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A Little Less Liberty in Liverpool

From The New-York Times November 16, 1861: AMERICAN POLITICAL SPIES IN ENGLAND.; THE GRIEVANCE NOT TO BE BORNE. From the Liverpool Mercury. We had hitherto supposed that Russia was the chief country where political espionage was recognized as an institution, … Continue reading

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