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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, January 29, 1859, 2.
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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.