found: United States Circuit Court (4th Circuit). The great Ku Klux trials, 1872;t.p. (Benn Pittman)
found: LC in RLIN, 7/1/91(hdg.: Pitman, Benn, 1822-1910)
found: NUC pre-1956(Pitman, Benn, 1822-1910)
found: MWA/NAIP files(hdg: Pitman, Benn, 1822-1910; usage: Benn Pitman; B. Pitman; Benn Pittman)
found: Wikipedia, website viewed February 10, 2016(Benjamin Pitman; Benn Pitman; Enghlish-born author and popularizer in the United States of Pitman shorthand; born July 24, 1822, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England; died December 28, 1910, Cincinnati, Ohio; reporter; served in the Union Army from 1863 to 1867; stenographer during the trials of the assasin of President Abraham Lincoln; in 1873 become connected with the school of design, later the art academy of the University of Cincinnati)