My T206 Plank theory....New Follow-up info

[Theoldprofessor]

Ted:

A few small corrections to your story.

1. As far as I can tell, there never was a David Frank LaFean, not at Gettysburg College and certainly not in the US House of Representatives. There was a Daniel Frank LaFean who meets those standards, sort of.

2. Daniel LaFean was certainly not "The Director ... of Gettysburg College," for the simple reason that no such position existed at the college, not then, and not since. He was a Director at Gettysburg, which just means that he served on the Board of Trustees, with lots of other men. Gettysburg's President at the turn of the century was Harvey Washington McKnight.

By the way, thay apparently thought so highly of Mr. LaFean that they put him in the college catalog in 1899-1900 ...

“D. F. LAFEAX York” and again in 1900-1901:

“DANIEL F. LAFE.\N, York.”

Well, there are trustees and there are Trustees! (They finally got him right in 1902, just before he was elected to the US House of representatives.)

Does any of this change any of your claims about LaFean and Plank? Probably not. But it does suggest that people might worry a bit more over your scholarship.

And for the record, I'm an alum of Gettysburg College.