June, Mrs. Lord said. 25. Me., Mich, and Mont, are northern states as well as la. 26. But La., Miss., Mo. and Maryland are southern states. 27. Mr. Lyons has lived in Kansas City and Jefferson, Mo. 28. The Librarian of Cong, had the Legal Phon. Reader. 29. Mrs. or Ma lam Johnston believes in Jehovah on Sundays. 30. L. I. and Me. are a long way apart as well as Mex. & Mich. 31. Mobile and Melbourne are beautiful in May, June and July. 32. Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Memphis, Montreal are large cities. 33. Montpelier, Mediterranean and Manchester are long names. 34. The Marine Ct. in Manitoba is open in March, June and July. 35 Marseilles, Madrid and Limerick are foreign places. 36. The Monthly is taken in Montreal, Montpelier and Milwaukee. 37. Miss , Minn., Mex., Mont., La., L, I, and London are far away. 38. Mr Johnston was in Liverpool, Me., L. I. and Md. in May. BOOK OF SHORTHAND N i v_-i (/ S Nashville \^_j Xew York -(\ Transfer Ex- A press Co. ~ N.Y.'I.Ex.Co. P V Vs. v^/' New York & J J o patch F.x, Co \_/~> Nassau /~J ~~ National Ex- ^_5 .Er. Co V Pennsylvania ^i lagara^ _f Prt. press Co. Nat. Ex. Co. > f .'? ov _>* VTZ'.... North Carolina - Nebraska < O /> \ \~A ^ e ^' \/ .... Peru >-i Nevada L ...?! / Norwich 1 Nev. \/ \ Petersburg ^~^~\ VQ Nova Scotia V " y_ .! Newark / N 6" V A ^s *^^V^ NovembVr V^ Phila. X A Nov. \^ _^ o lograpiici ..../ . Newburg O ^V Oberlm N^-^.^ so ^=-C ^.. ' J O'Brien Phonographic Copy-Book No. i. P.C.B. No.i. I Pitman N. Eng. -\ V V_x NewHampshire ^^T^... Official Steno- % ~ 7 'A N . H. /\. . ^*^-^ ^ New Haven grapher U. ^T. ....<^ Ohio O ^r ^^ Omaha ^~>__ Plymouth N.J. ... ( V.'^a.. Port Jervis "* ^-v o New Mexico ~x ./ Portland -" N. M. +S "N^" New Orleans N. 0. ^ Si Newport Oswego "^S""} Portsmouth L Vx-^ Post-Master- OAO Penfal New Testa- ^\ Ottawa ^ />. ;i/. c. N . .... Poughkeepsie lilt 11 L J\ , / , i Owego \ If New York - \T V C V President NAMES AND PHRASES." 13 i. The Nat'l Ex. Co. has offices in Nashville, Newark and Peru. 2' The N. Y. & Boston Disp. Exp. Co. do business in Owego. 3. The N. Y. Transfer Co. has branches at Oswego and Ottawa. 4. New Bedford, New Brunswick and Newfoundland deal in fish. 5. Newburg, Oswego, Owego, Oxford, Port Jervis are in N. Y. 6. While Pittsburg and Phila. are in Pa. and Peru in Ind. 7. Niagara is in Canada, while Plainfield and Newark are in N . J. 8. Portsmouth is in N. H., Plymouth in Mass. & Portland in Me. 9. Newcastle is in England and Newport in New England. 10. New Haven, Conn., is larger than New Bedford, Mass. 11. New Brunswick, N. J., is not like New Brunswick, N. S. 12. The New Testament is read in Norway and Panama. 13. Paris is in Fr. , Peoria in 111. and Omaha in Neb. 14. Norwich, Conn , is not as fine a place in Nov. as Oberlin, O. 15. Mr O'Brien went to Omaha, Neb., and Portland, Or., recently. 16. The official sten. lived in Ottawa, Ont., in Nov. and Oct. 17. Mr. O'Connor is the official sten, in Peoria and Petersburg. 18. The Phila. Phon. was a Pitman writer in Nov. and Dec. 19. Pittsburg, Pa., and Plymouth, Mass., are unlike Portland, Me. 20. The Postmaster Gen'l lived in Portsmouth, N. H., in Oct. 21. New England is as beautiful in Nov. as Nevada in May. 22. Mr. O'Brien moved from New Bedford to Newark, N. J. 23. Newburg, N. Y., and New Haven, Conn., are s!ow places. 24. I think the Postmaster Gen'l will go to New Mex. in Oct. 25. Mr. O'Connor told me he expected to be an official sten. 26. They have the New Testament in Newport and Nashville. 27. I shall either go to Newfoundland, Nassau, L. I., or Ohio. 28. The President, while on his western tour, passed thru Nev. 29. The Phon. visited Poughkeepsie, Plainfield and Petersburg. 30. N. Y., N. J., N. C., Ont. and New Brunswick are important. 