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08-13-2025, 07:39 AM
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Donation to?
An Indian nation donated $170. Lincoln donated $10.
To what? “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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08-13-2025, 02:14 PM
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RE: Donation to?
United States Sanitary Commission?
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08-13-2025, 05:42 PM
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RE: Donation to?
No, Roger ...
Queen Victoria also made a donation. “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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08-13-2025, 05:58 PM
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RE: Donation to?
Was this a donation to feed the Irish during the famine in Ireland?
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08-13-2025, 08:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-13-2025 08:34 PM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Donation to?
Congratulations , Rogerm! Yes, the Irish Famine (also known as the Great Hunger)
https://web.archive.org/web/202410031918...eat-famine https://web.archive.org/web/202410022034...ine-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/histo...ish-famine “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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08-14-2025, 06:38 AM
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RE: Donation to?
This reminds me of a song - Skibbereen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAk_q5EU...rt_radio=1 So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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08-14-2025, 10:55 AM
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RE: Donation to?
(08-14-2025 06:38 AM)Gene C Wrote: This reminds me of a song - Skibbereen The times may be here, now. "So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch |
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