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Title: Commonwealth versus Patrick Hester, Patrick Tully, and Peter McHugh
Date(s): 1877-02-23
Creator: Hughes, F. W. (Francis Wade), 1817-1885
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner)
Description: From cover: "Commonwealth versus Patrick Hester, Patrick Tully, and Peter McHugh tried and convicted of the murder of Alexander W. Rea. Argument of Hon. F. W. Hughes, for Commonwealth, at Bloomsburg, PA., February 23 & 24, 1877. Stenographically reported by R. A. West."
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m1b_174
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, Robert J. Linden to B. Franklin, 1877-09-12
Date(s): 1877-09-12
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Linden, Robert J. (Robert Jay), 1835-1904 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding the case of Commonwealth vs. Dennis "Bucky" Donnelly.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_107
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, Thomas S. Hargish to Franklin B. Gowen, 1880-04-15
Date(s): 1880-04-15
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Hargish, Thomas S. (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Private and Confidential correspondence from the City Solicitor's Office regarding Mr. Ettz.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_117
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Commonwealth vs. John Kehoe et al.
Date(s): 1876
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner)
Description: From cover: "Report of the case of the Commonwealth vs. John Kehoe et al., members of the ancient order of Hibernians, commonly known as "Molly Maguires." Indicted in the court of quarter sessions of the peace, for Schuylkill County, Penna., for an aggravated assault and battery with intent to kill Wm. M. Thomas. With the testimony and arguments of counsel in full, stenographically reported by R. A. West."
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m1b_308
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Commonwealth vs. Bucky Donnelly
Date(s): 1875-09-01
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner)
Description: Commonwealth versus [illegible name] under alias Bucky for the murder of Thomas Sanger and William Urere, Sept. 1st, 1875. Statement of Patrick Butler, Sept 24, 1876.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 20100415_mm_001
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Services rendered and expenses incurred by operatives of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency during investigation of Aichy Maris
Date(s): 1875-10-15
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent)
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_03_04
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, H.B. Hanmore to Franklin B. Gowen, 1875-04-23
Date(s): 1875-04-23
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Hanmore, Howard B. (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding the men allegedly involved in the shaft fire. Includes names such as Thomas Macauley, Jack McEntee, John Durkin, Jack McCullion, and Jimmy Mullen.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_073
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1873-10-29
Date(s): 1873-10-29
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: Communication encloses a continuation of the report of the investigation at Glen Carbon including the dates from 1873-10-02 to 1873-10-25. Pinkerton reports that no further depredations have occurred at that point and that the operatives are turning their attention to secret organizations.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_01_01
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, James McParlan to Allen Pinkerton, 1873-10-10
Date(s): 1873-10-10
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), McParland, James P., 1844-1919 (correspondent), Pinkerton, Robert A. (Robert Allan), 1848-1907 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding a brief sketch of Irish Societyism.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_021
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, Patron to Franklin B. Gowen, 1880-01-12
Date(s): 1880-01-12
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence from an anonymous patron discussing the possible guilt of Mershon, ticket agent at the Warren Street depot in Trenton, New Jersey.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_109
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, Thomas McGee to John B. Louvett, 1875-07-01
Date(s): 1875-07-01
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), McGee, Thomas (correspondent), Louvett, John B. (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding McGee's whereabouts and health. Letter includes correspondence to both Louvett and to McGee's mother.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_100
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, Howard B. Hanmore to Franklin B. Gowen, 1875-05-03
Date(s): 1875-05-03
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Hanmore, Howard B. (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding men working at the East Mines.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_084
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, H.B. Hanmore to Franklin B. Gowen, 1875-04-14
Date(s): 1875-04-14
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Hanmore, Howard B. (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding John McEntee and Tom Macauley and information about the shaft fire.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_057
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Miners National Association Certificate for Thomas Hughes
Date(s): 1874-04-27
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Hughes, Thomas (former owner), Siney, John, 1831-1880 (signer)
Description: Signed by John Siney (president) and John James (secretary).
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_018
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, Rev. R. N. Huncoit [?] to Franklin B. Gowen, 1876-10-02
Date(s): 1876-10-02
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence from a clergyman informing Gowen of "Mollies" that are present in his district.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_048
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, Howard B. Hanmore to Franklin B. Gowen, 1875-05-08
Date(s): 1875-05-08
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Hanmore, Howard B. (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence requesting a response to past letters.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_098
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: List of Members of the A.O.H. [Ancient Order of Hibernians]
Date(s): 1864/1875, 1864, 1875
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner)
Description: Schuylkill, Luzerne, Carbon, Columbia, and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_015
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, T. Joyce to Franklin B. Gowen, 1875-04-30
Date(s): 1875-04-30
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Joyce, T. (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding men involved in the shaft fire. Includes note at end of letter from H.B. Hanmore to Gowen.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_081
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, F. W. Hughes to Franklin B. Gowen, 1876-04-14
Date(s): 1876-04-14
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Hughes, F. W. (Francis Wade), 1817-1885 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding the Yost murder trial.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_093
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: 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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Collection ID: 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 F. B. Gowen, 1875-07-31
Date(s): 1875-07-31
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: Communication encloses a synopsis of the report of operative James [McParlan] (alias James McKenna), who has become a member of the Molly Maguires at Shenandoah, Pa. The report covers the time period from 1875-07-01 to 1875-07-24. McParlan details current sentiments among the Molly Maguires and the members' attitude toward the company.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_02_16
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1874-07-20
Date(s): 1874-07-20
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)
Description: Communication encloses report of operative A. M. Cowar, who is on special duty in the Schuylkill Coal Regions to join the miner's secret associations and report on their movements.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_01_03
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-03-31
Date(s): 1875-03-31
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: Communication encloses the report of James [McParlan] (alias James McKenna), who has been assigned to visit and report on the Molly Maguires. McParlan reports from Shenandoah City in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where he has successfully infiltrated the organization, and the report covers the time period from 1875-03-06 to 1875-03-30. Among other updates on the organization's recent movements, McParlan mentions the preparations being made for St. Patrick's Day.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_02_06
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1874-12-12
Date(s): 1874-12-12
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), Cummings, P. M. (associated name)
Description: Communication encloses a continuation of the report of P. M. Cummings, an operative assigned to join and observe the miners union at St. Clair, Pennsylvania. The report includes the time period from 1874-11-02 to 1874-12-09 and contains information on the views of the miners, the standing of the union, the union's plans as regards the late suspension, and the union's plans for 1875.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_01_06
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: 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

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