Extra Credit Questions

[Gene C]

This person's name was mentioned in a Post by Gene. But with over 5000 posts by Gene I dont think that helps much.

It didn't help me much -
However, given that you have a 150 +/- year old photo of a man with a beard who sure looks a lot like Abraham Lincoln, it can only be one person.
(I hope I didn't give it away)

[AussieMick]

To add some context ... I found the basis for this question when considering current global financial conditions.
And that took me to the US Civil War ... and how it was then , especially in the South.

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This person's name was mentioned in a Post by Gene. But with over 5000 posts by Gene I dont think that helps much.

It didn't help me much -
However, given that you have a 150 +/- year old photo of a man with a beard who sure looks a lot like Abraham Lincoln, it can only be on person.
(I hope I didn't give it away)

You didnt give it away, Gene. Its not Abe.

That post of your's (years ago) referred to a specific chapter in a book which alerted you to this person and his cunning scheme.

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bed time for me, so one more clue ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1hCLBTD5RM

[Eva Elisabeth]

I still have no clue, but your clue is good (I need that machine).

[RJNorton]

I still have no clue

Same here.

[AussieMick]

He wanted to make a fortune. So he thought outside the square.

He sold $5 bills for one penny each ...

[RJNorton]

Samuel Curtis Upham.

[AussieMick]

Yep. You got him, Roger.

I'll get some info on him ,,,

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Here's from Gene's post
"The most interesting chapter to me, because it was all new, was Sam Upham's Counterfeiting Scheme. Sam was a Philadelphia businessman who printed copies of Confederate bank notes and sold them as curios. He sold copies of the $5 and $10 notes for 5 cents each or in bulk for 100 for $2, and the were very good copies. They were so popular that competitors sprang up and cut into Upham's profits. They made it into circulation in the South and had a negative effect on the southern economy which took a nosedive following the defeats at Vicksburg and Gettysburg."

True Crime In The Civil War Thread
https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussi...l#pid72852

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https://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/03/2...uel-upham/

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-librar...tis-upham/

http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=5495

https://www.pmgnotes.com/news/article/4181/

And this is what started me on the trek to Mr Upham ....

https://eh.net/encyclopedia/money-and-fi...f-america/

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thanks for all the info and bringing this up again, Mike - if I read it before, I have forgotten. Very interesting!

[RJNorton]

This historian and author won a Pulitzer Prize. The photo shows him speaking in 1983. Who is he?

And, for extra credit, who is the author sitting in the far left side of the photo?

[Rob Wick]

My first guess was Stephen Oates, but he never won the Pulitzer, so my next guess is Mark Neely. I have no idea who the second gentleman is.

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

Bingo, Rob! Yes, it is Mark Neely.

I will hold off for now on the other author in the photo. I will say he has been mentioned many, many times on this forum.

[AussieMick]

Gerald J. Prokopowicz ?

[RJNorton]

Nope, it's not Prokopowicz.

[mbgross]

Is it William "Jack" Davis?

[RJNorton]

Nope, it's not Davis.