Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

Hint #2: Everyone is assuming the correct person is an adult...but maybe it's...

[Gene C]

Willie Lincoln ?

[RJNorton]

Very close, Gene, but incorrect.

[mbgross]

julia taft bayne?

[RJNorton]

You are also close, Mike, but Gene was closer.

[Gene C]

Tad Lincoln ?

[RJNorton]

Yes, Gene! It was Tad Lincoln.

This was said about Tad by journalist Noah Brooks. Brooks was amazed at Tad despite Tad's lack of academic preparation.

Here is a Tad Lincoln story I like. It comes from William Crook's Through Five Administrations:

"Haliday, aided by the gardener, was about to take up the carpet in the congressional, or state, dining-room. The long table made it somewhat difficult, and they were debating about which end to attack it from, when Tad appeared. He surveyed the field.

'Jim,' he said to Haliday. 'I have a favor to ask of you. Jim, grant it,' he coaxed.

Jim, of course, said 'Yes,' as every one had a way of doing—and yet it wasn't because it was the President's son.

'Now, Jim,' he said, taking an attitude of command, 'you work with the other man. I will boss the job.' And Haliday, talking about it, asserts to this day: 'He told us just how to go about it. And there was no one could engineer it better than he did."

[David Lockmiller]

(07-11-2023 12:22 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Yes, Gene! It was Tad Lincoln.

This was said about Tad by journalist Noah Brooks. Brooks was amazed at Tad despite Tad's lack of academic preparation.

Here is a Tad Lincoln story I like. It comes from William Crook's Through Five Administrations:

"Haliday, aided by the gardener, was about to take up the carpet in the congressional, or state, dining-room. The long table made it somewhat difficult, and they were debating about which end to attack it from, when Tad appeared. He surveyed the field.

'Jim,' he said to Haliday. 'I have a favor to ask of you. Jim, grant it,' he coaxed.

Jim, of course, said 'Yes,' as every one had a way of doing—and yet it wasn't because it was the President's son.

'Now, Jim,' he said, taking an attitude of command, 'you work with the other man. I will boss the job.' And Haliday, talking about it, asserts to this day: 'He told us just how to go about it. And there was no one could engineer it better than he did."

Thank you, Roger. That was an enjoyable story. It shows that Tad had an enjoyable childhood, at least.

[RJNorton]

What is depicted here?

[mbgross]

The Peace Conference between Lincoln and the Confederate leaders?

[RJNorton]

Nope, that is incorrect.

[STS Lincolnite]

The markings look like Lincoln's funeral train car. So I will say this is Lincoln's funeral car being ferried across the Hudson River (from NJ to NYC).

[RJNorton]

Oh my...I thought this one would last awhile. Congratulations, Scott, you are exactly right!

[David Lockmiller]

(07-20-2023 09:29 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Oh my...I thought this one would last awhile. Congratulations, Scott, you are exactly right!

Out of curiosity, Roger, in what publication did this sketch appear?

[RJNorton]

Th sketch is from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 13, 1865, 116.