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RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 09-11-2024
To show the degree to which Abraham Lincoln's life has been explored, a person once wrote a 400+ page book on something that is missing. What am I talking about?
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 09-12-2024
Lincoln's "Lost Speech" at the Bloomington Convention ?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 09-12-2024
Excellent, Michael. Although the text of Lincoln's Lost Speech is missing, Elwell Crissey was still able to write a 400+ page book on the topic. Crissey includes a lot of extra information such as many paragraphs of information on the people who attended the 1856 Bloomington Convention. Crissey's paternal grandfather was in the audience for Lincoln's speech.
Benjamin P. Thomas wrote, "The audience sat enthralled. Men listened as though transfixed. Reporters forgot to use the pencils in their hands, so that no complete and authentic record of what may have been his greatest speech has ever been found."
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 09-12-2024
I recall reading that "Reporters forgot to use the pencils in their hands" somewhere. It's very evocative writing in just a few words.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 10-11-2024
Who is this?
![[Image: conspirators14.jpg]](https://rogerjnorton.com/conspirators14.jpg)
RE: Who is this person? - Dennis Urban - 10-11-2024
Easy one. John Surratt Jr. later in life.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 10-11-2024
Right on, Dennis. Yes, it's John Surratt.
RE: Who is this person? - Dennis Urban - 10-11-2024
Surratt book recommendation: John Surratt: Rebel, Lincoln Conspirator, Fugitive; 2016, by Frederick Hatch. John Harrison Surratt Jr. lived a long life; dying April 2, 1916. He resided and worked in Baltimore for many years. In 1872 John married Mary Victorine Key Hunter from Montgomery County, MD, a relative of Francis Scott Key. Mary lived until 1926.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 10-11-2024
Who wrote this?
![[Image: handwriting1000.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/handwriting1000.jpg)
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 10-12-2024
Lewis Powell?
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 10-12-2024
Mary Lincoln ?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 10-12-2024
Nope, it was not Lewis Powell or Mary Lincoln.
RE: Who is this person? - Anita - 10-12-2024
Was it William Seward?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 10-13-2024
Nope, it was not William Seward. But it was someone mentioned many times on this forum.
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 10-13-2024
George McClellan?