Mrs. Lincoln: A Life

[Eva Elisabeth]

Lamon was one of the ones who pressed Lincoln the most to improve his security.According to A. Pinkerton, on the Philadelphia/Baltimore/Washington leg of the inaugration trip, W. Lamon offered A. Lincoln a pistol and bowie knife, but “I [Pinkerton] at once protested saying that I would not for the world have it said that Mr. Lincoln had to enter the National Capital armed.”