31. The N. Y. Transfer Co. run to New Mex., N, C. and N. O. 32. N. C., N. O , Norway and Norwich are widely separated. 33. N. Y. and Pa., with Ore., O. and Mo., are great states. 34. President was in Poughkeepsie and Phil, with the P. M. Gen. 35. Pitman went to Pitts-burg, P .rt JeJvis, Paris and Panama. 36. Pitman was a Pho n . with the Pres. in Poughkeepsie. 37. He was carried from N. H, to Newcastle thru N. S. and Ore, 38. Ottawa in Ont. is not far from Oswego and Owego, N. Y BOOK OF SHORTHAND \ y Presidency J \ PrmceEdward's " J^ "" Island /'../. \ v Princeton TV *''. / ^ . Robinson r> , San Joaquin C.Q. Rochester Q t Salvador 1 ... Santa Cruz // D / ^- .... Santa F6 J % ^r- Private Sec- < Rogers o '/* it /> ****.. O / r- I Ifei. St Lawrence ~r^TT Quebec A Quincy R V -ay- Religious Pho Q^ ^ ( or ^> St. Louis <^f- ^^ o~P Secretary ^A/ \ St.\;tersburg t^v , War ^- Salamanca v Reader R. P.T.. ^^^ 5^. War si! Salt Lake City ^.c.ffavy ,, Interior ^./,v, 5 ,, Treasury ^/ ,v<-. />,<. /\__ Reverend ^ A till. /\ O ~tj. /. Rheims tf~N Samuel _ .' Rhode Island ^3^ 5rt/// - R. I. ) '_ .// Richard " Kiclid. /f A Richard^r -\ 01 - S-n Antonio p Q ?_^/*x Senior .St';/. Q/2- Sergeant '/" V^~b -at- Arms 'x/^"^ September Q A ; NAMES AND PHRASLS. 1. The presidency of Princeton was offered to Prof, Quincy. 2. Richard and Richardson knew Robinson in Rochester, N.Y. 3. Robert Rogers went to Rotterdam by way of P. E. I. and N. S. 4. Pueblo, Mex. is as far from Quebec, Can, as N, Y. from San F. 5. Rev, Mr. Rheims got a Rel. Phon. Reader in St. Paul, Minn. 6. The St. Lawrence runs through Que. toward St. Petersburg. 7. Rev, Mr. Quincy went to Salt Lake City and San Antonio. 8. The Private Sec. thinks he will go to Sacrameto or Pueblo. 9. St. Louis, Mo., St. Paul, Minn., St. Lawrence, Que., are large. 10. Providence, R. I., is where Rogers, of Rockport, resides. 11. It is best to go to Prussia by way of Rotterdam or St. Paul. 12. St. Petersburg in Russia is larger than Providence R, I. 13. -A Remington typewriter was seen in Sacramento and San Fr. 14 Prof. Richardson's Private Sec. in Princeton went to P. E. I. 15. Salamanca is on the road to St. Louis thru Rochester, N. Y. 16. There is no Providence in Russia, but a large one in R. I. i 7. Robertand Richard went to Prussia, Pueblo and San Antonio. 18. The presidency was given Quincy by Robinson of Rochester. 19 The Rel. Phon. Reader is in P. E. I. and Princeton, N. J, 20 Richardson was a Reverend at Rockport and Salamanca, N.Y. 21. Remington went to Prussia, Rheims and Salt Lake City. 22. Samuel had Scott-Browne's Text-Book of Phoi . in San Jo e. 23. Sam. and Samson are great but the Serg. at Arms is great r. 24. Such names as San Jose, San Juan, San Joaquin are similar. 25. Samson in Salvidor was stronger than Santa Cruz in Santa F6. 26. Sarah loved Saratoga and Savannah better than Schenectady. 27. The Senior Senator, Sec. of State and Sec. of War are here. 28. Give me Scotia in time of peace and Scotland in war. 29 Santa Cruz, San Salvador, Santa Fe and San Joachin. 30. They need a savior in San Juan and Samuel is willing to go. 31. Samson was str.-ng but the Sec. of the Treas. was stronger. 32. Sarah will go to Saratoga or Savannah on Saturday. 33. The Sec. of State. Sec. of War and Sec. of the Int were friends. 34. The Senator and Sec. of Int were in Salt Lake City Saturday. 35. Schenectady, N. Y., Scotia and Scotland need a Savior soon. 36. Saturday in Saratoga is better than Monday in San Francisco. 37. The Sec. of the Navy wrote to the Sec. of the Treas. for money. 38. The Religious Phon. Reader is a Scott-Browne Text-Book. BOOK OF SHORTAHND _ <^_J Sheldon 5 Sweden Sw. ^tSrJ? . Venice 4\_ Swedenborg y~> Vermont 9 v* 1 - l^. v Vt. \ Sheriff a .. V iCtlllci V_ /- ^*y Virginia J'ci, "\ c; r CTX P. O_/LA_ Sirs Messrs. >-^ T w _" ^ Smithsonian ;7 _ V7alter ^-f Institute k Terre Haute .