My cousin Paul recently came to acquire the Book of Mormon that my great grandfather, John Hagman, had owned and read. It is a wonderful piece of history! I noticed this bit of shorthand on the inside cover. I did have a little shorthand in high school, but I couldn't make it out. So I sent an email to our neighborhood email to see if anyone knew shorthand. Three women responded and I sent them the above picture! They all were mostly stumped. They tried and they got words, but nothing made sense. I thought maybe in Sweden they had a different shorthand? Then I went to the internet to see if there were a specialist in shorthand who could maybe figure it out. Well.. The woman I found was kind and told me she would give it a try. Here was her reply after a few days:
"Once I realized it was upside down it was rather easy. Transcription is...
You will have to write it
over again because I
didn't get time to read it.
I think it is some kind of joke. I hope I have got it OK. Anyway I'm not going to charge for this but request you make a small donation to a charity of your choice. It is Pitmans shorthand, New Era version I think. Best wishes, Tracey Harding"
UPSIDE DOWN! Isn't that the funniest thing! How many times am I looking at things upside down from their reality? I just got a great kick out of this!
Here is it right side up!
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