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Secret service

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Louis P. Stone Letter

 Item — Box BW 57: [Barcode: X032668454], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16858
Content Description This collection contains a letter from Louis P. Stone (1843-1903) to Colonel Tracy describing his exploits as a U.S. Secret Service operative and requesting payment for his services. Stone was a U.S. Secret Service operative during the first two years of the Civil War. The "Secret Service," before officially inaugurated as the investigative branch of the Treasury Department in 1865, was the unofficial name for the intelligence services in the Union Army. The letter contains Stone's account...
Dates: 1863 May 3