^#1774 ^Lot 1834 Allan Pinkerton

Head of the Union Intelligence Service during the Civil War who later founded the first detective agency, the Pinkerton Agency, whose open-eye logo is thought to have been the inspiration for the phrase ‘private eye.’ Manuscript DS, one page, 9 x 13.75, March 20, 1875. A contract for the publication of Claude Melnotte and other detective stories in ?an edition of at least three thousand copies,? from which Pinkerton is to receive a royalty of ten cents a copy. Signed at the conclusion by Pinkerton. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, with several light creases through signature, mild toning, and mounting remannts to reverse.