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On the 1861 assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln...
On the 1861 assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln...
Item # 700742
February 28, 1861
THE CIRCULAR, Oneida, New York, Feb. 28, 1861 Page 3 has a report: "Mr. Lincoln In Washington" noting in part: "Considerable surprise & excitement were occasioned through the country by the report...that Mr. Lincoln had arrived in Washington...and that his sudden departure from Harrisburg for Washington was made to avoid plots of assassination...a messenger...arrived at Harrisburg & communicated to Mr. Lincoln...of a plot against his life, and recommended him to take an earlier train & travel incognito...he accordingly yielded to the advice of his friends & took a special night train...thus avoiding any plots against his life that may have been on foot..." and a bit more.
Four pages, 12 by 17 inches, good condition.
AI notes: In 1861, an assassination plot against President-elect Lincoln was uncovered in Baltimore. After visiting Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Lincoln secretly changed his route and, with Pinkerton’s help, safely bypassed the threat, arriving in Washington, D.C., unharmed.
Category: Yankee
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