Extra Credit Questions

[L Verge]

May I ask that it be an abstract sculpture so that no one recognizes me?

[RJNorton]

You are allowed requests, but the Friends of Fred Smith make the final decision.

[RJNorton]

What is the connection between Tad Lincoln and something called the Holiday Budget?

[Houmes]

What is the connection between Tad Lincoln and something called the Holiday Budget?

I believe this was a school newspaper he either edited or produced. He attended the Brown School in Chicago, which was a refuge just outside the perimeter of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

[Eva Elisabeth]

I believe this is correct, and there was only one issue published.

[RJNorton]

Kudos, Blaine and Eva. You are both correct. Tad was co-editor along with another lad named Sterling P. Rounds, Jr. I believe the Chicago History Museum has a copy.

You both win free lifetime subscriptions to the Brown School Holiday Budget.

[Anita]

What relic of Tad's did Mrs. Keckley say she owned?

[RJNorton]

Tad's soldier doll named Jack who was pardoned by President Lincoln?

[Anita]

Roger, that would be really special but it's not the one Keckley owned. Here's a hint. It's an object that didn't belong to Tad but Tad used to assist his father.

[Eva Elisabeth]

An inkwell?

[Anita]

Good guess Eva but it's not an inkwell. One last hint. This object was used the Tuesday night after the fall of Richmond.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Although Noah Brooks claimed he held the lamp to provide light at Lincoln's April 11 speech, I believe I also read Tad did. This lamp perhaps?

[L Verge]

I think Eva's right. Somehow I remember reading about this when the Surratt Society was raising money to mark Mrs. Keckly's grave.

[Jim Page]

I don't think Tad held the lamp; I think he picked up the sheets of paper his father dropped as he gave his speech.

--Jim

[RJNorton]

As I recall there was a conflict of opinion on this. Noah Brooks said he held the light as Tad picked up the pages from the speech as his father dropped them; Mrs. Keckly said Tad held the light. I thought it was a candle.