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04-12-2019, 07:09 PM
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John Nicolay ?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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04-12-2019, 07:22 PM
Post: #3332
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I was going to guess Nicolay's compatriot, Mr. Hay.

Here's some interesting information to back up whoever said it (if it refers to the billeting in the Capitol): https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ol-at-war/
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04-12-2019, 07:34 PM (This post was last modified: 04-12-2019 07:39 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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This is one of the very few handwritings of the "story" I can read, so I'm, too, guessing a secretary. I think Hay was the younger one, and this looks rather like written by a young man.
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04-13-2019, 03:46 AM
Post: #3334
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All are good guesses, but none correct.

Hint #1: The correct answer is a person definitely known to this forum. It's not a new name.
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04-13-2019, 08:02 AM
Post: #3335
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Julia Taft Bayne?
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04-13-2019, 08:51 AM
Post: #3336
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Nope, Susan, it was not Julia Taft Bayne.
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04-13-2019, 10:16 AM
Post: #3337
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Mary's "Cousin Lizzie" Grimsley.
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04-13-2019, 11:40 AM
Post: #3338
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Male or female?
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04-13-2019, 11:58 AM
Post: #3339
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Fanny Seward?
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04-13-2019, 12:37 PM
Post: #3340
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Anita and Eva, it is neither of those folks.

Laurie, the correct answer is male.
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04-13-2019, 02:02 PM (This post was last modified: 04-13-2019 02:04 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #3341
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Was he young at the time he wrote/observed this? (My definition of young = 30 or younger.)

Not that young but - Walt Whitman? (Although he possibly /likely wasn't in DC then.)
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04-13-2019, 02:32 PM
Post: #3342
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The "Prince of Rails"?
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04-13-2019, 04:22 PM
Post: #3343
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Nope, Steve, it was not Robert Lincoln.

Eva, yes, the right answer was under 30 when he wrote those lines. It's not Walt Whitman.
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04-13-2019, 05:01 PM
Post: #3344
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elmer ellsworth?
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04-13-2019, 06:26 PM
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Was my next Idea, too?!
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