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Donation to? - AussieMick - 08-13-2025 07:39 AM
An Indian nation donated $170. Lincoln donated $10.
To what?
RE: Donation to? - RJNorton - 08-13-2025 02:14 PM
United States Sanitary Commission?
RE: Donation to? - AussieMick - 08-13-2025 05:42 PM
No, Roger ...
Queen Victoria also made a donation.
RE: Donation to? - Rogerm - 08-13-2025 05:58 PM
Was this a donation to feed the Irish during the famine in Ireland?
RE: Donation to? - AussieMick - 08-13-2025 08:34 PM
Congratulations , Rogerm! Yes, the Irish Famine (also known as the Great Hunger)
https://web.archive.org/web/20241003191826/https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/abraham-lincoln-ireland-great-famine
https://web.archive.org/web/20241002203423/https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/choctaw-indians-money-irish-famine-relief
The amount that Queen Victoria donated is not certain. In fact it is said that initially she was going to make it £1,000 to the British Relief Association but the British Relief Association's secretary considered it insufficient and communicated this to the Queen. In response, she increased her donation to £2,000.
Apparently, there is documentation that the Sultan of Turkey, who was himself a very young man at the time, offered to give £10,000 but in Constantinople, the British embassy went to his people to say that it would offend royal protocol so he reduced his donation.
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/queen-victoria-irish-famine
RE: Donation to? - Gene C - 08-14-2025 06:38 AM
This reminds me of a song - Skibbereen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAk_q5EUvgg&list=RDwAk_q5EUvgg&start_radio=1
RE: Donation to? - David Lockmiller - 08-14-2025 10:55 AM
(08-14-2025 06:38 AM)Gene C Wrote: This reminds me of a song - Skibbereen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAk_q5EUvgg&list=RDwAk_q5EUvgg&start_radio=1
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