^ (-^-E....'. South Amer- /o ica S. A. io Texas Tex. ^/ic/.... \\ ashington ^ F ' South Caro f\ Wednesday lina 6'. C. -i Thursday Thurs. 6\ Wells, Fargo {5 Sniilhamntnn i y< 1 &Co \ " K 1 Toronto ^ J n Toledo ' ~~\/2j^? g Western Union Lyr Southern Ex- press Co. XI oT~ S. Ex. Co. ^^ !SK>^. . Springfield ""rr"" Trenton Tri-weekly W.U.T.Co } x _y_ West Indies P ^ Staten Island f Tuesday W ;/". r..... Stockholm P ^p United States U. S. C William H ^Q-n_ United States Express Co. \ <\ f 1 Utah JT ""~ llS n J ....1. Suez M >rr?r Winnipeg ) ' L_ -N ^--^ \/^ d5 Wisconsin _^ Sup C ^o .... Worcester e S. C. _._QT777 Sussex \/ / \ alparaiso Vassar "' V~^n"" Derivativs ^N * VrT^" ^ Wyoming ll'yo. NAMES AND PHRASES. I/ 1. Mr. Sheldon was Sheriff in Shenandoah and S. Hampton. 2. The Smithsonian Institute of Wash., D C., is popular. 3. Messrs. Wells, Fargo & Co. and the W. U T. Co. are friendly. 4. The stenographer of Superior Street is in Stockholm 5. The sheriff and the sten. are members of the So. Exp. Co. 6. S. I. is a great place on Sunday, like Stuttgart in Ger. 7. The W. U. Tel. Co. and So. Exp. Co. are influential Cos. 8. Sir Wm. Wilson, of Springfield, will go to S. A> Tuesday. Supreme Ct. at Wash will open on Wednesday or Saturday He wants to go to S.C. and S. Hampton Tuesday or Thursday. Sheldon is in S. A. but will go to Sweden or Switz. Messrs. Walter and Wilson are agents for the S. Exp. Co. There is a canal at Suez, also at Syracuse and Trenton. Sheriff Sheldon will not live long in Shenandoah or S. C. Sunday in Stuttgart is like Tuesday in Stockholm. The sten. on S. I. went to Springfield, Tenn., Tuesday. Ulysses, though not a Sir. was greater than Worcester. Swedenborg never lived in Terre Haute, Tex. or Toledo. Ulysses goes to Trenton and Toronto tri-weekly, Saturdays. The U. S. Exp. Co. takes goo is from Utica to Utah. Sir William never saw Swedenborg, Ulysses or Walter. Wheeling, W.Va. and Winnepeg, Manitoba, are not connected. Boys from Wis , Tern., Tex. and Vt. go to W. Point, N. Y. Wilmington, N, C., Valparaiso, Ind., and Prussia, N. Y. Utah, Utica, Wash, and Wheeling are in the U. S. of A. Travelers go to Venice, Vienna, the W. I, and Suez. Worcester was in W. Point Thursday, Terre Haute Sunday. Sten. Wilson of the Superior Ct, lived in Springfield. I hope to go to Winnepeg on Wednesday, Tenn. Thursday. Syracuse, N. Y., and Stockholm, Sweden, begin alike. So do Sussex, Suez, Switzerland, Stuttgart and S. I, S. Hampton is in Va. while Vassar, W. Point, Utica, in N.Y. On the wesiern half of the world are the U. S., W. I. and S A. S. C., Va., Wyo., Tex., Vt., Wash, and Utah are good states. Toledo, U. S. has a tri-weekly published Wed. Friday and Sat. Wells, Fargo & Co. and W. U. Tel. Co. do business in Wis. Cities of Va., \\ is.,Vt. and Wyo , of the U. S. are nice in Sept. Wilmington, Valparaiso, W.Va,, Mienandoah are long names. Specially Useful Phrases. vj */ . All right 1 1 "' ^^^^s V . anybody else anything else P at length -_^JT s .. anything more at once ^ . - are you sure are you willing !^N ..1... 5 as early as possible NO p 1 at the " as good as B ^ as great as .... ar> .- Best of my belief \} V *Jl as long as o^~f best of my knowledge cO/ best of my recollection f~ . as much as ^o - as soon as possible -~ .. at all events c Xj> v>~ ... at first of locf \? p called for the plaintiff L v him, is he as-great-as any-body-else ? 12. Yes. I think I have known him as-long-as any-body e se. 13 Tell us at least if you did at-length send it by-express. 14. As near as-you-can say, is it as well-as any-body-else did? 15. It is all right; g-) as-early-as-possible and as-soon-as-possible. 16 At-first it went at-owner's risk, and then at sender's-risk. 17 To best-of-my-knowledge he will-be called-for-the-defence. 