Lincoln Discussion Symposium

Hint #2: Although I'm 1000% (yes!!!) sure he's well-known to all forum members, he never met any of the Lincolns (not 100% sure about Robert, but AFAIK they didn't meet either).

Hint #3: He was an author.

Hint #4: He was a friend of someone who was very close to Abraham Lincoln.

George Alfred Townsend?

Very smart guess, Linda, but, sorry, it's not Townsend either.

Hint #5: He was from Indiana, and his father a German immigrant.

Hint #6: The friendship I mentioned in hint #4 began with a letter this gentleman (when he was a college boy) wrote the other person in request for a Lincoln autograph. Later it resulted in a common Lincoln-related project.

I'm running out of hints...

Hint #7: The friend and project-partner of this gentleman is one of the lately on this forum most frequently and hotly debated persons.

I know nothing about this, but I'm just guessing that it is someone who worked with Herndon - Jesse Weik (sp?)?

Excellent, Laurie! It is Jesse Weik!

You win a "Magnetic Poetry Love Kit" - love legends DIY:
http://magneticpoetry.com/collections/es...s/love-kit

You can also practice online:
http://play.magneticpoetry.com/poem/Love/kit/
Please share results!

Cute prize. Thanks. After the day I have gone through at work, however, I am not thinking of love and poetry right now. My thoughts are more in line with words that this forum will automatically ****!

Maybe this will be more in line with your mood

http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.us/elementa...opher.html

It's telling me that page is not available, Gene. But, I did see the word "gopher." Is it a game like WhackaMole? I have actually put human faces on that one and clobbered them over the head - to no avail.

that's it Laurie. Sorry it worked last night, and I can't get the site any more either.

http://www.gamebrew.com/game/whack-mole/play

This isn't quite as good as the other site. The other game is on page 2 of the google search, "whack the gopher game".
It's www.newbedford.k12........

Who is this gentleman?
[attachment=800]

Eva, I have seen this man before and am quite confident in my answer. It's Dr. Henry who tried to help Mary Lincoln deal with her overwhelming sadness after the assassination.

Kudos, Roger, that was solved "stante pede"! He was also A. Lincoln's friend and physician in Springfield. You win a supply of 19th century medicine to equip your medicine chest - but first of all my best wishes for good health at every time so that you'll never need this:

- a bag of pounded slippery elm,
- a box of nanny tea (for those who missed Bill's fascinating article: http://abesblogcabin.org/treatment-of-il...ncolns-day ), and
- a crate of lager beer as Lincoln once drank lager beer for some time on the advice of a physician when he had a cold and needed building up.