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Slick, Sam

(Encyclopedia)Slick, Sam: see Haliburton, Thomas Chandler. ...

Boldrewood, Rolf

(Encyclopedia)Boldrewood, Rolf: see Browne, Thomas Alexander. ...

Gresham's law

(Encyclopedia)Gresham's law: see under Gresham, Sir Thomas. ...

shorthand

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Shorthand systems shorthand, any brief, rapid system of writing that may be used in transcribing, or recording, the spoken word. Such systems, many having characters based on the letters of th...

Linton, William James

(Encyclopedia)Linton, William James, 1812–97, Anglo-American wood engraver, author, and political reformer. In 1842 he began working as a wood engraver with John Orrin Smith and produced illustrations for the new...

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