1 8 To a certain-extent, the best-of-my-beLef, tisas-good-as his. 19. Mine is better-than any-thing-else, as-far as I have-seen. 20. By-the-way, I-am-sure it-is as-good-as his, at-any-rate. 21. By-the-bye, it-will go by-mail, or by-express, at-once. 22. Bye-and-bye he will-be called-for-the-plaintiff at-that-timc. 23. Are-you sure cf any-thing-more at the time, at-least at-once? 24. To-the best-of-my-knowledge and-the best-of-my-recollection. 25. At-last it-was sent at-len^th by-mail at-sender's-risk. 26. As great-as you-are, be sure to be good as-long-as p ssible. 27. Tell me as-near-as you-can, to a certain-extent, at-least. 28 To-the best-of-my-recollect on, it-is, at-length, as-foilows. 29. It-is, to the best-of-my-knowledge, at-that-time, by the bye. 30 By-the-w y he knew better than to-be called for-the-defcnce. 31. To-the bcst-of-my-belief, he is in-the sweet bye-and-bye. 32. At-the-time it-was as-good-as anything-else and is all-right. 33. At-any-rate it-was as-long-as the other at-first, a:-least. 34. Go at-once, at-all-events, so-as-to-be there at-that-time. 35. As-much-as I think of it, at-length it-will-be better-than any. 36. At-least you should go as-soon-as-possible, and at-once. 37. To a certain-extent it-was betttr-than anything-else. 20 BOOK OF SHORTAHND X^ ... charged up / < o O ...- circumstances of the casf -V city of Boston P U_x- city of New- York Constitution of the U. S. . Court of Gen. Sessions . Court of Special Sessions Everywhere else \ IV^N Dear madam cK^ Dear Sir did not did not know .... did you mention J _jk_ ls^> "iX v/~2 j did you receive did you request do not know whether ~I, JL^s \ ...Too n r2> I, i^ .. do you expect \V_ ~ do you recollect _ kv do you remember .... ever y one V-'.... everything else t, ^ .... Faster than first class first place -\, _sj[ first rate ..^-P ....first time Nr for he was ^s S*^\ ^C' for his owh use _^tT~> .... for example ^C> for some reason ^>- / 'i^ - for a long time N^Aofor the purpose ^A. ^ Fraternally Yours ^~^ from day to dav . from time to time __jO from place to place .^ Vs there ,, how long have you re- \ \n r .. I shall not be ... I thank you ' how long since ) w how many ~ 6 how soon U JC? I v I wish to be ..-if he I am afraid V I am surprised i .if you can NAMES AND PHRASES. 23 1. Hovv-long-have-you-known-the gentlemen-of-the-jury, sir? 2. Hovv-long-have-you-resided-there, and how-soon will you go? 3. I-thank-you, I-am-afraid of-the gentlemen-of-the-jury now. 4. I-am-surprised a great-deal at-the action of the Grand-Jury. 5. How-long-since you went hand-in-hand a great-deal at home? 6. I-do-not-know how-long-since the Grand-Jury left the city. 7. I-have-no-doubt about it, how-long have-you-lived-there ? 8. I-am-glad that I know how-long-you-resided-there at the time 9. I-am-aware that he knows if-it-is-possible if-you-can do it. 10. I-have no-doubt I-might-have-done so many times over. 11. While I-am-glad, I-am-surprised that I-am so very well to-day. 12. I-think-so, inasmuch-as I-was-not present there at-that-timc. 13. If-he-is-not to-be judge, I-am-afraid I-am out of it altogether. 14. I-have-not known how-long he has-been on-the Grand-Jury. 15. If-he is to-be there soon, I-wish-to-be with-him if possible. 16. If-he-is-not to-be there, let me know if-you-can come here. 17. I-have-been away, but I-had-supposed I-was-not forgotten. 18. I-must-be mistaken now, but I-shall-not-be misunderstood 19. How-long-have-you-known-him,how-long-have-you-lived-thr. 20. They went hand-in-hand a good-deal I-am-certain of that. 21. I-am-certain it-has-been impossible to do it, at-least I-think-so. 22. I-am-glad I-don t-know how-many will go nor how-soon. 23. I-thank-you for telling me you had-not been there before. 24. I-did-not think so because I-had-supposed it impossible. 