Author: Historical Records Survey (Wash.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Washington
Author: Historical Records Survey (Wash.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Lincoln's Secret Spy
Author: Jane SingerPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493017381
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
A month after Lincoln’s assassination, William Alvin Lloyd arrived in Washington, DC, to press a claim against the federal government for money due him for serving as the president’s spy in the Confederacy. Lloyd claimed that Lincoln personally had issued papers of transit for him to cross into the South, a salary of $200 a month, and a secret commission as Lincoln’s own top-secret spy. The claim convinced Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt—but was it true? Before the war, Lloyd hawked his Southern Steamboat and Railroad Guide wherever he could, including the South, which would have made him a perfect operative for the Union. By 1861, though, he needed cash, so he crossed enemy lines to collect debts owed by advertising clients in Dixie. Officials arrested and jailed him, after just a few days in Memphis, for bigamy. But Lloyd later claimed it was for being a suspected Yankee spy. After bribing his way out, he crisscrossed the Confederacy, trying to collect enough money to stay alive. Between riding the rails he found time to marry plenty of unsuspecting young women only ditch them a few days later. His behavior drew the attention of Confederate detectives, who nabbed him in Savannah and charged him as a suspected spy. But after nine months, they couldn’t find any incriminating evidence or anyone to testify against him, so they let him go. A free but broken man, Lloyd continued roaming the South, making money however he could. In May 1865, he went to Washington with an extraordinary claim and little else: a few coached witnesses, a pass to cross the lines signed “A. Lincoln” (the most forged signature in American history), and his own testimony. So was he really Lincoln’s secret agent or nothing more than a notorious con man? Find out in this completely irresistible, high-spirited historical caper.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Marriage and Divorce, 1867-1906: General tables
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Divorce
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
Red Book
Author: Alice EichholzPublisher: Ancestry Publishing
ISBN: 9781593311667
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.
The Handybook for Genealogists
Author: George B. EvertonPublisher: Everton Publishing
ISBN: 9781890895068
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
CD-Rom is word-searchable copy of the text.
The Carr Family Records
Author: Edson Irving CarrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carr family
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
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Author: DePauw University