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Mercantile Agencies; or, The Japanese Spy-System in New York

"Mercantile Agencies; or, The Japanese Spy-System in New York." New-York Saturday Press. 29 Jan. 1859: 2.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
commentary
Abstract: 

An explanation of mercantile agencies- men employed to spy on competing firms and provide both personal and business information. Their chief objective is concerned with finding out a company's liquidity.