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Ethnic relations -- Connecticut -- Litchfield

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Pinkerton investigation Into the arson of J. Warren Goddard's properties statements and correspondence

1958-26-0

 Fonds
Identifier: 1958-26-0
Content Description This collection consists of statements and correspondence relating to the Pinkerton National Detective Agency investigation into the arson of J. Warren Goddard's properties on North Lake St., Litchfield, on May 3, 1884. A barn was destroyed and a house was damaged. There are a total of five statements, two of which were made by African-Americans, and five reports signed "Allan Pinkerton" mailed to Goddard. It cannot be determined if Pinkerton actually wrote the reports or if his...
Dates: 1884