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Title: Services rendered and expenses incurred by Pinkerton's National Detective Agency on special operation
Date(s): 1877-03-24
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Service and expense account to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. for operations between 1876-12-01 to 1877-03-17. Expenses include items such as room accommodations, postage, transportation costs, laundry, 'treating' suspects to drinks or meals, and other incidentals.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_02
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-04-15
Date(s): 1875-04-15
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)
Description: Communication encloses a continuation of the report of William McC., who is operating among the coal miners at St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania. The report primarily details local union activities and the state of the labor strike, and the report includes the time period from to 1875-04-02 to 1875-04-13.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_02_09
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Service and expense account for investigations regarding Molly Maguires from 1878-07-28 to 1878-09-26
Date(s): 1878-10-21
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (associated name)
Description: Account for multiple operatives to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. Account lists items such as room and board accommodations, transportation costs, newspapers, telegraph costs, and other incidental expenses.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_16
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

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)
Description: Communication encloses the report of William McC., who is operating among the coal miners at St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania. The report primarily details local union meetings and includes the time period from to 1875-02-13 to 1875-02-26.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_02_03
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Service and expense account for Molly Maguires operations from 1878-02-03 to 1878-03-02
Date(s): 1878-03-02
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (associated name)
Description: Account for multiple operatives to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. Account lists items such as room and board accommodations, transportation costs, telegraph costs, and other incidental expenses.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_10
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-06-16
Date(s): 1875-06-16
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: Communication encloses the report of operative Robert J. Linden, who has been assigned to investigate men suspected of committing depredations on company roads. The operative is at Shenandoah City, Schuylkill County, Pa., and is awaiting an opportunity to make arrests in the case. The report covers 1875-05-24 to 1875-06-14 and includes details on miners' attitudes toward the current strike.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_02_11
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

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 file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

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 file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

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 file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

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 file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

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 file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

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 file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

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 file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Service and expense account for operative, G. W. P., of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency operatives from 1878-07-28 to 1878-10-19
Date(s): 1878-10-19
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (associated name)
Description: Account totaling $600.54 lists items such as transportation costs, drinks, cigars, 'treating' suspects, and other incidental expenses.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_14
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Molly Maguires : The Origin, Growth, and Character of the Organization
Date(s): 1877
Contributor(s): Dewees, F. P. (Francis Percival) (author)
Collection ID: HD 5325 M6D49 1877
Hagley ID: mollymag_dewees
Collection: Hagley Museum and Library publications archive

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1874-12-11
Date(s): 1874-12-11
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., 1844-1919 (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. The report covers the time period from 1874-11-13 to 1874-12-08. Among other notes, McParlan details local opinions on the Reading Railroad Company and an incident of shots being fired at a Catholic church.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_01_05
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-02-15
Date(s): 1875-02-15
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), 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 to 1875-01-19 to 1875-02-07.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_02_01
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Services rendered and expenses incurred by Pinkerton's National Detective Agency furnishing special guards and investigating depredations in Schuylkill County
Date(s): 1875-10-12
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent)
Description: Expense account for multiple operatives to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. for services rendered and expenses incurred from 1875-07-01 to 1875-09-30. Expenses include items such as room accommodations, postage, transportation costs, laundry, 'treating' suspects to drinks or meals, and other incidentals.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_03_05
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Service and expense account for special investigation in the coal regions from 1878-07-28 to 1878-10-19
Date(s): 1878-10-21
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Account for multiple operatives to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. Account lists items such as room and board accommodations, transportation costs, and other incidental expenses.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_17
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Services rendered and expenses incurred by Pinkerton's National Detective Agency in making investigation of depredations of miners and Molly Maguires against persons and property in the coal regions
Date(s): 1876-12-31
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (associated name)
Description: Service and expense account for multiple operatives to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. totaling $2551.65. Expenses include items such as room accommodations, telegraph costs, transportation costs, laundry, 'treating' suspects to drinks or meals, and other incidentals.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_07
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Services rendered and expenses incurred by Pinkerton's National Detective Agency during Molly Maguires' investigation in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Date(s): 1875-10-11
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent)
Description: Expense account to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. Expenses include items such as room accommodations, postage, transportation costs, laundry, 'treating' suspects to drinks or meals, and other incidentals.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_03_06
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-12-31
Date(s): 1875-12-31
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 continuation of operative James McParlan's report, and the report covers the dates 1875-10-12 to 1875-12-26. Among other updates, the operative details his findings into the planned testimony of witnesses at the murder trial and lists the new passwords for the local Molly Maguires members.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_03_02
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1874-11-13
Date(s): 1874-11-13
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 infiltrate and report on the Molly Maguires. The report includes the time period from 1874-08-27 to 1874-10-22.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_01_04
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

Title: Services rendered and expenses incurred by operatives of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency during investigation of depredations in the coal regions and patrol duty
Date(s): 1875-07-18
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent)
Description: Expense account for multiple operatives to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. for services rendered and expenses incurred. Expenses include items such as room accommodations, postage, transportation costs, laundry, 'treating' suspects to drinks or meals, and other incidentals.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_02_15
Collection: Reading Company file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

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: 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 file related to the Pinkerton Detective Agency

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