page_title: Allan Pinkerton
hierarchical_section_title: Allan Pinkerton
caption_attribution_description: English: Allan Pinkerton. 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount&#160;: albumen.
context_page_description: Allan J. Pinkerton was a Scottish–American detective and spy. He was best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. He was known for protecting then-President-elect of the United States Abraham Lincoln during the Baltimore Plot.
context_section_description: Allan J. Pinkerton (25 August 1819 – 1 July 1884) was a Scottish–American detective and spy. He was best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. He was known for protecting then-President-elect of the United States Abraham Lincoln during the Baltimore Plot (a plan to kill Lincoln in Baltimore, Maryland in 1862).
caption: Portrait of Allan Pinkerton, circa 1861
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