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Who is this person?
08-16-2023, 05:07 AM
Post: #1861
RE: Who is this person?
Duff Armstrong

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08-16-2023, 08:24 AM
Post: #1862
RE: Who is this person?
Good job, Gene! You are correct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff_Armstrong
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08-16-2023, 09:09 AM (This post was last modified: 08-16-2023 09:13 AM by David Lockmiller.)
Post: #1863
RE: Who is this person?
(08-16-2023 08:24 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Good job, Gene! You are correct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff_Armstrong

Upon learning of the murder charge, Lincoln wrote to Jack's Armstrong's widow, Hannah:

"I have just heard of your deep affliction, and the arrest of your son for murder. I can hardly believe he can be capable of the crime alleged against him. It does not seem possible. I am anxious that he should be given a fair trial at any rate; and gratitude for your long-continued kindness to me in adverse circumstances prompts me to offer my humble services gratuitously in his behalf. It will afford me an opportunity to requite, in a small degree, the favors I received at your hand, and that of your lamented husband, when your roof afforded me a grateful shelter, without money and without price."

— Abraham Lincoln's letter to Hannah Armstrong,

Armstrong went on to join the Union forces in the American Civil War. He became ill in 1863 and, at his mother's request, Lincoln arranged for Armstrong's discharge.

"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch
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09-19-2023, 07:24 AM
Post: #1864
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This is a statue of whom?

[Image: statue1000.jpg]
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09-19-2023, 07:50 AM
Post: #1865
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Elijah Lovejoy?
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09-19-2023, 09:08 AM (This post was last modified: 09-19-2023 09:09 AM by Gene C.)
Post: #1866
RE: Who is this person?
Fido says it looks like Gideon Welles

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09-19-2023, 10:48 AM
Post: #1867
RE: Who is this person?
I second Gene. Years ago I attended a conference in Hartford, Connecticut. It's on the State Capitol building?
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09-19-2023, 01:15 PM
Post: #1868
RE: Who is this person?
Good try, Steve, but Fido and Anita are correct. Indeed it is Gideon Welles.

"A marble statue of Gideon Welles was placed on the Connecticut State Capitol building’s facade ca. 1933 to commemorate his achievements both within the state and as Secretary of the Navy."

http://connecticuthistory.org/gideon-wel...s-cabinet/
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10-31-2023, 07:33 AM
Post: #1869
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No googling please.

What is the name of the person who said this?

"Mr. Lincoln does not have character enough for integrity and truth..."
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10-31-2023, 09:32 AM
Post: #1870
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Peter Cartwright ?

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10-31-2023, 10:00 AM
Post: #1871
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Excellent guess, Gene, but it was not Cartwright.
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10-31-2023, 01:23 PM
Post: #1872
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Did this person live during Lincoln's time?
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10-31-2023, 02:02 PM
Post: #1873
RE: Who is this person?
(10-31-2023 01:23 PM)Anita Wrote:  Did this person live during Lincoln's time?

Yes.
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10-31-2023, 02:06 PM
Post: #1874
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Gen. George McClellan?
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10-31-2023, 04:10 PM
Post: #1875
RE: Who is this person?
That is a thoughtful guess, Anita, but it's incorrect.
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