GDG- who would it be?

Alan D. Brunelle Alan.Brunelle at pobox.com
Mon Jan 7 20:50:30 CST 2008


JoAnn Bartlett wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>
> Hi,
>   Sitting here in cold, wet Upstate New York allows plenty of time for great questions.
>   There are several people I would like to spend time with -- John Qunicy Adams, especially when he was an ex-president serving in the House of Represeantives fighting for the right of petition and taking on the Amistad case.
>   

That is a /great/ choice - I'm a big fan of JQA.

As to others, I'd like to invite Mark Twain along for a session with 
Abraham Lincoln - preferably on that Good Friday night. Then the two 
would be so caught up in telling stories, that Lincoln would miss that 
play...

Alan


>   Next would be Lincoln, Mark Twain, John Brown and, of course, Abner Doubleday.
>   On the women's side, Lucy Stone, Abigail Kelley, Abigal Adams.
>   Not so short a list. That's a problem for we history folks.
>   Best, JoAnn
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