Philip or Frank

[Laura]

While mulling over the question of the name of the official stenographer used in the Borden Trial, I remembered an exchange of letters between Attorney General, Pillsbury and Knowlton, included in "The Knowlton Papers", regarding just whom they should employ for the job. Sure enough, in the Index of "The Knowlton Papers", (pg. 540) is an entry reading, "Burt, Frank Hunt. Nine letters are listed, the most significant being HK209, pg. 225, sent by the Attorney General's Department, dated June 1, 1893:

"Mr. Frank H. Burt.

Dear Sir:-
I understand that Mr. Knowlton concluds (sic) to employ you in the Borden case at 30 cents per folio, with the privilege of furnishing the Associated Press a copy;....."

Mr. Kent's entry of, "Burt, Philip H." under "Transcripts" in his Bibliography is, in all likelihood, a simple error. Hey, I'll be the first to admit that we can all make an error . However, I find it difficult to believe that the extensive changes in the quoted testimony was an error.
I remain, as always, "The Stickler".