Who is this person?
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09-20-2013, 11:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-20-2013 11:36 AM by BettyO.)
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RE: Who is this person?
Harry Hawk?
William Ferguson? "The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley |
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09-20-2013, 11:38 AM
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RE: Who is this person?
Was it written by Thaddeus Stevens?
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09-20-2013, 11:42 AM
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RE: Who is this person?
Betty and Roger - good guesses - but none correct.
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09-21-2013, 03:53 AM
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RE: Who is this person?
Hint #2: He was from Maryland.
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09-21-2013, 06:42 AM
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RE: Who is this person?
Reverdy Johnson?
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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09-21-2013, 07:54 AM
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RE: Who is this person?
Good job, Rob. His handwriting almost makes Ida's look pretty good.
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09-21-2013, 08:28 AM
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RE: Who is this person?
Believe it or not, Roger, I'm getting to where I can decipher some of her stuff.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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09-21-2013, 09:11 AM
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RE: Who is this person?
Great, Rob. My eyes start watering just thinking about it.
The scan of Reverdy Johnson's handwriting came from an old Lincoln Lore dated November, 1964. The "My Dear C" was John Cresswell. |
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09-21-2013, 02:30 PM
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09-21-2013, 03:44 PM
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RE: Who is this person?
Anita, this is a wild guess: Norman Judd?
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09-21-2013, 03:54 PM
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RE: Who is this person?
Good try Roger. Maybe this will help.
Hint #1 He was a politician and a Republican. |
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09-21-2013, 04:57 PM
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RE: Who is this person?
Although I'm petty sure it's not him: Schuyler Colfax?
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09-21-2013, 05:08 PM
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RE: Who is this person?
A really wild guess; Senator Harlan of Iowa, Robert Lincoln's eventual father-in-law.
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09-21-2013, 07:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-21-2013 08:22 PM by Anita.)
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RE: Who is this person?
Eva and Rogerm- good tries but he is neither.
Hint #2 Illinois and Abolitionist Hint # 3 He wrote to Lincoln: Springfield Aug 17. 1858. Mr Lincoln I send enclosed, -- though I suppose you have been at Tazewell. Judge Trumbull came on Saturday -- he received your letter written at Beardstown. He goes to Alton this evening,-- I am not certain that he will go to Rushville, though I think it important. I also send you a letter from Sharpe Since Trumbulls speech -- they are all mad. No news from other counties since you left..... |
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09-22-2013, 04:14 AM
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RE: Who is this person?
OK, Anita, I think I've got it now: Ozias M. Hatch.
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