03-16-2015, 07:07 AM
That's right Roger. Congratulations! Your prize is a fee admittance to the candle light tour of Lincoln's New Salem
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(bring your own candle)
From the book - Crowns of Thorns and Glory.
"He (Jefferson Davis) wore himself out and came down with laryngitis and a severely painful and dangerous inflammation of the eyes that confined him to a dark room for two months and eventually cost him the sight in one eye....The one who surprised her (Varina Davis) with his constant concern however, was William Seward. The more she knew him the better she liked him, and the more he puzzled her....Seward asked about every symptom and was upset when he learned that there was a possibility that Jefferson might lose an eye. "There is an earnest, tender interest in his manner which was unmistakably genuine," she wrote. "He was thoroughly sympathetic to human suffering, and would do most unexpected kindness to those who would have anticipated the opposite only."
I've just started reading this book, and it's pretty good.
https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/v...run_portal
(bring your own candle)
From the book - Crowns of Thorns and Glory.
"He (Jefferson Davis) wore himself out and came down with laryngitis and a severely painful and dangerous inflammation of the eyes that confined him to a dark room for two months and eventually cost him the sight in one eye....The one who surprised her (Varina Davis) with his constant concern however, was William Seward. The more she knew him the better she liked him, and the more he puzzled her....Seward asked about every symptom and was upset when he learned that there was a possibility that Jefferson might lose an eye. "There is an earnest, tender interest in his manner which was unmistakably genuine," she wrote. "He was thoroughly sympathetic to human suffering, and would do most unexpected kindness to those who would have anticipated the opposite only."
I've just started reading this book, and it's pretty good.