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Mercantile Agencies; or, The Japanese Spy-System in New York. No. IV

A. B. C. "Mercantile Agencies; or, The Japanese Spy-System in New York. No. IV." New-York Saturday Press, March 15, 1859, 4.
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Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

More frequently the practice of spies gathering information on businesses in New York City to sell to competing firms is cropping up. The Saturday Press reprints two articles from other publications that reveal how the practice works.