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RJNorton · 06-11-2013, 09:50 AM

Hint #2: It happened in 1860.

Joe Di Cola · 06-11-2013, 11:15 AM

Grace Bedell wrote her letter suggesting that Lincoln grow a beard.

RJNorton · 06-11-2013, 11:22 AM

Well done, Joe! Yes, that was the house in which Grace Bedell wrote her famous "beard" letter to Abraham Lincoln. Fred Trump wrote his Grace Bedell book in 1977, and the home was still standing at that time. Trump wrote that it was "one of the oldest in Westfield." I do not know if the home still stands today.

Joe Di Cola · (This post was last modified: 06-11-2013 12:14 PM by Joe Di Cola.)

Thanks, Roger,
The 1860 clue helped a lot.
Joe

[attachment=147]This place was associated with an important event in Lincoln's pre-presidential life. What is it?

RJNorton · 06-11-2013, 01:46 PM

Is it related to the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?

J. Beckert · 06-11-2013, 01:55 PM

Mentor Graham's house?

Joe Di Cola · (This post was last modified: 06-11-2013 02:05 PM by Joe Di Cola.)

(06-11-2013 01:46 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Is it related to the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?

Yes, I believe you got it if you name it.

(06-11-2013 01:55 PM)J. Beckert Wrote: Mentor Graham's house?

No, but that gives me an idea for one later on. Thanks.

RJNorton · 06-11-2013, 02:10 PM

Possibly the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum in Charleston? Joe, the photo is pretty small on my screen, and my cataract-free eyes are just guessing. But that is what came to mind.
I have never been to that museum.

Nest guess: Maybe the Bryant Cottage in Bement?

Eva Elisabeth · 06-11-2013, 02:54 PM

O. Browning's house in Quincy?

Joe Di Cola · (This post was last modified: 06-11-2013 03:12 PM by Joe Di Cola.)

The picture is smaller than I thought it would be, and I apologize for that. Hint: it is where a meeting took place. Does that help? Hint 2: it is NOT in any of the 7 debate cities.

Roger, you got it! It is the Bryant Cottage in Bement, IL where the terms of the debates were set between AL and SD.
No prizes available on this one.

Rob Wick · 06-11-2013, 05:59 PM

Who was this gentleman who played a large role during Lincoln's youth?

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Rob

Joe Di Cola · 06-11-2013, 07:04 PM

Rob,

Is it Josiah Crawford in his later years?

Joe

Rob Wick · 06-11-2013, 07:09 PM

Sorry Joe, but that's not it.

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Rob

Joe Di Cola · 06-11-2013, 07:23 PM

My next choice is Azel Dorsey who lived to an old age and died in 1858. He is the only one of Lincoln's teachers commemorated with a replica schoolhouse and also with a marker in Illinois to where he had re-located.

Joe

Rob Wick · 06-11-2013, 07:29 PM

Joe,

It's not Dorsey. Don't think Illinois.

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Rob