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The United States Secret Service in the late war compromising the author's introduction to the leading men at Washington, with the origin and organization of the United States Secret Service Bureau, and the graphic history of rich and exciting experiences, north and south. Perilous adventures, hairbreadth escapes, and valuable services of the detective police by General La Fayette C. Baker, organizer and first chief of the National Secret Service Bureau of the United States, etc. Embellished with a profuse galaxy of magnifcent full-page illustrations of exquisite beauty. Engraved on steel, wood, and stone by our special corps of artists including F.B. Scheel, E. B. Bensell, J.M. Butler and others. Copyright by John E. Potter and Company 1890. Grey blue cover with various "American" illustrations. 1958.6.1
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