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Chasing Lincoln's Killer
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- In one notorious plot of 1861, local rebels schemed to assassinate the president-elect when his railroad train passed through Baltimore on the way to Washington for his first inauguration.†
p. 23.2
- Booth claimed the most notorious part in the plot for himself.†
p. 27.5
- Lafayette Baker, the notorious detective and War Department agent — and a favorite of Stanton's — had been in Washington since April 16.†
p. 156.1 *
- He enjoyed both fame and notoriety for a brief time.†
p. 186.9notoriety = fame for something bad
Definitions:
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(1)
(notorious) well known for something bad
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)