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RJNorton · 11-05-2014, 05:20 AM

This will be a challenge I think. Although I cannot find the two men ever met, there is a connection between this man and Abraham Lincoln. Who is he, and what is the connection?

Eva Elisabeth · 11-05-2014, 10:03 AM

I have no clue - maybe Abraham Lincoln wrote him a letter?

RJNorton · 11-05-2014, 10:05 AM

This is a tough one, Eva.

Hint #1: It has to do with something people wear.

Eva Elisabeth · 11-05-2014, 10:17 AM

Did he make a piece of Lincoln's (or Mary's) wardrobe? A stovepipe hat? The rubber boots Bud Taft got for A. L.?

RJNorton · 11-05-2014, 10:23 AM

Hint #2:

L Verge · 11-05-2014, 11:45 AM

Who was Lincoln's bootmaker?

Anita · 11-05-2014, 01:34 PM

Is it Burt or Willard who made Lincoln's folding spectacles?

RJNorton · 11-05-2014, 02:05 PM

Hint #3: The single incident involving Lincoln and this man happened during the time Lincoln was President-elect: November 6, 1860 - March 4, 1861.

P.S. Laurie's guess so far is closest. Anita's guess is on the right track, but for a totally different reason.

L Verge · 11-05-2014, 03:08 PM

The man (Willard?) who lent Lincoln his carpet slippers because his feet were hurting??

RJNorton · 11-05-2014, 03:20 PM

Close enough, Laurie. Kudos!! When Lincoln was staying at the Willard (same name used by Anita but a different person) Hotel he needed to borrow some slippers. Willard knew that his own slippers were too small, so he asked William Czar Bradley if Lincoln could borrow his slippers, and Bradley was happy to oblige. The photo in my question is William Czar Bradley.

http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/insi...ubjectID=4

Laurie, you win a beautiful pair of glass slippers!

Eva Elisabeth · 11-05-2014, 03:54 PM

That was a hard one, Roger (kudos, Laurie)! I am still trying to figure the meaning of hint #2 out...

RJNorton · 11-05-2014, 04:07 PM

I was trying to put slippers in peoples' minds. That is the Grand Duke from the Disney movie Cinderella. I have wondered why those slippers have high heels.

Anita · 11-05-2014, 04:17 PM

Good job Laurie. Enjoy your prize. Now all you need is a Prince!

Eva Elisabeth · (This post was last modified: 11-05-2014 07:05 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)

Thanks - I thought it was General Burnside, but didn't get a connection. I have never seen the Disney movie.

L Verge · 11-05-2014, 04:22 PM

(11-05-2014 04:17 PM)Anita Wrote: Good job Laurie. Enjoy your prize. Now all you need is a Prince!

I'll pass on the prince, Anita. Been there, done that, survived, and am leaving all that behind after all these years...