Word: penman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...John Dickinson, Penman of the American Revolution", Professor Murdock, Harvard...
...John Dickenson, 'the Penman of the American Revolution'," Professor Murdock, Harvard 2, English...
...report of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, if it came entirely from his own hand, would convict him of being nearly as prolific a penman...
...nursing bottle and who at the age of 11 was describing to Harvard professors how most accurately to measure the fourth dimension, was discovered by a New York reporter to be working as a clerk in the metropolis for $23 a week. This was proof sufficient for an eager penman, who probably sailed over the college course on a level C, that precocity is a flash in the pan, brilliant but momentary...
These manuscripts, loaned to the University by George A. Plimpton of New York, are here for only a short time. They are the life-work of some patient penman, the fancies of an artist "all shaven and shorn". "Look two and two go the priests, then monks with cowls and sandals. And the penitents dressed in white shirts, a-holding the yellow candles." They are a curious collection, full of interest for scholar and antiquarian; food for the imagination and the artistic taste of anyone who examines them...