Lincoln Discussion Symposium

Emily Mitchell? (Very, very, very wild guess)

Roger,

Good guess, but it's not her.

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Rob

Caroline Hanks Hitchcock?

Right occupation Roger, but wrong person.

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Rob

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Clue #2.

Of her work, David C. Mearns said "The best things to be said about it are two: 1) she did not propagate the Ann Rutledge idyll, which may indicate that she had never heard of that woodland myth, and 2) that the style is, in a most moving sense, militantly dedicated."

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Rob

Wilma(?) Minor??

Sorry Mr. Hess, but it's not her.

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Rob

Clue #3.

She was the first woman to do what she did in regards to Lincoln.

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Rob

Rev. Phebe Ann Coffin Hannaford.

That is correct, Roger. Phebe Hanaford was a Universalist minister who was the first woman to write a full-scale biography of Lincoln in 1865, beating Tarbell by 35 years. She was quite a character. Good job!

You win one free sermon from the good Rev. Hanaford on the subject of your choice.

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Rob

(10-08-2013, 07:44 AM)Rob Wick Wrote: [ -> ]You win one free sermon from the good Rev. Hanaford on the subject of your choice.

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Rob

Thanks, Rob. If she could do a sermon on the Cubs winning the World Series in my lifetime that would be my wish. Time is running out!

She's only a minister, Roger, not a miracle worker.

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Rob

Who is this gentleman?
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Hint #1: He is somehow linked to the assassination.

William J. Ferguson?

Brilliant, Dave! It's him. Had he lived 23 years longer, he surely would have been Samuel Beckett's first choice for the part of Lucky in "Waiting for Godot":
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(Estragon/Lucky/Vladimir)

Dave, to check this you win tickets for the play at a theater of your choice (don't wait)!