This copy was presented to Liverpool by B. Pitman.
Benjamin Pitman (1822-1910) was an English born author and popularizer in the United States of Pitman Shorthand, a form of what was then called phonography. He was also active in the Arts and Crafts Movement in the US. In 1855 Pitman invented the electrochemical process of relief engraving.
During the first years of the civil war he served with the Union Army. From 1863-1867 he was official stenographer during the trials of the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, the Sons of Liberty, The Ku-Klux Klan, and other government prosecutions.