Charlottesville

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Thank you, Roger, I do remember reading Keckley's comment on Lincoln and Lee. Do the Fehrenbachers give any reasons for why they discount Keckley saying this? Don't they discount other things that she said?

Eva, thanks also for the River Queen excerpt. Frankly, I'm glad that Burlingame thinks that the put-down of Mr. Stephens was "gentle fun." It sounds rather harsh and sarcastic to me, and I would have been tempted to kick him in his knees -- especially because, I believe, Stephens was a frail man due to chronic illness(?). I do like Stephens's response, however, with my apologies to many friends from Illinois.