Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton

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Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton is a 17th-century English shorthand system widely used for rapid writing, notably employed by Samuel Pepys to record his famous diary.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
shorthand system
author Thomas Shelton NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin England
era Stuart
surface form: "Stuart England"
field shorthand
stenography
genre shorthand manual
hasPurpose to enable fast writing
historicalPeriod Early Modern period
surface form: "Early Modern England"
influenced later English shorthand systems
language English
mainSubject rapid writing
medium printed book
notableUser Samuel Pepys NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 17th century
scriptType alphabetic shorthand
targetAudience English writers
clerks
students
use rapid note-taking
recording diaries
recording speeches
usedFor The Diary of Samuel Pepys
surface form: "Samuel Pepys' diary"
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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The Diary of Samuel Pepys shorthandSystem Tachygraphy by Thomas Shelton

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