25. If-he says I-have-been there lately, I-shall-not-be surprised. 26. Inasmuch-as I-must-be there, I-shall-: ot-be late if I can help it. 27. I-have-not heard how-long-since he left his home in the city. 28. I-wish-to-be left alone but I-am-afraid I-cannot-be allowed to. 29. If-he-is-rot present how-soon can I see him in Boston. 30. I-do-not-think he will have any obj. ction to it at this time 31. I-have-no:-been surprised but I-did-not think it true he could. 32. I-am-surprised I-have-not been there but I-must go to-d ty 33. If-you-can come, I-have-no-doubt I-shall-be-here very soon. 34. 1-do-not-know how-soon I-will go away, I-am-sure of that. 35. If-he-is to-be present, I-wish-to-be counted out of-the game 36. I-am-aware that I-am-very-truly-yours, always, whether or no. 37. How-many do-you-know and how-long-since you were there? 38. How-long I-might-have-been away I-have-not decided to tell. BOOK OF SHORTAHN1> ^y^ in any \\a\ in order in redjeipt of yours in relation in response A in that matter in the first place- in the way in this in this business in this respect in this world *-< in reply to yoprs V is at hand it has been it is necessary it is only it is said it seems to me it was not it would be J ^ 9 Just as soon as O- ^3 L ' L Ladies and Gentlemen 6 v^/3 x^b .... s-4>^.... last will and testament (* let us "-0, jr\ ... v> ^^~~ long ago V ^^ longer than > X >^. .... Cord and Saviour Jesus (5 Per minute ...% 'V^ prisoner a^he bar >a ^ vT 5 . price current Y- < ..some one else such has been V" price list ( T ~jwP_ peculiar circumstance of the case Q Quite likely 4 C . there are .. that the, that he . that you must NAMES AND PHRASES. 1. Under-the peculiar-circumstances it-is quite-likely true. 2. I received-your-1 tter of-recent-date as said on-this-occasion. 3. He received-your-letter and was quite-sure of-the real-estate. 4 It-seems-to-be a short-time for a prisoner-at-the-bar to repent. 5. No-sir, his was no-longer-than mine and no more-than hers. 6. Of-course it- was to-be had novvhere-else on-this-occasion. 7. Let-us say on-this-^ubject what has-been said to some-one-else. 8. Such has-been my opinion, quite as-much-as my belief lately. 9 On-the-other-hand it-should-not-be so on-this-occasion at-a!l. 10. I received-your-letter of-this-date in regard to-the real-estate 11. Some-one-else said it so-as-t -be sincerely-yours I-am sure. 12. Let me thank-you that-the price-current was here at-the time. 13. Yours of-this-date on-the-subject of-the p: ice-list is received. 14. Rather-than do quite-as-much-as he did per-minute I'll say no 15. Some-one-else did it so-as-to-be respectfully-yours I-am-sure. 16. Somehow I feel quite-sure there-are so many on-this subject. 17. On-the-occasion of-course I went nowhere-else on-this-date. 18. It-is, quite-likely they will order-the real-estate to-be sold. 19 It-was no-longer-than yesterday that-he said thank-you 20 The prisoner-at-the-bar was told over-and-over-again to go. 21. No-sir, yours of-this-date oa-the-subject did-not order-the cat. 22. The price-current and-the price-list should-be sent to-day. 23. Some-one-else spoke of-the peculiar-cirLumstances-of-the-case. 24. I should-be surprised to hear that rather-than something-else. 25. It-seems-to-me a short-time though no more-than yesterday. 26. It-was of-recent-date that-he said he was respectfully-yours. 27. I-think that-you-must be quite-sure that such-has-been done 28. He seems-to-be 'on-to it" and there-are others on-to it, too. 26. I-am-sure that-you-must think that-;. e sec ms-to-be yours-truly. 30. There-are some who thank-you so-as-to gain your favor. 31. It-is true that-the peculiar-circumstances-of-the-case did it. 32. Somehow such-has-been the way of counting per-minute. 33 The prisoner-at-the-bar said it over-and-over-again somehow. 