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RE: Who Said This? - J. Beckert - 11-14-2023
Booth
RE: Who Said This? - RJNorton - 11-14-2023
Yes, Joe! Good job. The source for this is Asia Booth Clarke's memoir (1938) published many years after her death (1888).
RE: Who Said This? - J. Beckert - 04-11-2024
No Googling, please. Who described Lincoln as "the queerest old cuss you ever saw"?
RE: Who Said This? - RJNorton - 04-11-2024
John Nicolay?
RE: Who Said This? - J. Beckert - 04-11-2024
That's a negative, PMOTI. Please come back and try again......
RE: Who Said This? - Eva Elisabeth - 04-12-2024
I suppose someone who was much younger? A soldier?
RE: Who Said This? - AussieMick - 04-12-2024
Seward? ( in earlier years)
RE: Who Said This? - J. Beckert - 04-12-2024
Dr. Eva is the closest so far! This person was younger, but was not yet a soldier. That came later.
RE: Who Said This? - Rogerm - 04-12-2024
Was it Robert Lincoln?
RE: Who Said This? - J. Beckert - 04-12-2024
Yes it was, Roger! Great job. During a hazing while attending his first year at Harvard, Robert was asked about his then presidential candidate father and that's how he described him.
I just watched an outstanding clip by Jason Emerson that dispels many myths about RTL. You can watch it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Hn0BaYe7I&t=16s
RE: Who Said This? - AussieMick - 04-28-2024
Who described Lincoln thus ... 'a man of very small account in every way'
googling is ok
RE: Who Said This? - AussieMick - 04-28-2024
He was not born in the USA
RE: Who Said This? - AussieMick - 04-28-2024
He was a journalist and activist with 2 sons in the Confederate army.
RE: Who Said This? - AussieMick - 04-28-2024
He wasn't born there, but he came from Van Diemen's Land
RE: Who Said This? - Rob Wick - 04-28-2024
Well, according to my Google search, the answer appears to be John Mitchel. However, I would be lying if I said I had any idea who he was other than what I read online.
Best
Rob