Can someone translate this message from my 120+ year old family cook book?
Posted Sep 4, 2021, 12:06 PM UTC
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Can't get any Pitman's out of it, although it is very similar. It is sometimes possible to untangle really rough shorthand, but you have to have a little something to start with, to get it rolling. I reversed the image and the print on the back seems to be advice about making wills, therefore I assume this is a loose sheet that happened to have been put into the cookery book. If it wasn't practice or wannabee scribe pretend, then a draft letter. There seems to be more writing above the date.
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Thanks for checking. Yeah there’s some other random odds and ends in the book from general life advice to home remedies. Others have written and made notes in it, but this is the only shorthand. The writing above the date is the address btw :)
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The first difficulty is working out what shorthand it is, and the context.
The date is given at the top as 1912.
It seems to be a letter, or a draft of a letter. It could also be shorthand practice. Business letters are common shorthand practice material.
To me, it doesn't seem to make sense in Gregg.