Extra Credit Questions

[Gene C]

John Nicolay ?

[L Verge]

I was going to guess Nicolay's compatriot, Mr. Hay.

Here's some interesting information to back up whoever said it (if it refers to the billeting in the Capitol): https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ol-at-war/

[Eva Elisabeth]

This is one of the very few handwritings of the "story" I can read, so I'm, too, guessing a secretary. I think Hay was the younger one, and this looks rather like written by a young man.

[RJNorton]

All are good guesses, but none correct.

Hint #1: The correct answer is a person definitely known to this forum. It's not a new name.

[Susan Higginbotham]

Julia Taft Bayne?

[RJNorton]

Nope, Susan, it was not Julia Taft Bayne.

[Anita]

Mary's "Cousin Lizzie" Grimsley.

[L Verge]

Male or female?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Fanny Seward?

[RJNorton]

Anita and Eva, it is neither of those folks.

Laurie, the correct answer is male.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Was he young at the time he wrote/observed this? (My definition of young = 30 or younger.)

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Not that young but - Walt Whitman? (Although he possibly /likely wasn't in DC then.)

[Steve]

The "Prince of Rails"?

[RJNorton]

Nope, Steve, it was not Robert Lincoln.

Eva, yes, the right answer was under 30 when he wrote those lines. It's not Walt Whitman.

[mbgross]

elmer ellsworth?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Was my next Idea, too?!