1861 Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln

HARPER'S WEEKLY.

[MARCH 9, 1861.

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THE FLIGHT OF ABRAHAM.

(As reported by a Modern Daily Paper.)

(1.) THE ALARM.

"On Thursday night, after he had retired, Mr. LINCOLN was aroused, and informed that a stranger desired to see him on a matter of life and death. * * * A conversation elicited the fact that an organized body of men had determined that Mr. LINCOLN should never leave the City of Baltimore alive. * * * Statesmen laid the plan, Bankers indorsed it, and Adventurers were to carry it into effect "

(2.) THE COUNCIL.

"Mr. LINCOLN did not want to yield, and his friends cried with indignation. But they insisted, and he left."

(3.) THE SPECIAL TRAIN.

" He wore a Scotch plaid Cap and a very long Military Cloak, so that he was entirely unrecognizable."

(4.) THE OLD COMPLAINT.

" Mr. LINCOLN, accompanied byMr. SEWARD, paid his respects to President BUCHANAN, spending a few minutes in general conversation."

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