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RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 12-25-2015 06:13 AM

Kudos, Anita! Rochester was indeed the winning name in Susan's contest. She announced the contest here and the winning name here. These pages are part of the terrific website Susan has!

Anita, you win very best wishes for the Holiday Season and a wonderful 2016. Plus free coffee and desert at the Hello Kitty Café.

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RE: Extra Credit Questions - Anita - 12-25-2015 01:43 PM

Love my prize Roger. It's the cat's meow!

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 12-25-2015 08:17 PM

Just curious - why did "Rochester" ("rock fortress") make the race?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Susan Higginbotham - 12-25-2015 11:55 PM

I'd enjoy that prize, Roger! Congratulations, Anita!

Eva, Mr. Rochester is the hero in Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre. To give the contestants something to work with, I told them that Nora (the fictional Nora, that is) was an avid reader of Charlotte Bronte's novels, among other characteristics.

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 12-26-2015 07:35 AM

Thanks, Susan, now I remember - very suitable and it sounds nice for a cat, too!

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 12-26-2015 02:36 PM

(12-25-2015 11:55 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  I'd enjoy that prize, Roger! Congratulations, Anita!
Yes as for both!

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Anita - 01-10-2016 06:38 PM

We know Lincoln enjoyed the theater. I don't know if he attended this performance. What was the name of the play performed in Springfield, Il in January 1843?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-11-2016 06:58 AM

The Miser of Marseilles?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Anita - 01-11-2016 12:40 PM

That's a great guess Roger but the wrong play. This play was a romantic drama in three acts written by Thomas Egerton Wilks.

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-11-2016 12:47 PM

Could it be The roll of the drum: a romantic drama in three acts?

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Anita - 01-11-2016 02:07 PM

Wilks wrote many plays so here is the one that was produced on Jan. 5th & 6th 1843 as reported in the Sangamon Journal.

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Roger, since you're the only one who even tried to answer, you win two tickets to any play you can find as long as they cost 25 cents each. Just send me the bill.

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 01-11-2016 06:30 PM

Anita/Roger, is this mentioned in some book? (I seem to have read but couldn't find.) Thanks!

Roger, with regard to inflation, what cost $0.25 in 1843 would cost $6.42 in 2015. Knowing that probably enlarges options...

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-11-2016 07:07 PM

Eva, I do not recall seeing this in a Lincoln book, but I am sure it's in the literature somewhere.

I just made a guess based on this page:

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Wilks%2C%20Thomas%20Egerton%2C%201812-1854

RE: Extra Credit Questions - Anita - 01-11-2016 07:46 PM

(01-11-2016 06:30 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Anita/Roger, is this mentioned in some book? (I seem to have read but couldn't find.) Thanks!

Roger, with regard to inflation, what cost $0.25 in 1843 would cost $6.42 in 2015. Knowing that probably enlarges options...

Eva, I actually found the notice in the Sangamon paper and then did a search. I found the play listed on library sites and a few references to Wm. P. Hastings, manager but no other mentions about the performance in Springfield. Nor could I find any information about "Wenlock of Wenlock" being performed anywhere else in America.

Roger, since Eva raised the issue and I don't want to appear cheap, your prize is adjusted to $6.42/ticket to account for inflation.

RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-28-2016 06:15 AM

The state of Illinois donated $50,000.00 for the construction of the Lincoln Tomb. This was the largest amount donated by any state. Some other states also donated money. Nebraska was one of the states which donated - how much did Nebraska give?