Extra Credit Questions

[J. Beckert]

I know she eventually settled elsewhere, but something tells me it's France.

[RJNorton]

Certainly a logical guess, Joe, but it's not France.

[ReignetteC]

Two guesses: Frankfurt, Germany or Leamington, England?

[RJNorton]

Another logical guess, Reignette, but also not correct.

Hint #1: She spent 7 weeks traveling here.

[L Verge]

I'm sure that this is not correct, but if it were me, the answer would be Austria. I love that country and the city of Vienna.

[RJNorton]

Lots of good guesses so far but none correct.

Hint #2: Of this place Mary wrote, "I can scarcely permit myself to attempt a description."

[Rob Wick]

Scotland?

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

That's it, Rob! Mary wrote about visiting Scotland in a letter to Rhoda White dated August 30, 1869.

You win two free tickets to the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.

[L Verge]

Does anyone besides me think that Mary's frequent travels through the countries of Europe may have exacerbated Tad's illness? Tuberculosis ran in my family until modern medicine. I have ancestors from both Scotland and England who came to America to escape the climates that doctors of the 1700s caused the disease. When my great-grandparents were married in Baltimore, she had a touch of the disease. My great-grandfather was working in the city, but was advised to bring his wife to his family's home in Southern Maryland for the fresher air.

[RJNorton]

During his presidency Abraham Lincoln gave this silver watch to someone. Whom did he give it to?

[Rob Wick]

Dennis Hanks?

Best
Rob

[LincolnMan]

Another question: which poet said of Lincoln:

"...if the old Greeks had had this man, what trilogies of plays-what epics-would have been made out of him!"

[RJNorton]

Correct, Rob. Kudos. Indeed Dennis Hanks was the recipient of the watch.

You win a free sandwich of your choice at Ferguson's Greenback Restaurant.

[Rob Wick]

Bill,

Sandburg would be too easy, but it sounds like him, so I'm going to guess Walt Whitman, since Sandburg has been called the 20th century Whitman.

Best
Rob

Another question: which poet said of Lincoln:

"...if the old Greeks had had this man, what trilogies of plays-what epics-would have been made out of him!"

[LincolnMan]

Bill,

Sandburg would be too easy, but it sounds like him, so I'm going to guess Walt Whitman, since Sandburg has been called the 20th century Whitman.

Best
Rob

Another question: which poet said of Lincoln:

"...if the old Greeks had had this man, what trilogies of plays-what epics-would have been made out of him!"

Rob: great guess! You're are exactly right.