To Catch a Thief

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To catch a thief

Steve Twomey describes how a Civil War buff’s chance discovery led to a sting, a raid, and a victory against traffickers in stolen historical documents: “In the fall of 2006, a history devotee named Dean Thomas was surprised by something he saw on eBay, the online auction house. Someone was offering 144-year-old letters sent by munitions companies to Philadelphia’s Frankford Arsenal, a major supplier of the Union Army during the Civil War. How had he missed these?”...Smithsonian, April