The most substantial source of information is *Letters from Nevada
Territory 1861-1862* (by Marsh) and *Reports of the 1863 Constitutional
Convention* (by Clemens, Marsh and Bowman) (Reno: Legislative Council
Bureau, 1972).

On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 8:44 AM Kit Farwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>      Thank you Benjamin and Robert!   It makes sense that Andrew J. Marsh
> was correspondent as the very detailed reporting must have been from
> shorthand and he wrote Marsh' New Manual of Reformed Phonetic Shorthand.
>     I see that Mark Twain of the Enterprise has a long section on the
> legislative reporters; Sam attending the House and Clement T. Rice
> (Virginia City Daily Union) attending the Council sessions and
> collaborating, along with Marsh (Sacramento Daily Union).
>     Did Rice know shorthand?  It would be hard to report on both houses if
> he didn't write shorthand.
>     I wonder if Marsh attended mostly the House or the House sessions?
>
> Thanks - Kit
> Kit Farwell
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