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Following the Civil War, counterfeiting of U.S. currency was a problem.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mihalek |first1=Donald J. |title=How the investigation into Trump's attempted assassination may play out: ANALYSIS |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/investigation-trumps-attempted-assassination-play-analysis/story?id=112221550 |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=24 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Abraham Lincoln established a commission to make recommendations to remedy the problem. According to writer Joshua D Glawson, the day that Abraham Lincoln signed the approval of starting the Secret Service, Lincoln was shot.<ref>{{cite news |title=America’s Fiat Money Gestapo: The Untold History of the Secret Service |last=Glawson |first=Joshua D |url=https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2024/01/05/americas-fiat-money-gestapo-the-untold-history-of-the-secret-service-002915}}</ref> The Secret Service was later established on July 5, 1865, in [[Washington, D.C.]]{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} Chief [[William P. Wood]] was sworn in by [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Hugh McCulloch]]. It was commissioned in [[Washington, D.C.]] as the "Secret Service Division" of the Department of the Treasury with the mission of suppressing counterfeiting. At the time, the only other federal law enforcement agencies were the [[United States Customs Service]], the [[United States Park Police]], the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Post Office Department]]'s Office of Instructions and Mail Depredations (now known as the [[United States Postal Inspection Service]]), and the [[United States Marshals Service]].