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Regular and at times daily accounts of upper working class life from late 1881 to 1882

Over 80 pages filled top to bottom, of beautifully written Pittman's Shorthand

The diary appears to have later been reused from the 1910s to the early 1930s as a newspaper clipping scrapbook and contains many clippings pasted in from around this era

A shorthand expert I met through reddit very kindly spent the time to almost fully transcribe the text and it revealed some very interesting accounts, including contemporary first hand remarks to historically significant events, such as the 'Phoenix Park Murders’ and the installation and initial problems of the installation of one of the earliest Telephones in Manchester.

The author is still unknown however we do know that he lived in the Levenshulme or Longsight area of Manchester, United Kingdom and worked in a commercial office in the city, attended chapel, enjoyed the theatre, followed both cricket and football, and had close connections and regular travels to the towns of Stockport and New Mills

Regular and at times daily accounts of upper working class life from late 1881 to 1882

Over 80 pages filled top to bottom, of beautifully written Pittman's Shorthand

The diary appears to have later been reused from the 1910s to the early 1930s as a newspaper clipping scrapbook and contains many clippings pasted in from around this era

I cannot find much historical sales data on antique shorthand manuscript/ephemera, combined with the historical aspects and the fact that shorthand was almost exclusively used for business and court recording making this personal shorthand writing all the more less common, consequently I have no idea how to actually value this item.

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Victorian Diary Hand Written Entirely in Pitmans Shorthand (1882, 80+ Pages)

Victorian Diary Hand Written Entirely in Pitmans Shorthand (1882, 80+ Pages)

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