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Walter P. Phillips

(Phillips, Walter P. (Walter Polk), 1846-1920)

Walter Polk Phillips (June 14, 1846 – January 31, 1920) was an American journalist, telegrapher, and inventor who compiled and expanded telegraph codes with his Phillips Code, a brevity code which included the abbreviations POTUS, for president of the United States, and SCOTUS, for Supreme Court of the United States. He later became the head of the United Press. (From Wikipedia)

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Books by Walter P. Phillips:

Phillips, Walter P. (Walter Polk), 1846-1920: Oakum Pickings: A Collection of Stories, Sketches, and Paragraphs Contributed From Time to Time to the Telegraphic and General Press (New York: W. J. Johnston, 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
Phillips, Walter P. (Walter Polk), 1846-1920: The Phillips Telegraphic Code for the Rapid Transmission by Telegraph of Press Reports, Commercial and Private Telegrams, and All Other Matter Sent by Wire or Cable (Washington: Gibson Bros., 1879) (page images at HathiTrust)
Phillips, Walter P. (Walter Polk), 1846-1920: Sketches Old and New (New York: J. H. Bunnell and Co., ca. 1902) (page images at HathiTrust)

Additional books by Walter P. Phillips in the extended shelves:

Phillips, Walter P. (Walter Polk), 1846-1920: My debut in journalism : and other odd happenings (The International Telegram Co., 1892), also by International Telegram Co (page images at HathiTrust)

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