A Personal Spy?

[L Verge]

We are selling a new book on Spies in Washington, DC during various periods of the nation's history. Chapter 2 is about 12 pages of blurb-type histories on various ones related to the Civil War.

There is mention there (with no source notes) that Mr. Lincoln had his own personal spy, a gentleman named Lloyd (first name William? I'll verify that later). According to the authors, Mr. Lloyd was paid $200/month.

Has anyone ever read this before and researched its veracity?

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(03-08-2017 07:53 PM)L Verge Wrote:  We are selling a new book on Spies in Washington, DC during various periods of the nation's history. Chapter 2 is about 12 pages of blurb-type histories on various ones related to the Civil War.

There is mention there (with no source notes) that Mr. Lincoln had his own personal spy, a gentleman named Lloyd (first name William? I'll verify that later). According to the authors, Mr. Lloyd was paid $200/month.

Has anyone ever read this before and researched its veracity?

I just answered my own question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alvin_Lloyd

Has anyone researched anything further as far as his veracity? He seems to have gotten some compensation from higher-ups...

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(03-08-2017 07:53 PM)L Verge Wrote:  We are selling a new book on Spies in Washington, DC during various periods of the nation's history. Chapter 2 is about 12 pages of blurb-type histories on various ones related to the Civil War.

There is mention there (with no source notes) that Mr. Lincoln had his own personal spy, a gentleman named Lloyd (first name William? I'll verify that later). According to the authors, Mr. Lloyd was paid $200/month.

Has anyone ever read this before and researched its veracity?

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(03-08-2017 07:53 PM)L Verge Wrote:  We are selling a new book on Spies in Washington, DC during various periods of the nation's history. Chapter 2 is about 12 pages of blurb-type histories on various ones related to the Civil War.

There is mention there (with no source notes) that Mr. Lincoln had his own personal spy, a gentleman named Lloyd (first name William? I'll verify that later). According to the authors, Mr. Lloyd was paid $200/month.

Has anyone ever read this before and researched its veracity?

I just answered my own question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alvin_Lloyd

Has anyone researched anything further as far as his veracity? He seems to have gotten some compensation from higher-ups...

More info: http://www.civilwarhome.com/lloydbio.htm

[Gene C]

Laurie, is this what you may be referring to?
https://www.amazon.com/Lincolns-Secret-S...1493008102

We talked about this briefly a couple of years ago
http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussio...-2016.html

[RJNorton]

There is an interview with Jane Singer here.

[L Verge]

(03-09-2017 05:08 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  There is an interview with Jane Singer here.

OMG - senility is really setting in! When Joan Chaconas asked if I had ever heard of Lloyd, I said yes, but couldn't remember where. To be reminded here that a book was written on him by my dear friend Jane Singer is totally embarrassing. Thanks, everyone.

[BettyO]

Looks really good! Wish we could see Jane more often ...Laurie, maybe have Jane as a speaker at the Conference next year?!

[L Verge]

Jane has been a speaker before at our conferences. Not sure that she has something new and different that she's working on. She's been busy on a multiple book deal for the past few years, I believe.