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RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 10-31-2023 04:29 PM
I was going to support Anita but thought I'd wait.
How about JW Booth?
(though not sure he'd have said "Mr" but the quote may have been cleaned)
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 10-31-2023 05:15 PM
Makes sense, Michael, but it wasn't JWB.
RE: Who is this person? - Anita - 10-31-2023 05:36 PM
Your question used Mr. Lincoln instead of President Lincoln so it could be be Frederick Douglas.
Douglas was known to attack Lincoln's character the Lincoln Douglas debates.
RE: Who is this person? - Steve - 10-31-2023 05:43 PM
Anita, I think you meant to say Stephen Douglas instead of Frederick Douglass
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 10-31-2023 06:17 PM
Clement Vallandigham ?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 11-01-2023 04:26 AM
Steve is correct, Anita, but you figured it out. Yes, it was Stephen A. Douglas. Douglas said this during the Ottawa debate on August 21, 1858.
RE: Who is this person? - Anita - 11-01-2023 01:09 PM
OOPs! Yes, I meant Stephen Douglas.
RE: Who is this person? - Anita - 12-10-2023 03:55 PM
No Googling please.
Lincoln wrote in a letter,
"Without supposing that you and I are any nearer together, politically, than heretofore, allow me to tender you my sincere thanks for your Union resolution, expressive of views upon which we never were, and, I trust, never will be at variance. Yours very truly A. LINCOLN.
1. To whom was this letter written?
2. What was the reason for the "sincere thanks?
3. What was the date?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 12-10-2023 04:50 PM
I'll guess the person was Stephen Douglas.
RE: Who is this person? - Anita - 12-10-2023 05:26 PM
Logical guess Roger but it's not Stephen Douglas.
Hint 1: He was a politician.
Hint 2: Knowing the date helps
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 12-11-2023 08:05 AM
Andrew Johnson ?
RE: Who is this person? - Anita - 12-11-2023 10:55 AM
It's not Andrew Johnson.
This person may not be as well known as others mentioned on this forum so here are more hints.
Hint 3: He was a Congressman from Ohio.
Hint 4: The date is Christmas Eve 1860.
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 12-11-2023 01:00 PM
John Sherman - Williams brother ?
RE: Who is this person? - Anita - 12-11-2023 02:54 PM
Good guess but it's not John Sherman.
Hint 5: He was a Democratic member of Congress from Quincy, Il.
Hint 6: He offered a resolution in the House of Representatives Dec. 1860.
RE: Who is this person? - Anita - 12-12-2023 11:20 AM
Time to reveal that the person Lincoln was writing is Isaac N. Morris.
The reason for the "sincere thanks" is apparent here.
ALS, owned by Edward C. Stone, Boston, Massachusetts. On December 17, Isaac N. Morris, Democratic member of congress from Quincy, Illinois, had offered a resolution in the House of Representatives, reading in part as follows: `` . . . That we properly estimate the immense value of our national Union to our collective and individual happiness . . . cherish a cordial . . . attachment to it . . . will watch its preservation with jealous anxiety . . . that we have seen nothing in the past, nor . . . present, either in the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency . . . or from any other existing cause, to justify its dissolution; that we regard its perpetuity as of more value than the temporary triumph of any party or any man. . . . '' (Illinois State Journal, December 19, 1860). The resolution passed 115 to 44.
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
https://thelincolnlog.org/Results.aspx?type=CalendarDay&day=1860-12-24