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The Daily Dispatch: January 22, 1864., [Electronic resource] 3 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 22, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Federal Spy system in great Britain (search)
employed by J. & G. Thompson, shipbuilders at Glasgow. It was made in reference to the attempt made by the Yankee spies to suborn them to give evidence that might be used against the steamer Pampero: "On the 17th day of October last Mr. Archibald Brodie, formerly carver and gilder, Buchanan street, Glasgow, called at my house in Govan, proposing to sell carved trusses, &c. On the Tuesday following he called again about the trusses: but before he left he introduced the subject of the steamshould write my decision on the subject to him, which I did declining the offer. On the following Monday, at two o'clock, while proceeding home to my dinner, I was informed a gentleman wanted me in a tavern in Govan, and on going there I found Mr. Brodie waiting, with my letter in his hand. He then begged me to reconsider the matter; but having obtained sufficient information to put my employers on their guard against these parties, I did not wait to discuss the matter, but shortly declined th