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The '''Baltimore Plot''' was an alleged conspiracy in late February 1861 to assassinate [[President-elect]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] ''en route'' to his [[First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln|inauguration]]. [[Allan Pinkerton]], founder of the [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency]], played a key role by managing Lincoln's security throughout the journey. Though scholars debate whether or not the threat was real, clearly Lincoln and his advisors believed th(contracted; show full)

Newspapers of all parties mocked Lincoln's actions. In a ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine, historical)|Vanity Fair]]'' cartoon, the kilt was traded for a dress the president had borrowed from his wife. By the time Abraham Lincoln arrived in Washington, he was the laughing stock of the entire country.<ref>{{cite 
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(contracted; show full)ified. There actually was an NYPD officer, [[John Alexander Kennedy]], who claimed to have been the one who uncovered the Baltimore Plot; but, unlike Powell's movie character, he was not actually on scene. Moreover, in real life, Kennedy was the [[New York City Police Commissioner|Superintendent]] of the entire force. In the film, he is depicted as a mere [[detective sergeant]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}

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"The Death Trap"
  , an episode of the 1966–1967 television series ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'', includes the 1861 Baltimore plot, although it also depicts a brief difficulty with the time machine that caused the showing of (an enactment of) the 1865 shooting of Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. The episode depicts a bomb being used in the 1861 Baltimore plot, and has the attempt being plotted by Abolitionists who hope to plunge the nation into a war in which slavery will be ended; the plotters are apparent sympa(contracted; show full)ton, A. (1883). ''The Spy of the Rebellion''; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion. Revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public. Comp. from official reports prepared for President Lincoln, General McClellan and the [[provost-marshal-general]]. New York, G.W. Carleton & Co. (1883)
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