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- Title
- Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-06-15
- Date(s)
- 1875-06-15
- Contributor(s)
- Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Franklin, Benjamin, 1830-1901 (correspondent), Linden, Robert J. (Robert Jay), 1835-1904 (associated name)
- Description
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Communication encloses the report of operative Robert J. Linden, who has been assigned to form a "flying squad" of Coal & Iron Police to investigate depredations on company roads. The operative is at Ashland, Pa. and is available to make arrests when the opportunity arises. The report covers 1875-05-06 to 1875-05-22.
- Collection ID
- Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
- Hagley ID
- 1520_1001_02_10
- Collection
- Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file
- Title
- Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-03-02
- Date(s)
- 1875-03-02
- Contributor(s)
- Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Franklin, Benjamin, 1830-1901 (correspondent), (associated name), McParland, James P. (associated name)
- Description
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Communication encloses the report of James [McParlan] (alias James McKenna), who has been assigned to join and report on the Molly Maguires. McParlan reports from Shenandoah City in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Among other news, McParlan observes that general feeling is that the company had burned the East Norwegian Shaft in order to prejudice the public against the men on strike and that the local Catholic priest would not permit the Molly Maguires attending church in regalia on St....
Show moreCommunication encloses the report of James [McParlan] (alias James McKenna), who has been assigned to join and report on the Molly Maguires. McParlan reports from Shenandoah City in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Among other news, McParlan observes that general feeling is that the company had burned the East Norwegian Shaft in order to prejudice the public against the men on strike and that the local Catholic priest would not permit the Molly Maguires attending church in regalia on St. Patrick's Day. The report includes the time period from 1875-02-17 to 1875-02-26.
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- Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
- Hagley ID
- 1520_1001_02_05
- Collection
- Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file
- Title
- Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to J. E. Wootten, 1875-03-02
- Date(s)
- 1875-03-02
- Contributor(s)
- Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Wootten, John E. (John Eastburn), 1823-1898 (correspondent), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Franklin, Benjamin, 1830-1901 (correspondent)
- Description
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Communication encloses the report of operative, W. R. H., who is a member of the Mechanics and Workingmen's Benevolent Association and is operating at Frackville, Pa. Reporting on striking railroad workers, the operative notes that the discharge of prominent members of the local union branches by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company has led to much local discussion. The report covers 1875-02-19 to 1875-02-26.
- Collection ID
- Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
- Hagley ID
- 1520_1001_02_04
- Collection
- Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file
- Title
- Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-06-20
- Date(s)
- 1875-06-20
- Contributor(s)
- Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Franklin, Benjamin, 1830-1901 (correspondent), (associated name), McParland, James P. (associated name)
- Description
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Communication encloses a synopsis of the report of operative James [McParlan] (alias James McKenna), who has become a member of the Molly Maguires. McParlan reports from Shenandoah City in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and the report covers the time period from 1875-04-13 to 1875-05-12. McParlan details, among other things, his investigation into an act of sabotage in which a load of iron had been dumped from a railroad car.
- Collection ID
- Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
- Hagley ID
- 1520_1001_02_12
- Collection
- Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file
- Title
- Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-10-20
- Date(s)
- 1875-10-20
- Creator
- Linden, Robert J. (Robert Jay), 1835-1904
- Contributor(s)
- Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Franklin, Benjamin, 1830-1901 (correspondent)
- Description
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Communication encloses the report of operative Linden, who is assigned to the charge of the special guard in the coal regions of Pennsylvania. The report covers the dates 1875-07-24 to 1875-10-20. On 20 October, the operative reports that he has contacted prominent citizens in the coal regions concerning the recent assassinations but has found both the citizens and the authorities to be apathetic and, consequently, 'no definite steps have been taken to make examples of the well known assassins.'
- Collection ID
- Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
- Hagley ID
- 1520_1001_03_03
- Collection
- Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file
- Title
- Correspondence, H.B. Hanmore to Franklin B. Gowen, 1875-01-04
- Date(s)
- 1875-04-01
- Contributor(s)
- Reading Company (former owner), Hanmore, Howard B. (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
- Description
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Correspondence regarding a young man who witnessed a fire and recognized the men who set it.
- Collection ID
- Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
- Hagley ID
- molly_m_070
- Collection
- Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file
- Title
- Industrial History of the United States
- Date(s)
- 1879
- Contributor(s)
- Bolles, Albert Sidney, 1846-1939 (author), Rand, Avery & Co. (printer)
- Description
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From title page: 'Industrial History of the United States, from the earliest settlements to the present time: a complete survey of American Industries, embracing Agriculture and Horticulture; Including the Cultivation of Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat; The Raising of Horses, Neat-Cattle, Etc.; All the Important Manufactures, Shipping and Fisheries, Railroads, Mines and Mining, and Oil; Also a History of the Coal-Miners and the Molly Maguires; Banks; Insurance, and Commerce; Trade-Unions, Strikes, and...
Show moreFrom title page: 'Industrial History of the United States, from the earliest settlements to the present time: a complete survey of American Industries, embracing Agriculture and Horticulture; Including the Cultivation of Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat; The Raising of Horses, Neat-Cattle, Etc.; All the Important Manufactures, Shipping and Fisheries, Railroads, Mines and Mining, and Oil; Also a History of the Coal-Miners and the Molly Maguires; Banks; Insurance, and Commerce; Trade-Unions, Strikes, and Eight-Hour Movement together with a description of Canadian Industries. In seven books, copiously illustrated with about three hundred engravings by the most eminent artists.'
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- Published collections (Library Stacks)
- Hagley ID
- mollymag_bolles
- Collection
- Hagley Library published collections