Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

This lady has been previously mentioned on this forum. In 1865, when asked if a certain individual (male) were handsome, she responded by saying in Washington she had not seen any remarkably handsome men. Who is she?

[Rob Wick]

Just a guess, but Kate Chase?

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Rob

[RJNorton]

Nope, it was not Kate Chase.

[Gene C]

Lucy Hale ?

[RJNorton]

Nope, it was not Lucy Hale.

[Gene C]

Anna Surratt ?

[RJNorton]

Kudos, Gene! Anna Surratt it is. On April 28, 1865, Anna was being questioned by Colonel John A. Foster. She was asked if Lewis Powell were a handsome fellow. She responded, "I would not know - I have not seen any remarkably handsome men since I have been in Washington. I didn't like him."

[RJNorton]

Who wrote this?

[RJNorton]

Hint #1: The correct person has been mentioned many times on this forum.

[RJNorton]

Hint #2: The person may be younger than you might think.

[Anita]

Willie Lincoln?

[RJNorton]

Congratulations to Anita! Yes, the lines are from a letter 10-year-old Willie Lincoln wrote to a friend in Springfield named Henry Remann. The letter was written on May 3, 1861. The Remanns lived down the block from the Lincolns.

SOURCE: Lincoln's Sons by Ruth Painter Randall.

[RJNorton]

Where was this photo taken?

[Gene C]

Ninian Edwards home in Springfield ?

[RJNorton]

Yes, Gene! It is the Edwards' parlor where the Lincolns were married on November 4, 1842.