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 > [log in to unmask] > -- Benjamin Griffin Associate Editor, Mark Twain Project The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000 (510) 664-4238