Private investigation

Scope and Contents This collection contains one volume of minutes of the Newton and Spring Valley Horse Thief Detective Company meetings held from March, 1864 to September, 1873. The election of officers, the names of men considered for membership, payment of dues, amendments to the group's constitution, and members absent from meetings are some of the information recorded. The volume entries initially refer to the group as the Newton Horse Thief Detecting Company (one meeting referred to it as the "West"...