Pinkerton's National Detective Agency reports, 1877.

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Pinkerton's National Detective Agency reports, 1877.

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Sixteen manuscripts from the Pinkerton Agency, including fourteen detectives' reports, a typescript copy of the initiation ritual for a labor organization, and a printed list of members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The detectives' reports concern investigations of individuals and organizations in Scranton, Pa. from August, 1877 to February, 1878. Efforts to identify participants and leaders in a city riot are described at length. A "Special Report" dated February, 1878 discusses the formation of a murder committee within the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

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Pinkerton's National Detective Agency

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Biographical Notes and Organizational History Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) 1819, Aug. 25 Born, Glasgow, Scotland 1842 Married Joan Carfrae Fled to North America fearing arrest for activities in Chartist Movement, residing first in Mont...

Ancient Order of Hibernians

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The Ancient Order of Hibernians is a Catholic, Irish-American fraternal organization founded in New York City in 1836. Inspired by the Irish organization of the same name created in the 16th Century to sustain the Catholic faith in the face of English opposition, the American Hibernians sought to protect clergy and church property from Anti-Catholic 'Nativist' Americans and their followers. Similarly, the vast influx of Irish Catholic immigrants fleeing the famine in the 1840s prompted the growt...