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Allan Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton
(August 21, 1819 – July 1, 1884) was a Scottish-American
cooper
,
abolitionist
, detective, and spy, best known for creating the
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
in the United States and his claim to have foiled a plot in 1861 to assassinate president-elect
Abraham Lincoln
. During the
Civil War
, he provided the
Union Army
– specifically General
George B. McClellan
of the
Army of the Potomac
– with military intelligence, including extremely inaccurate enemy troop strength numbers. After the war, his agents played a significant role as
strikebreaker
s – in particular during the
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
– a role that Pinkerton men would continue to play after the death of their founder.
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The Molly Maguires and the detectives
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Pinkerton
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Allan
Published 1905
G.W. Dillingham
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The Molly Maguires and the detectives
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Pinkerton
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Allan
Published 1887
G.W. Dillingham
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Thirty years a detective
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Pinkerton
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Allan
Published 1884
Historical Pub. Co
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Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Mr Henry Miller minister of the gospel at Neilston, and Allan Pinkerton mason and wright at Neilston-kir...
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Millar, Henry
Published 1769
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