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10-21-2023, 05:39 PM
Post: #4276
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
No googling please.
Knox College conferred on Abraham Lincoln an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on July 3, 1860. In 1861 Columbia University did the same. In 1864 what additional educational institution gave an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to President Lincoln? |
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10-22-2023, 03:31 PM
Post: #4277
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Given Robert's attendance, I would say Harvard.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln in 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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10-22-2023, 03:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-26-2023 01:04 PM by Anita.)
Post: #4278
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
You beat me to it Rob so my second guess is Columbia University, NY
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10-22-2023, 04:07 PM
Post: #4279
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Those are very logical responses, but neither is correct.
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10-22-2023, 04:37 PM
Post: #4280
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
It was a US university?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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10-22-2023, 05:49 PM
Post: #4281
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10-22-2023, 06:27 PM
Post: #4282
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Did it have anything to do with the Morrill Act? In other words, was it a land-grant college?
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln in 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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10-22-2023, 07:11 PM
Post: #4283
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Is it in New Jersey or Pennsylvania?
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10-23-2023, 05:31 AM
Post: #4284
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
New Jersey.
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10-23-2023, 01:35 PM
Post: #4285
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Princeton?
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln in 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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10-23-2023, 02:56 PM
Post: #4286
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
That's it, Rob, and credit also to Anita for narrowing down the state.
https://www.princetonianamuseum.org/refe...fbc67880b7 |
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10-23-2023, 04:00 PM
Post: #4287
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
(10-23-2023 02:56 PM)RJNorton Wrote: That's it, Rob, and credit also to Anita for narrowing down the state. Great question Roger! I see that Princeton was the correct answer. I did not know this and looked up some info after I saw the correct answer. Here is another interesting link I found: https://universityarchives.princeton.edu...s-lincoln/ This site has a scan of the 1864 letter that Roger posted about above as well as some other information and resource links. |
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10-23-2023, 05:01 PM
Post: #4288
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
And here is the letter Mr. MacLean sent to Lincoln regarding the honorary degree:
https://www.loc.gov/resource/mal.3939500/?st=grid |
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11-07-2023, 02:36 PM
Post: #4289
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
No googling please.
Who wrote the following: “I shall not easily forget the first time I ever saw Abraham Lincoln... From the top of an omnibus (driven up on side, close by, and blocked by the curbstone and the crowds) I had, I say, a capital view of it all and especially of Mr. Lincoln: his looks and gait; his perfect composure and coolness; his unusual and uncouth height; his dress of complete black, stovepipe hat pushed back on his head; dark-brown complexion; seamed and wrinkled yet canny-looking face; black, bush head of hair; disproportionately long neck; and his hands held behind, as he stood observing the people.” |
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11-07-2023, 03:58 PM
Post: #4290
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Was this person's observations made before or after Lincoln became President?
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