Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

Nope; it came from someone who knew him prior to his presidency.

[Joe Di Cola]

(06-15-2013 08:46 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Nope; it came from someone who knew him prior to his presidency.

Was it the sculptor Leonard Volk?

[RJNorton]

Nope. Think someone who knew him earlier (although the description came after Lincoln's death).

[J. Beckert]

Speed?

[RJNorton]

Nope.

Hint #1: He was a lawyer. Not William Herndon.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Leonard Swett?

[RJNorton]

Sorry, Eva, it was not Leonard Swett.

Hint #2: This man was commissioned Attorney of the United States in and for the Southern District of Illinois on June 21, 1860.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Now I think I got it: Elliott B. Herndon. And he told that to Herndon.?

[Joe Di Cola]

David Davis or Lyman Trumbull? I am picking Davis as my 1st choice.

[RJNorton]

Eva got it. Very good, Eva! That was a hard one, I thought. The quote is from William Herndon's brother, Elliott Herndon (not a Lincoln admirer).

http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/cgi-bin/philo...57.lincoln

[Eva Elisabeth]

It was a hard one, and even harder after the Herndon-hint.

[Joe Di Cola]

Here it is--TaDa--yet another installment in the Whose house was this? series...
and, for even more extra credit, where?

[RJNorton]

Is it Farmington (Speed home) in Louisville?

[Joe Di Cola]

(06-15-2013 03:37 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Is it Farmington (Speed home) in Louisville?

Not Speed's home. Think a slightly earlier Lincoln connection. Hint: this is also the person's home after he had left Lincoln's orbit. Hope that helps.

[RJNorton]

William Jones' home in Gentryville, Indiana?