I know she eventually settled elsewhere, but something tells me it's France.

Certainly a logical guess, Joe, but it's not France.

Two guesses: Frankfurt, Germany or Leamington, England?

Another logical guess, Reignette, but also not correct.

Hint #1: She spent 7 weeks traveling here.

I'm sure that this is not correct, but if it were me, the answer would be Austria. I love that country and the city of Vienna.

Lots of good guesses so far but none correct.

Hint #2: Of this place Mary wrote, "I can scarcely permit myself to attempt a description."

Scotland?

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Rob

That's it, Rob! Mary wrote about visiting Scotland in a letter to Rhoda White dated August 30, 1869.

You win two free tickets to the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.

Does anyone besides me think that Mary's frequent travels through the countries of Europe may have exacerbated Tad's illness? Tuberculosis ran in my family until modern medicine. I have ancestors from both Scotland and England who came to America to escape the climates that doctors of the 1700s caused the disease. When my great-grandparents were married in Baltimore, she had a touch of the disease. My great-grandfather was working in the city, but was advised to bring his wife to his family's home in Southern Maryland for the fresher air.

During his presidency Abraham Lincoln gave this silver watch to someone. Whom did he give it to?

Dennis Hanks?

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Rob

Another question: which poet said of Lincoln:

"...if the old Greeks had had this man, what trilogies of plays-what epics-would have been made out of him!"

Correct, Rob. Kudos. Indeed Dennis Hanks was the recipient of the watch.

You win a free sandwich of your choice at Ferguson's Greenback Restaurant.

Bill,

Sandburg would be too easy, but it sounds like him, so I'm going to guess Walt Whitman, since Sandburg has been called the 20th century Whitman.

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Rob

(02-15-2013 08:59 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Another question: which poet said of Lincoln:

"...if the old Greeks had had this man, what trilogies of plays-what epics-would have been made out of him!"

(02-15-2013 09:18 AM)Rob Wick Wrote:  Bill,

Sandburg would be too easy, but it sounds like him, so I'm going to guess Walt Whitman, since Sandburg has been called the 20th century Whitman.

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Rob

(02-15-2013 08:59 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Another question: which poet said of Lincoln:

"...if the old Greeks had had this man, what trilogies of plays-what epics-would have been made out of him!"

Rob: great guess! You're are exactly right.