1869-03-20, Columbia (S. C.) Daily Phoenix; brief notice that Elizabeth Van Lew, now postmistress of Richmond was a Federal spy during the war
From the Columbia (S. C.) Daily Phoenix, 3/20/1869, p. 3, c. 3
The Miss Van Lew who has been appointed postmistress at Richmond, Va., was a Federal spy during the war, and is said to have furnished Grant repeatedly with valuable information.