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Who is this person?
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Who is this person?
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11-09-2019, 08:27 AM
Post: #1726
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RE: Who is this person?
No, Roger. He was not known for his writing; he was known for something else.
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11-09-2019, 11:58 AM
Post: #1727
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RE: Who is this person?
Charles Dwight Hess?
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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11-09-2019, 02:31 PM
Post: #1728
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RE: Who is this person?
Good try, Rob, but it's not C.D. Hess.
Hint #2: A different photo of this man was once posted on this forum. |
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11-09-2019, 09:46 PM
Post: #1729
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RE: Who is this person?
Was he an actor?
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11-09-2019, 11:14 PM
Post: #1730
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RE: Who is this person?
William Withers?
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11-10-2019, 04:44 AM
Post: #1731
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RE: Who is this person?
Eva, he was not an actor.
Dave, it's not Withers. Hint #3: While his most famous accomplishment is Lincoln-related, he is known for many other accomplishments as well. |
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11-10-2019, 03:59 PM
Post: #1732
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RE: Who is this person?
Did he design a garden ?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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11-10-2019, 04:25 PM
Post: #1733
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RE: Who is this person?
Am I assuming correctly that Lincoln and the gentleman were contemporaries? Did Lincoln know of the gentleman (due to the gentleman's accomplishments)?
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11-10-2019, 04:31 PM
Post: #1734
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RE: Who is this person?
Michael, yes he did.
Eva, this man was born before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, but Lincoln never knew him or his accomplishments. |
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11-10-2019, 04:39 PM
Post: #1735
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RE: Who is this person?
Walter Travis?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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11-10-2019, 04:59 PM
Post: #1736
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RE: Who is this person?
Michael, it's not Walter Travis.
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11-10-2019, 05:26 PM
Post: #1737
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RE: Who is this person?
Hint #4: Although he did design a garden that was not his claim to fame.
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11-10-2019, 08:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-10-2019 08:06 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #1738
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RE: Who is this person?
Gutzon Borglum?
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11-11-2019, 04:50 AM
Post: #1739
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RE: Who is this person?
Not him, but you are on the right track, Eva.
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11-11-2019, 08:04 AM
Post: #1740
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RE: Who is this person?
Daniel Chester French?
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