Hattie Lawton with fellow, Union, Pinkerton agent, Timothy Webster, before his execution by hanging, in Richmond, Virginia, for wartime espionage, from the 1882 book, The Spy of the Rebellion: Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army During the Late Rebellion..., by Allan Pinkerton
Born
c. 1837
Died
(aged ?)
Nationality
American
Other names
Hattie H. Lawton, Hattie Lewis Lawton
Occupation(s)
detective, spy
Known for
Female detective, in the Pinkerton Detective Agency's Female Detective Bureau and Union spy in the American Civil War
Hattie Lawton, also known as Hattie H. Lawton,[1]Hattie Lewis,[2][3] and Hattie Lewis Lawton[4] was an American detective, who worked for Allan Pinkerton, of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Lawton may have been born around 1837,[5] although most details of her life, before and after the American Civil War, are unknown. "[Hattie] Lawton was part of Pinkerton's Female Detective Bureau, formed in 1860 to 'worm out secrets' by means unavailable to male detectives."[6]
^Cuthbert, Norma Barrett (1949). Lincoln and the Baltimore Plot, 1861: From Pinkerton Records and Related Papers. San Marino, California: Huntington Library. p. 4.
^Cite error: The named reference lifeandex was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Recko, Corey (2019). "Hattie Lewis, a Pinkerton Operative and Civil War Spy". Archived from the original on May 14, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
^Fishel 1996, pp. 131.
^Quarles, Benjamin (1953). The Negro in the Civil War. Boston: Russell & Russell. p. 89.
^Rhoades, Priscilla (August 2002). "The Women of Castle Thunder". The Kudzu Monthly. Archived from the original on September 27, 2008.
HattieLawton, also known as Hattie H. Lawton, Hattie Lewis, and Hattie Lewis Lawton was an American detective, who worked for Allan Pinkerton, of the...
1998 movie Madeline HattieLawton (c. 1837–?), American Civil War Union spy and detective in Pinkerton's Female Detective Bureau Hattie Leslie (allegedly...
who died in Onarga in 1860. In early 1861, Pinkerton sent Webster and HattieLawton to pose as a Southern gentleman and wife (Mrs. Webster) in the Baltimore...
For the Bureau, she recruited women such as Elizabeth H. Baker and HattieLawton to be agents. In 1861, Allan Pinkerton was hired by Samuel H. Felton...
Edmonds Timothy Webster Allan Pinkerton John Scobell Grenville Dodge HattieLawton Pryce Lewis Alexander Keith, Jr. Annie Jones Antonia Ford Belle Boyd...
Civilization 4 Beyond The Sword.[citation needed] American Civil War spies HattieLawton Kate Warne The date in the Boyd Family Bible is May 4, 1844 (Scarbrough...
Mexico, and the Caribbean region. Other Pinkerton detectives included HattieLawton, who posed as Webster's wife, Warne was also said to be instrumental...
Allan Pinkerton John Wilkes Booth Ward Hill Lamon George Proctor Kane HattieLawton Cuthbert, Norma Barrett (ed.). Lincoln and the Baltimore Plot, 1861...
Dodge Sarah Emma Edmonds Abraham Galloway Philip Henson William J. LawtonHattieLawton Pryce Lewis Allan Pinkerton Albert D. Richardson John Scobell Harriet...
Pinkerton's best agent, on missions into Virginia and also with Mrs. HattieLawton, Pinkerton's best female operative. Scobell is credited with providing...
Richmond, Virginia, to investigate the status of Timothy Webster and HattieLawton, two of Pinkerton's top agents who had ceased communication with the...
Emmett O'Connor as Officer Tim Harrigan Jed Prouty as William Underhill Hattie McDaniel as Ambrosia Ferdinand Gottschalk as John Atherton Ellen Drew as...
decides, after discussing current circumstances with his housekeeper slave Hattie (Goodwin) and friend Jeff (Tobey) (a Confederate Colonel), to blow up a...
from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.; Garlick, Hattie (11 October 2021). "How to do the Prince Charles diet – and eat the perfect...
three people in apartments after reports of sniper fire. Rebecca Brown 29 Hattie Gainer 53 July 15, 1967 William Furr 25 Newark, New Jersey Police shot Furr...
Lenehan, Bob Minor, Christopher Liam Moore, Arnetia Walker, Spice Williams, Hattie Winston, Reginald T. Dorsey, Carlos Cervantes, Stuart Proud Eagle Grant...
Shepherd, Magda Szubanski, Edward de Souza, Paul Antony-Barber, Jason Watkins, Hattie Morahan, Ian McKellen, Freddie Highmore, Ian McShane, Kathy Bates, Kristin...
Stephen McHattie, Tracy Melchior, Bronson Pinchot, Gil Hill, Jon Tenney, Lindsey Ginter, Dan Martin, Louis Lombardi, Michael Bowen, Al Green, Hattie Winston...
Muriel Hazel Wright Frank Hall Wright Mary Wallace Anna Ludlow Allen Wright Hattie Wright Clara Eddy Richards Katherine Morris James Brookes Wright One of...
from Apportionment December 19, 1905 322 388 Authorizing Reinstatement of Hattie R. McMullin to Position in Interior Department After Without Regard to Civil...
in 1904, where she studied under William Merritt Chase, Albert Herter, Lawton S. Parker, and Frank Duveneck. From 1905 to 1925, Benton exhibited at the...
Global Information