Editing Allan Pinkerton

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{{Character Infobox
|image = Wiki noimage.jpg
|birth = 25 August 1819<br>{{Wiki|Glasgow}}, [[Scotland]]
|death = 1 July 1884 {{c|aged 64}}<br>[[Chicago]], {{Wiki|Illinois}}, [[United States]]
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = [[Pinkerton|Pinkerton Agency]]
}}
'''Allan J. Pinkerton''' (1819 – 1884) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy. He is also the founder of the [[Pinkerton|Pinkerton National Detective Agency]].

==Biography==
In 1850, Pinkerton founded his own detective agency, initially specializing in foiling train robberies and counterfeiting cases. Following saving President [[Abraham Lincoln]] from an assassination attempt, Pinkerton was hired full-time to act as his secret service.<ref name="LDL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus 1|Issue #01]]</ref>

On 3 October 1862, Pinkerton met with President Lincoln and Major General {{Wiki|John Alexander McClernand|John A. McClernand}}, upon the main eastern theater of the {{Wiki|Battle of Antietam}}.<ref name="LDL" />

Pinkerton's agency quickly garnered a reputation by the 1870s as the largest private law enforcement organization in the world.<ref name="LDL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus 1|Issue #01]]</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus]]''

==References==
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