Pinkerton Correspondence – Scranton (PA) Strike

AOH-0216 AOH Archival Repositories

Pinkerton Correspondence – Scranton (PA) Strike

(1877)

Letter (dated August 30, 1877) addressed to E. B. Sturges from Benjamin Franklin, Superintendent of the Philadelphia office of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The letter relates to the Pinkerton investigation of the general strike in Scranton, Pa. Franklin notes than an Irish operative was infiltrating the local chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

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Catalog details

Catalog ID: AOH-0216
Date: (1877)
Repository: Scranton, University of Scranton, PA
State: Pennsylvania
Material type: Archival Repositories
Era: 1850–1899
Organization: AOH

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Pinkerton Correspondence – Scranton (PA) Strike, 1877. Scranton, University of, Scranton, PA. https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/collection/data/1038798379. AOH Online Archive (archive.aoh.com), AOH-0216. Accessed August 30, 2026.

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