Extra Credit Questions

[Joe Di Cola]

(08-25-2012 02:35 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Hi Joe. Yes, I did get the information from Scott's new book...p. 33. There are no footnotes, but Scott is a member here. I am sure he can give you the primary source if you were to contact him. Since this is quite close to Cincinnati, I will guess he used a Cincinnati newspaper. In his bibliography he includes the Cincinnati Gazette, the Cincinnati Inquirer, and the Cincinnati Daily Commercial.

Joe, the very same incident is described on p. 47 of Victor Searcher's Lincoln's Journey to Greatness. Again, no footnote though.

Thanks, as always, Roger. I would surmise that it came from a newspaper source. Again, it is a wonderful vignette and shows Lincoln's humanity.