Extra Credit Questions

[Eva Elisabeth]

Hint#1: She didn't have to do with the EP directly, but with something that has to do with the EP.

[RJNorton]

I know Lincoln worked on the document at the Soldiers’ Home. Was she employed there?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Wonderful guess, Roger, but she wasn't.

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Hint#2:

...something that has to do with the EP.

..."has" means it still exists.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Hint#3: It happened in 1877.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Hint#4: It cost her $25,000.

[J. Beckert]

She bought the pen it was written with?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Good guess, Joe, but the item is MUCH bigger. Ok, I'Lo try one more hint:

Hint#5: A. Lincoln had it in the East Room, later (before 1877) it toured the country. So, what was it and what did Elizabeth Thompson do with it?

[Gene C]

How about the desk it was written on?

[J. Beckert]

I cheated. It was Francis Carpenter's painting of Lincoln and his cabinet with the EP. I'm German, so we'll take the point, Eva. (Trans Atlantic high five!)

Germans 1 Rebels 1

[L Verge]

When did we get the scores lowered to 1 & 1? I thought we previously had run up something like Rebels 13 - Beckert 8 or 9!

[Gene C]

I cheated.

Does that answer your question?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Joe, kudos, you are right! The item is Carpenter's "First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln". As for what she did with it - she donated it to Congress.

Carpenter, with the help of William O. Stoddard, campaigned for Congress to purchase the painting, but Congress did not appropriate the money. So it remained in Carpenter’s possession until 1877, when Elizabeth Thompson purchased it.
   

[J. Beckert]

When did we get the scores lowered to 1 & 1? I thought we previously had run up something like Rebels 13 - Beckert 8 or 9!

That's a whole different mess. Folks don't seem so eager to beat the stuffing out of Eva like they do me, so I'm gonna hang with her awhile.

[RJNorton]

Something of note happened in this building. Where was it located, and what was the event?

[J. Beckert]

Did it house Parr's China Shop? I believe Surratt met Powell there. It was located in Baltimore.