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RE: Extra Credit Questions - Joe Di Cola - 05-19-2013 05:54 PM
Abolition? Vegetarian? I am going to guess either Bronson or Louisa May Alcott.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - L Verge - 05-19-2013 06:23 PM
Scratch Dr. Busey - I just realized that this person boarded at Sprigg's before Lincoln. Sylvester Graham of graham bread, vegetarian, temperance fame?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 05-19-2013 07:05 PM
Theodore D. Weld?
(Poor man! No coffee...I don't drink alcohol or smoke and I'm used to a certain degree of self-discipline due to 20 years of ballett schooling, but NO COFFEE - unimaginable!)
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 05-20-2013 04:15 AM
Kudos, Eva! That is correct. Theodore Weld, the abolitionist leader, had stayed at Mrs. Sprigg's in the early 1840's, and the quotes come from letters he wrote to his wife.
I may stand corrected on this, but I believe most of the boarders at Mrs. Sprigg's left their families back home. I think Lincoln was unusual in that Mary, Robert, and little Eddie were also boarding there with Abraham. I think the vast majority of Mrs. Sprigg's boarders did not have their families with them.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 05-20-2013 07:07 AM
Which institutions of higher learning issued honorary degrees to Lincoln?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 05-20-2013 07:11 AM
Bill, I do not know if this is complete, but here are some:
Knox College conferred on Abraham Lincoln an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on July 3, 1860. Columbia University followed with a similar degree on June 26, 1861. The College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, did likewise on December 20, 1864.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 05-20-2013 08:43 AM
Roger, you nailed them! Pretty good for a fellow who had less than a year formal education. What was Lincoln's comment about getting "through" college?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 05-20-2013 09:20 AM
Probably something like "Don't let school interfere with your education"
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 05-20-2013 08:03 PM
Who was the last Confederate General to surrender?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 05-21-2013 04:04 AM
James Waddell, commander (don't know if he was a general!) of CSS Shenandoah?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 05-21-2013 06:27 AM
Good morning Eva. I guess I should have been more specific to say "Army General"- which would exclude your great guess- because he was a naval officer.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Joe Di Cola - 05-21-2013 07:29 AM
Bill,
Was it E. Kirby Smith?
Joe
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 05-21-2013 07:36 AM
He is a good guess but not the last one.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Joe Di Cola - 05-21-2013 08:24 AM
Stand Watie (also in the western theatre)?
Or was it Joseph Shelby? I must admit, this is a great trivia question since it minvolves two theatres, but I am guessing it will be someone in the trans-Mississippi.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 05-21-2013 08:37 AM
That's it Joe! Great work!