Extra Credit Questions

[Steve]

Steve, that is a great guess, but Eva got what I was seeking. Kudos, Eva! Although the text of Lincoln's Lost Speech is missing, Elwell Crissey was still able to write a 400+ book on the topic. Crissey includes a lot of extra information such as many paragraphs of information on the people who attended the 1856 Bloomington Convention. Crissey's paternal grandfather was in the audience for Lincoln's speech.

Benjamin P. Thomas wrote, "The audience sat enthralled. Men listened as though transfixed. Reporters forgot to use the pencils in their hands, so that no complete and authentic record of what may have been his greatest speech has ever been found."

The speech was that noteworthy? Did reporters/commentators note the effectiveness of the speech when it happened, or was it remembered that way years later?