Extra Credit Questions
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06-15-2013, 08:46 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope; it came from someone who knew him prior to his presidency.
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06-15-2013, 08:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-15-2013 08:58 AM by Joe Di Cola.)
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06-15-2013, 09:00 AM
Post: #1038
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope. Think someone who knew him earlier (although the description came after Lincoln's death).
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06-15-2013, 09:21 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Speed?
"There are few subjects that ignite more casual, uninformed bigotry and condescension from elites in this nation more than Dixie - Jonah Goldberg" |
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06-15-2013, 09:24 AM
Post: #1040
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope.
Hint #1: He was a lawyer. Not William Herndon. |
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06-15-2013, 09:51 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Leonard Swett?
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06-15-2013, 10:07 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
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. |
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06-15-2013, 11:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-15-2013 11:30 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Now I think I got it: Elliott B. Herndon. And he told that to Herndon.?
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06-15-2013, 12:17 PM
Post: #1044
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
David Davis or Lyman Trumbull? I am picking Davis as my 1st choice.
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06-15-2013, 01:32 PM
Post: #1045
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
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 |
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06-15-2013, 01:46 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
It was a hard one, and even harder after the Herndon-hint.
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06-15-2013, 02:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-15-2013 03:21 PM by Joe Di Cola.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Here it is--TaDa--yet another installment in the Whose house was this? series...
and, for even more extra credit, where? |
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06-15-2013, 03:37 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Is it Farmington (Speed home) in Louisville?
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06-15-2013, 04:32 PM
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06-15-2013, 04:56 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
William Jones' home in Gentryville, Indiana?
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