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RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 02-27-2026

This lady has been previously mentioned on this forum. In 1865, when asked if a certain individual (male) were handsome, she responded by saying in Washington she had not seen any remarkably handsome men. Who is she?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 02-27-2026

Just a guess, but Kate Chase?

Best
Rob

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 02-27-2026

Nope, it was not Kate Chase.

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 02-28-2026

Lucy Hale ?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 02-28-2026

Nope, it was not Lucy Hale.

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 02-28-2026

Anna Surratt ?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 03-01-2026

Kudos, Gene! Anna Surratt it is. On April 28, 1865, Anna was being questioned by Colonel John A. Foster. She was asked if Lewis Powell were a handsome fellow. She responded, "I would not know - I have not seen any remarkably handsome men since I have been in Washington. I didn't like him."

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 05-23-2026

Who wrote this?

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RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 05-23-2026

Hint #1: The correct person has been mentioned many times on this forum.

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 05-24-2026

Hint #2: The person may be younger than you might think.

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Anita - 05-24-2026

Willie Lincoln?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 05-24-2026

Congratulations to Anita! Yes, the lines are from a letter 10-year-old Willie Lincoln wrote to a friend in Springfield named Henry Remann. The letter was written on May 3, 1861. The Remanns lived down the block from the Lincolns.

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SOURCE: Lincoln's Sons by Ruth Painter Randall.

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 05-27-2026

Where was this photo taken?

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RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 05-27-2026

Ninian Edwards home in Springfield ?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 05-27-2026

Yes, Gene! It is the Edwards' parlor where the Lincolns were married on November 4, 1842.