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RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 11-24-2021
Somewhere on the circuit?
Or related to the Black Hawk War?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 11-24-2021
I didn't see any prohibition in using the internet for research, so I found out this marks the land that Lincoln owned in Iowa that he received for fighting in the Black Hawk War.
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 11-25-2021
Eva, you were on the right track, and Rob got it. Kudos, Rob.
![[Image: LincolnLandGrantMarker.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnLandGrantMarker.jpg)
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 11-25-2021
Thank you to Rob for posting Abraham Lincoln's famous Thanksgiving Day Proclamation of October 3, 1863.
This was not Lincoln's only proclamation. In all, how many proclamations of prayer, fasting, or thanksgiving did Lincoln issue during his time in the White House?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 11-26-2021
This was a tough one, so I'll just give the answer.
The answer is 9.
SOURCE: The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia by Mark E. Neely, Jr.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-11-2022
Let's see if anyone can answer this correctly without any research (googling, using books, etc.).
A person arrived in Springfield on January 1, 1843. Lincoln Day-by-Day says the person "arrived Saturday and is today's sensation in Springfield."
Who was the person?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Dennis Urban - 01-11-2022
Andrew Jackson?? Just a wild guess.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 01-11-2022
Joe Di Cola? Wait, Joe isn't quite that old.
Seriously, Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 01-11-2022
Henry Clay - ?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-12-2022
Excellent guesses, gentlemen, but all are incorrect.
Hint #1: Most all American history textbooks would include this person's name and some information about him.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - David Lockmiller - 01-12-2022
I believe that the answer to your question is Daniel Webster, but I am not absolutely certain.
I am not able to check Lincoln Talks: A Biography in Anecdote in order to confirm.
Therein was a story about a little boy asking an older man about what all the excitement was about in downtown Springfield. And, the man answered that the "biggest man in the country" was in town.
So, the little boy went down the street to see this person for himself.
A short time later, the little boy returned with a very disappointed look on his face.
The man asked why he was so sad. And, the boy responded that the person he saw "wasn't half as big as Ol' _______."
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-12-2022
Excellent guess, David, but it's not Daniel Webster.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - David Lockmiller - 01-12-2022
(01-12-2022, 09:25 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Excellent guess, David, but it's not Daniel Webster.
I thought that I would share the "wrong" answer.
"Great men, said Mr. Lincoln, "have various estimates. When Daniel Webster made his tour through the West years ago, he visited Springfield among other places, where great preparations had been made to receive him. As the procession was going through the town, a barefooted little darky boy pulled the sleeve of a man named T., and asked: 'What the folks were doing down the street?'
"'Why, Jack,' was the reply, 'the biggest man in the world is coming.'
"Now, there lived in Springfield a man by the name of G.-a very corpulent man. Jack darted off down the street, but presently returned, with a very disappointed air.
" 'Well, did you see him?' inquired T.
" 'Yes,' returned Jack; 'but laws-he ain't half as big as old G.' "
cited sources in Lincoln Talks at page 155: R. D. Wordsworth; J. B. McClure
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 01-12-2022
Was he involved in politics or some other field?
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-12-2022
Rob, he was certainly involved in politics, but IMO he was more well-known for his belief and dedication to something else.