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A longhand title in English reads 'Sydney Smith', followed by a line of Brachygraphy symbols.
The title and first line of a shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by a practiced shorthand writer.

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A longhand title in English reads 'Sydney Smith', followed by a line of Brachygraphy symbols.
The title and first line of a shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by someone less experienced with the Brachygraphy system.

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A photostat of both sides of a letter, side-by-side. On the right, a letterhead in Gothic font reads 'Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent'. This is followed by a date (the month in shorthand) and 22 lines of shorthand arranged in six paragraphs. On the left is an inscription in longhand: 'Copy. Letter to S. A. Chappell. Boston. Friday 22nd November 1867.'
Shorthand copy of a letter sent by Dickens to his American promoter S. A. Chappell in 1867

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A photostat of a shorthand memo. Three paragraphs of Brachygraphy characters arranged across nine lines.
A shorthand memo in which Dickens outlines his reasons for declining Lovejoy's proposal to stand for a seat in Parliament. The surviving longhand letter is dated 31 May 1841.

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A sheet of paper mounted in a large book. Five lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters are handwritten in blue ink with annotations in between. Some words and phrases in the annotated explanations of the characters are underlined.
A page from Dickens's shorthand teaching notebook, explaining how to use the Brachygraphy system. This page provides a range of example phrases.

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A sheet of paper mounted in a large book. Handwritten in blue ink the heading reads 'Part 3, Dots on Vowels'. Notes and three lines of Brachygraphy shorthand explain the concept.
A page from Dickens's shorthand teaching notebook, explaining how to use the Brachygraphy system. This page explores rules concerning dots on vowels.

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A sheet of paper mounted in a large book. Half a page of notes written in blue ink interspersed with Brachygraphy shorthand characters. The heading reads 'Part 2, Dots'.
A page from Dickens's shorthand teaching notebook, explaining how to use the Brachygraphy system. This page explores rules concerning the use of dots.

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A page of text. At the top is a page number, 166, and the heading 'The Pickwick Papers'. Four lines from the top of the page an inscription is centred and presented in all capitals, as follows:<br /> +<br /> B I L S T<br /> U M<br /> P S H I<br /> S. M.<br /> A R K <br /> Six paragraphs of text follow.
Representation of a 'strange and curious inscription' discovered on a stone by the Pickwickians

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A brown sheet of tracing paper with holes punched down the left side. The outline of a smaller page torn from a notebook, also with holes punched down the left side, can be seen through the tracing paper. Written in black at the top is 'Dickens's Shorthand' and the date. 11 lines of shorthand characters in black ink are visible through the tracing paper. On top, written on the tracing paper layer, are potential transcriptions.
A tracing of a shorthand letter partially transcribed

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The right hand page of a small open book. Eight notes are written in different colours and shades of ink divided by underlining. Two of the notes are crossed out with heavy zig-zag lines. The second note on the page is three lines of Brachygraphy shorthand with 'Xmas 1855' written in longhand at the start.
A page from Dickens's 1867 Pocket Diary, including a shorthand note of a quotation later used in a speech

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