34. L-was only of-recent-date that-the price-list was made. 35. He was "sincere. y-yours" so-as-to-be quite-sure of friendship. 36. Rather-than keep the real-estate a short-time he will sell it 37. You should say respectfully-yours or, I-am sincerely-yours. 38. Some-one-else said such-has-been the case for some-time. 28 BOOK OF SHORTHAND - \. there has been v\ ~) (.../.. which would be , \ * \ there will be {. !) ^ / there would be (\ will not be - \ K^ f <2 . witnnim, with the \o with this VT~> to me v / v_ to receive ] without that . x / N to reply c 1 <^v won't be > to the, to him ^ -. / with which the . C- ' -\. told him * N told me U ^~~ Years ago f f *>^ Yes Sir O s^i~_. vou are aware V C V < ~ , T. Verv likelv ^"v "" y u could be ^J ...?{.. .>S-^.... vou must not / *j< ***~t* :h ....Very Truly Jrours tC\ W v .> p We beg to state ^-v we have been ^ weeks ago . T ^~^V .... you must remember rvv you should be r* 9 v> Yours Faithfully y what was said -- c/ >vo- where is your place of \ .......p Yours Truly .... which has been * - Yours Very Truly V NAMES AND PHRASES. 2Q 1. There-has-been, and there-will-be the same time-and-again. 2. It-is pleasant to-receive it and to-reply to vvhat-vvas-said. 3. It-is very-likely that under-the-circumstances you-should-go. 4. We-beg-to-state that we-have-seen what-was-said weeks ago. 5. Weeks-ago, a well-known man told-me what you told-him. 6. It-is well-known that you-will-not be with-him without-that. 7. You-must-recollect your-letter should close, very-truly-yours. 8. You-must-not think you-could-be yours-faithfully always. 9. You-are-aware you-must-remember that you-will-be there. : o. You-should-be with-him, which-would-be all right, very-likely. 11. \Vhere-is-your-place-of-business with-him this year, dear-sir? 12. Yes sir, it-was years-ago, and I would-not-be there again. 13. There-would-be, under-the-circumstances, something strange. 14. You-must-remember you-should-be very-kind to yours-truly. 15. You-must-recollect that you-will-be with this company soon. 16. Time-and-again there-has-been and there-will-be more for-me. 17. I wish to-reply, and very-likely will have very-little to say. 18. Don't forget yours-very-truly in your-letter, will you my-dear ? 19. Tell me with-which-the uncalled-for-circumstance took place. 20. It will-not-be that which-you-have, }ou-must-be aware. 21. Yes-sir, some years-ago I would-not-be seen with-him any-vvay. 22. You-must-not think you-must-remember what-was-said to-me. 23. I would-not-be sure how-many years-ago I was yours-truly. 24. I won't-be sure with-which-the man stayed when here. 25. What-was-said weeks-ago is well-known to-him and to-me. 26. We-have-seen that without-that and with-the other all is well. 27. Your^-truly was glad to-receive your-letter and to-reply. 28. You-could-be, and you-should-be, yours-faithfully to-the end. 29. I-don t-know which-would-be the best to-me or to-him, 30. There-will-be much to-do which-has-been done without-that. 31. With-the hope you won't-be unkind under-the-circumstances. 32. Very-likely you told-him what he told-me and which was well 33. Weeks-ago, you-are-aware, you said yours-very-truly to-me. 34. You-must act and you-must-recollect you-will be called for. 35. Where-is-your-place-of-business which-has-been removed ? 36. We-beg-to-state we-have-been to-him with this, recently. 37. It will-not-be much without-that which-has-been-done here. 38. The last thing is I-am very-truly-yours, or yours-truly. 452139 Longhand Abbreviations, TERMS AND TECHNICALITIES. f^c H *" v_> v iunt. I :m ad. J Jue. ^N The Longhand Abbre* PART II. Account acct. or Account sales. - A commission agent's statement showing his sales. Account current. A running, or open account. Ad valorem At the val_ _. All correct 0. K. 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