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RJNorton · 06-15-2013, 07:46 AM

Nope; it came from someone who knew him prior to his presidency.

Joe Di Cola · (This post was last modified: 06-15-2013 07:58 AM by Joe Di Cola.)

(06-15-2013 07:46 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Nope; it came from someone who knew him prior to his presidency.

Was it the sculptor Leonard Volk?

RJNorton · 06-15-2013, 08:00 AM

Nope. Think someone who knew him earlier (although the description came after Lincoln's death).

J. Beckert · 06-15-2013, 08:21 AM

Speed?

RJNorton · 06-15-2013, 08:24 AM

Nope.

Hint #1: He was a lawyer. Not William Herndon.

Eva Elisabeth · 06-15-2013, 08:51 AM

Leonard Swett?

RJNorton · 06-15-2013, 09:07 AM

Sorry, Eva, it was not Leonard Swett.

Hint #2: This man was commissioned Attorney of the United States in and for the Southern District of Illinois on June 21, 1860.

Eva Elisabeth · (This post was last modified: 06-15-2013 10:30 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)

Now I think I got it: Elliott B. Herndon. And he told that to Herndon.?

Joe Di Cola · 06-15-2013, 11:17 AM

David Davis or Lyman Trumbull? I am picking Davis as my 1st choice.

RJNorton · 06-15-2013, 12:32 PM

Eva got it. Very good, Eva! That was a hard one, I thought. The quote is from William Herndon's brother, Elliott Herndon (not a Lincoln admirer).

http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/cgi-bin/philo...57.lincoln

Eva Elisabeth · 06-15-2013, 12:46 PM

It was a hard one, and even harder after the Herndon-hint.

Joe Di Cola · (This post was last modified: 06-15-2013 02:21 PM by Joe Di Cola.)

Here it is--TaDa--yet another installment in the Whose house was this? series...
and, for even more extra credit, where?

RJNorton · 06-15-2013, 02:37 PM

Is it Farmington (Speed home) in Louisville?

Joe Di Cola · 06-15-2013, 03:32 PM

(06-15-2013 02:37 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Is it Farmington (Speed home) in Louisville?

Not Speed's home. Think a slightly earlier Lincoln connection. Hint: this is also the person's home after he had left Lincoln's orbit. Hope that helps.

RJNorton · 06-15-2013, 03:56 PM

William Jones' home in Gentryville, Indiana?