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RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 11-25-2025
Mary's father Robert Smith Todd ?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 11-25-2025
Nope, it's not Robert Smith Todd.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 11-26-2025
Hint #1: The man once ran for President.
RE: Who is this person? - Anita - 11-27-2025
Henry Clay?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 11-27-2025
Nope, not Clay.
Hint #2: The man was a religious leader.
RE: Who is this person? - Anita - 11-28-2025
I know Mormon leader Joseph Smith was in Illinois at this time. Is he the person referred to in the article?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 11-29-2025
Excellent, Anita! Indeed it was Joseph Smith, the Mormon leader. As far as I know, there is no evidence Smith and Abraham Lincoln ever met.
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 11-29-2025
Stephen Douglas defended Smith in a court case. Smith later predicted that Douglas would run for President but lose if he ever hurt the Latter Day Saints. (Wikipedia)
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 01-12-2026
Before he became President, who was Lincoln referring to when he wrote "_____________ has just concluded the very best speech, of an hour's length, I have ever heard"
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 01-12-2026
Edward Everett?
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 01-12-2026
Good guess, but that is not the answer we are looking for.
Stay tuned for future clues.
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 01-13-2026
Lincoln also wrote this about the speech and speaker, "My old, withered, dry eyes are full of tears yet"
not much of a clue is it?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 01-13-2026
Thaddeus Stevens?
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 01-13-2026
Not him.
Tune in tomorrow for the next exciting clue.
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 01-14-2026
I discovered my previous post contains a slight error, depending on your point of view.
I wrote your next clue would come tomorrow, but now it's already today, and here is your next clue.
Lincoln heard this speech in 1848 and wrote to William Herndon about it.