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10-29-2013, 04:27 AM
Post: #1351
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Hint#1: She didn't have to do with the EP directly, but with something that has to do with the EP.
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10-29-2013, 06:29 AM
Post: #1352
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I know Lincoln worked on the document at the Soldiers’ Home. Was she employed there?
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10-29-2013, 06:55 AM (This post was last modified: 10-29-2013 06:56 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #1353
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Wonderful guess, Roger, but she wasn't.

Hint#2:
(10-29-2013 04:27 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  ...something that has to do with the EP.
..."has" means it still exists.
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10-29-2013, 08:00 AM (This post was last modified: 10-29-2013 08:02 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #1354
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Hint#3: It happened in 1877.
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10-29-2013, 09:38 AM
Post: #1355
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Hint#4: It cost her $25,000.
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10-29-2013, 10:43 AM
Post: #1356
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She bought the pen it was written with?

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10-29-2013, 10:58 AM
Post: #1357
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Good guess, Joe, but the item is MUCH bigger. Ok, I'Lo try one more hint:

Hint#5: A. Lincoln had it in the East Room, later (before 1877) it toured the country. So, what was it and what did Elizabeth Thompson do with it?
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10-29-2013, 11:05 AM
Post: #1358
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How about the desk it was written on?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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10-29-2013, 02:22 PM (This post was last modified: 10-29-2013 02:24 PM by J. Beckert.)
Post: #1359
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I cheated. It was Francis Carpenter's painting of Lincoln and his cabinet with the EP. I'm German, so we'll take the point, Eva. (Trans Atlantic high five!)

Germans 1 Rebels 1

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10-29-2013, 02:45 PM
Post: #1360
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When did we get the scores lowered to 1 & 1? I thought we previously had run up something like Rebels 13 - Beckert 8 or 9!
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10-29-2013, 03:03 PM
Post: #1361
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(10-29-2013 02:22 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  I cheated.

Does that answer your question?
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So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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10-29-2013, 03:16 PM (This post was last modified: 10-29-2013 04:08 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #1362
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Joe, kudos, you are right! The item is Carpenter's "First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln". As for what she did with it - she donated it to Congress.

Carpenter, with the help of William O. Stoddard, campaigned for Congress to purchase the painting, but Congress did not appropriate the money. So it remained in Carpenter’s possession until 1877, when Elizabeth Thompson purchased it.
   
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10-29-2013, 07:28 PM (This post was last modified: 10-29-2013 07:30 PM by J. Beckert.)
Post: #1363
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(10-29-2013 02:45 PM)L Verge Wrote:  When did we get the scores lowered to 1 & 1? I thought we previously had run up something like Rebels 13 - Beckert 8 or 9!

That's a whole different mess. Folks don't seem so eager to beat the stuffing out of Eva like they do me, so I'm gonna hang with her awhile.

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10-30-2013, 07:29 AM
Post: #1364
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Something of note happened in this building. Where was it located, and what was the event?

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10-30-2013, 09:31 AM (This post was last modified: 10-30-2013 10:00 AM by J. Beckert.)
Post: #1365
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Did it house Parr's China Shop? I believe Surratt met Powell there. It was located in Baltimore.

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