Drapier, William H.

Scope and Contents Enclosed in an envelope because of its fragile condition is the original manuscript of Ariel E. Drapier's book: "The Standard Swift Writing, The Elements of Stenography, reduced to moveable types and arranged for the use of schools," published in 1845. A paper at the back of the volume tells about Ariel's son William H. Drapier, who was also a stenographer like his father. There are three typed pages of President Benjamin Harrison's speech in El Paso, Texas, on April 21, 1891, with...

Scope and Contents This single paper is 7 ¼ x 3 ½” and is printed on both sides. The facsimile is from the Senate Chamber, Session of 1885, and is the “largest warrant ever issued by the Indiana Senate,” which amounts to four thousand thirty six dollars and 66 cents ($4,036.66) to William H. Drapier, Esquire, for “services as stenographer of the Senate in preparing & furnishing the 22nd volume of Revised Legislative Reports of the Senate in the 54th General Assembly in accordance with Senate Resolution on...