| Description |
1 online resource (x, 520 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Motive, means and opportunity -- Ace of hearts -- The Lincoln special -- The stock broker -- A message of importance -- The electoral college -- Crossing the river -- Hotel Fountain -- Horace Greeley -- Actors -- The vast and silent crowd -- Facts and phantoms -- The Baltimore plot -- Pinkerton's plan -- The Kossuth hat -- Night train -- An unexpected arrival -- The peace conference -- The Palmetto cockade -- A shirt-tail plot -- Inauguration day -- Defense and prosecution -- The assassin -- Lincoln's inaugural train -- Baltimore, 1861 -- The conspirators' web |
| Summary |
Examines the circumstantial evidence of a plot to kill President-elect Lincoln in Baltimore, including the plot's discovery, possible conspirators, and how the incident tarnished Lincoln's reputation and ultimately led to his death |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-502) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination attempt, 1861
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Travel -- Washington (D.C.)
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Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884.
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| SUBJECT |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 fast |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. sears |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Travel. sears |
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Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. sears |
| Subject |
Conspiracies -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century
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Attempted assassination
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Conspiracies
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Travel
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Political crimes and offenses -- Baltimore (Md.) -- History.
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Maryland -- Baltimore
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Washington (D.C.)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781594165566 |
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1594165564 |
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