Extra Credit Questions

[Rob Wick]

You got it Roger. J. McCan Davis put it in a list of documents he gathered about the marriage. Rev. Dresser wrote on the back the number which signified the number of people who had been married in Sangamon County before them.

Your prize you already have....the love of your wife.

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

Who is this man?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Most likely it's wrong: John T Stuart?

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I withdraw. I think it could be Hannibal Hamlin.

[RJNorton]

Good morning, Eva. Your second guess is correct. Kudos on a good job! I thought this one might last awhile.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Cool. Politicians and generals (often a synonym, isn't it?) I still find the "easiest" to recognize, most others are more difficult.
Here's another trivia question:

At the time Mary left the White House after the assassination she sent Abraham Lincoln's favorite walking cane as a special gift to someone with the comment: "I know of no one that would appreciate this more than...(?)"
Who received this memento?

[Rogerm]

Was it Meigs?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Good guess, Roger, but it was not anyone of the military. The recipient was first a critic, later an admirer of Abraham Lincoln. At least once, Lincoln called this person "my friend".

Hint#1: Mary sent the gift to Rochester.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Hint#2: A. Lincoln and this person met the first time in August 1863 and the last time at the reception after the 2nd Inauguration.

[L Verge]

Frederick Douglass?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Yes, very good, Laurie. In "Reminisces of A. Lincoln"(ed. by Allen Thorndike Rice), p.195, Douglass writes:"She sent it to me at Rochester, and I have it in my house today, and expect to keep it there as long as I live."

[RJNorton]

Who is this lady?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Wild guess: Elizabeth Todd Edwards in later life?

[RJNorton]

Eva, you are amazing. Indeed that is Mary Lincoln's sister in later life and is not the picture most often seen in books.

I am afraid I cannot offer you such a fine meal as you offered Roger and me. But I will send the best hot dog in the world. When I was in high school I hung out with the guys at Parky's. This is a very nostalgic memory. The fries and hot dogs were the best! And, after all these years, I think it's still there.

Parky's in Forest Park, Illinois

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thank you, Roger, I'll enjoy it. Actually it will be my first hot dog ever.

[Joe Di Cola]

Yes, Roger,

Parky's is still there, although I have to differ with you on the "best" hot dog in Chicago. That would be at SuperDawg at Milwaukee and Devon.

Bon appetit!

Joe