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Portal:Baltimore Plot
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)
[[Image:Plot-kill-lincoln-1861 Picture2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Flight of Abraham", ''[[Harper's Weekly]]'', March 9, 1861.]]
[[Image:Maclincoln harrisburg Highland fling.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"The MacLincoln Harrisburg Highland Fling", ''[[Vanity Fair (American magazine 1859-1863)|Vanity Fair]]'', March 9, 1861.]]
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Many historians believe that Pinkerton’s perception of an assassination plot was incorrect and Lincoln came to regret that he had slipped through the city unannounced.<!-- Is the statement about Lincoln's regret a separate 'sentence', or is it merely part of what many historians believe? --><ref>{{cite web|url=http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/000001/000000/000015/html/t15.html |title=Baltimore, Allan Pinkerton, and the Plot to Assassinate President Lincoln, 1861 |publisher=Te(contracted; show full)==See also==
*[[American Civil War spies]]
*[[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln]]
*[[Charles Van Wyck]]
*[[List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots]]

==References==

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===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
*Cuthbert, Norma Barrett (ed.). ''Lincoln and the Baltimore Plot, 1861.'' (1949)
*Evitts, William J., ''A Matter of Allegiances- Maryland from 1850-1861''(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press,1974)
*Flight of Abraham. Woodcut engraving from Harper's Weekly, New York, March 9, 1861.
*Harper, Robert S., Lincoln and the Press. (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. New York, 1951.)
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[[fr:Complot de Baltimore]]