Lincoln Discussion Symposium

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John Nicolay ?

I was going to guess Nicolay's compatriot, Mr. Hay.

Here's some interesting information to back up whoever said it (if it refers to the billeting in the Capitol): https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ol-at-war/

This is one of the very few handwritings of the "story" I can read, so I'm, too, guessing a secretary. I think Hay was the younger one, and this looks rather like written by a young man.

All are good guesses, but none correct.

Hint #1: The correct answer is a person definitely known to this forum. It's not a new name.

Julia Taft Bayne?

Nope, Susan, it was not Julia Taft Bayne.

Mary's "Cousin Lizzie" Grimsley.

Male or female?

Fanny Seward?

Anita and Eva, it is neither of those folks.

Laurie, the correct answer is male.

Was he young at the time he wrote/observed this? (My definition of young = 30 or younger.)

Not that young but - Walt Whitman? (Although he possibly /likely wasn't in DC then.)

The "Prince of Rails"?

Nope, Steve, it was not Robert Lincoln.

Eva, yes, the right answer was under 30 when he wrote those lines. It's not Walt Whitman.

elmer ellsworth?

Was my next Idea, too?!

Gene C

L Verge

Eva Elisabeth

RJNorton

Susan Higginbotham

RJNorton

Anita

L Verge

Eva Elisabeth

RJNorton

Eva Elisabeth

Steve

RJNorton

mbgross

Eva Elisabeth