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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 03-18-2024 07:17 PM
Garfield's wife/widow about his death?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Anita - 03-18-2024 08:07 PM
Another good guess Eva but it's not Garfield's wife.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 03-18-2024 11:05 PM
Since they obviously didn't sleep in one room I guess the two persons possibly weren't married? Am I correct? Was/is the author male? Is the author death?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Anita - 03-18-2024 11:49 PM
That's correct Eva. They weren't married. The author is male and is deceased.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 03-19-2024 02:32 AM
Ok. So the former president was a) not married at all or b) his wife had died before him? Was his presidency in the 19th century?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Gene C - 03-19-2024 06:09 AM
I doubt this is correct, but...
Elizabeth Keckley and Willie Lincoln ?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - STS Lincolnite - 03-19-2024 08:33 AM
Was this written by Teddy Roosevelt's physician (wouldn't know his name without looking it up). I know TR died in his sleep.
Great statement someone made after he died to the effect that death had to take TR in his sleep because if he had been awake, there would have been a fight.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Anita - 03-19-2024 01:36 PM
(03-19-2024 02:32 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Ok. So the former president was a) not married at all or b) his wife had died before him? Was his presidency in the 19th century?
a is not correct. Yes, he was a 19th century President.
To clarify- the author wasn't dead at the time he wrote the content of the quote.
(03-19-2024 06:09 AM)Gene C Wrote: I doubt this is correct, but...
Elizabeth Keckley and Willie Lincoln ?
A good guess Gene but it's not correct.
(03-19-2024 08:33 AM)STS Lincolnite Wrote: Was this written by Teddy Roosevelt's physician (wouldn't know his name without looking it up). I know TR died in his sleep.
Great statement someone made after he died to the effect that death had to take TR in his sleep because if he had been awake, there would have been a fight.
This is a great guess but not correct. Sorry for the confusion. My first reply to Eva when she asked "Is he dead?" I should have said the author is deceased but not at the time he wrote the quote.
Hint 1. The blank_____ in the quote stands for the letter H.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Anita - 03-20-2024 12:29 PM
Eva is the closest to the answer.
The quote is from a letter was written by Franklin Pierce to his sister. He is describing the circumstances of the death of his dear friend.
Who is this friend?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Rob Wick - 03-20-2024 01:21 PM
I did some research on this and discovered the friend was Nathaniel Hawthorne, whom Pierce had met while in college. They were on a recuperative trip to the White Mountains when Hawthorne died.
Best
Rob
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Anita - 03-20-2024 02:12 PM
Yes Rob, it was Nathaniel Hawthorne!
The quote is from a letter he wrote to his sister. Pierce and Hawthorne were very close life-long friends.
See a copy of the letter and the read the circumstances that brought Piece and Hawthorne together that night.
https://www.shapell.org/historical-perspectives/between-the-lines/death-nathaniel-hawthorne/
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - David Lockmiller - 03-20-2024 02:24 PM
(03-20-2024 02:12 PM)Anita Wrote: Yes Rob, it was Nathaniel Hawthorne!
The quote is from a letter he wrote to his sister. Pierce and Hawthorne were very close life-long friends.
See a copy of the letter and the read the circumstances that brought Piece and Hawthorne together that night.
https://www.shapell.org/historical-perspectives/between-the-lines/death-nathaniel-hawthorne/
Pierce was devastated. In the handful of years left to him – lonely, sad, and increasingly alcoholic – he reread all of Hawthorne’s books.