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RE: Who is this? - RJNorton - 02-22-2025 08:58 PM
Not that I know of.
RE: Who is this? - Rob Wick - 02-22-2025 10:51 PM
I have no earthly idea. Was he a politician?
Best
Rob
RE: Who is this? - RJNorton - 02-23-2025 06:10 AM
He knew Abraham Lincoln well, but he was not a politician.
RE: Who is this? - AussieMick - 02-23-2025 03:27 PM
Is the button or badge significant?
RE: Who is this? - RJNorton - 02-23-2025 04:21 PM
I do not think so.
Years after the Lincoln Presidency he became an author and an inventor.
RE: Who is this? - AussieMick - 02-23-2025 04:26 PM
Is he a US citizen?
RE: Who is this? - RJNorton - 02-23-2025 04:44 PM
Yes, and he has been previously mentioned on this forum.
RE: Who is this? - Anita - 02-23-2025 06:22 PM
That's the hint I needed! William O. Stoddard.
RE: Who is this? - RJNorton - 02-23-2025 07:09 PM
Right, Anita!! I got the idea from one of Gene's recent posts. Stoddard was one of Lincoln's secretaries, although (IMO) not as well-known as Hay and Nicolay.
RE: Who is this? - RJNorton - 05-25-2025 02:57 AM
Please...no googling.
This man met Abraham Lincoln during his presidential years. He noted the following:
"I saw this kind-hearted, noble man several times during the war. On two occasions I was present at public receptions given by him. Tall in stature, long-limbed, with an honest, homely, and sad face of which his very soul seemed to speak, he had a kind word and genial smile for all, however lowly, who approached him.
Taking my hand in his with a firm, full grasp, his words were, "How do you do sir? I am glad to see you."
Whose words are these?
RE: Who is this? - Gene C - 05-25-2025 08:01 AM
Frederick Douglas ?
RE: Who is this? - RJNorton - 05-25-2025 01:35 PM
Nope, not Douglass.
RE: Who is this? - Rob Wick - 05-25-2025 09:38 PM
I'm sure this isn't correct, but Edward Everett?
Best
Rob
RE: Who is this? - RJNorton - 05-26-2025 03:58 AM
Nope, not Everett. It is a familiar name on this forum, and he is most often mentioned under one particular topic.
RE: Who is this? - RJNorton - 05-27-2025 02:21 PM
This is a really hard question, and I think I will give the answer. These are the words of Louis Weichmann.
It is in Weichmann's book - p. 6.