(12-16-2015 07:08 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  

(12-15-2015 07:37 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Mary Lincoln was in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1875. Is this the historic house where she stayed?

I've more than once tried to find a photo from the place she stayed to no avail. All I could find is the following:

Mary Todd Lincoln visited St. Augustine in the winter of 1875 and stayed on Whitney's Island in the San Sebastian River in West Augustine. Her host was the developer of that area, John Whitney. As a newspaper publisher, Whitney had also crusaded to get Congress to provide a pension for Mary.

I couldn't find his 1875 house (maybe Donna can help?), but maybe it was similar to Ortega-MacMillan House on 224 Saint George Street, Saint Augustine, which he owned from
1870-1873:

During her Florida stay, Mary (like Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas Edison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and other VIPs) did a popular steamaboat trip on the Ocklawaha River to Silver Springs. Here are some fascinating photos of the past:
http://studiohourglass.blogspot.de/2012/02/return-to-oklawaha.html?m=1

John Hay BTW owned an orange grove in St. Augustine in the 1860s. It was in the northwest part of Lincolnville in the area of Sanford, Weeden, Bravo and Bridge streets. Hay later sold the grove to Gen. Henry Shelton Sanford, who had been Lincoln's chief diplomat in Europe and US Ambassador to Belgium from 1861-1869, and founded the city of Sanford, FL (which looks gorgeous to me, as does St. Augustine - if you Google pictures...).

(11-20-2016 06:40 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Thomas - it may be a bit different this year. Due to workload and tests (I have started studying vetmed, and it's quite a hard challenge, especially after over a decade of "absence" from serious natural sciences) I am afraid I will not be able to do all alone. Herr Beckert, however, has (sometime ago) kindly offered to assist (and I hope the offer still stands).

My alternative idea/suggestion is a "Xmas break" or Twelve Nights" calendar (Xmas Eve until my birthday, Jan.7) because then I could do easily and myself, too, enjoy the game. I get so little sleep, learning (working) till 3AM most nights, and the last test before the break is Dec.22 (and Dec. 23 I will be busy flying home + shopping for Xmas...). I would really, really prefer the Xmas-break-variant, but feel obliged when it's less appreciated...Maybe y'all could give a feedback - thanks! (Just to illustrate - I spent an average of 40 minutes each Calendar day on doing it nicely, this would delay my sleep to about 4PM...)

(11-20-2016 07:01 PM)L Verge Wrote:  As much as we enjoy learning with your calendar, Eva, I think we all agree that your studies - and your health - come first. If the calendar doesn't get done this year, it doesn't get done. The holidays are hectic for everyone who works, goes to school, or takes care of a family. You deserve the break!

(11-20-2016 07:01 PM)L Verge Wrote:  

(11-20-2016 06:40 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Thomas - it may be a bit different this year. Due to workload and tests (I have started studying vetmed, and it's quite a hard challenge, especially after over a decade of "absence" from serious natural sciences) I am afraid I will not be able to do all alone. Herr Beckert, however, has (sometime ago) kindly offered to assist (and I hope the offer still stands).

My alternative idea/suggestion is a "Xmas break" or Twelve Nights" calendar (Xmas Eve until my birthday, Jan.7) because then I could do easily and myself, too, enjoy the game. I get so little sleep, learning (working) till 3AM most nights, and the last test before the break is Dec.22 (and Dec. 23 I will be busy flying home + shopping for Xmas...). I would really, really prefer the Xmas-break-variant, but feel obliged when it's less appreciated...Maybe y'all could give a feedback - thanks! (Just to illustrate - I spent an average of 40 minutes each Calendar day on doing it nicely, this would delay my sleep to about 4PM...)

As much as we enjoy learning with your calendar, Eva, I think we all agree that your studies - and your health - come first. If the calendar doesn't get done this year, it doesn't get done. The holidays are hectic for everyone who works, goes to school, or takes care of a family. You deserve the break!