Image: Frick to Carnegie letter about the arming of the Pinkertons

Description: This is a portion of the typed and signed copy of the letter sent to Andrew Carnegie describing the plans and munitions that will be on the barges when the Pinkertons arrive to confront the strikers in Homestead. The sherrif’s department is also described. The date of the letter is July 4, 1892. The highly detailed, digitized and entire copy of this letter is available from the University of Pittsburgh Archives Service Center, The University of Pittsburgh Library System and can be viewed here: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead;type=simple;q1=Henry%20Clay%20Frick;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;size=25;view=reslist;subview=standard;cc=ascead;sort=occur;start=1;didno=US-PPiU-ais200206;focusrgn=contentslist;byte=29484518 The image is part of the The Henry Clay Frick Business Collection containing Fricks business records. The copyrights of the items have expired. The catalog describing the contents of the collection can be accessed here: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead;type=simple;q1=Henry%20Clay%20Frick;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;size=25;view=reslist;subview=standard;cc=ascead;sort=occur;start=1;didno=US-PPiU-ais200206;focusrgn=contentslist;byte=29484518 This image is provided by the Wikipedia Visiting Scholars program at the University of Pittsburgh.
Title: Frick to Carnegie letter about the arming of the Pinkertons
Credit: University of Pittsburgh Archive Service Center, Henry Clay Frick Business Collection, http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead;type=simple;q1=Henry%20Clay%20Frick;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;size=25;view=reslist;subview=standard;cc=ascead;sort=occur;start=1;didno=US-PPiU-ais200206;focusrgn=contentslist;byte=29484518
Author: Henry Clay Frick
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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