 Dear Madam : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words...  American Historical Documents: 1000-1904 - Seite 446herausgegeben von - 1910 - 491 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1900 - 484 Seiten
...assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and the lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have...very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LINCOLN." No more beautiful expression of sympathy can be found in literature. Compare it with the sordid consolation... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 864 Seiten
...lying severely wounded at the time in the hospital : — EXECUTIVE MAKSION, WASHINGI-OUT, November 21, DEAR MADAM: — I have been shown in the files of...very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To Mrs. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. This letter, addressed to one conspicuous among the thousands... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1865 - 866 Seiten
...severely wounded at the time in the hospital : — EIICUTJVI MAJCSIUX, WABUIKOTOI, Nottmbtr 21, ISM. DEAR MADAM : — I have been shown in the files of...freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM Lis-cour. To Mrs. BIXBT, Boston, Massachusetts. This letter, addressed to one conspicuous among the... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 878 Seiten
...not refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the E^epublic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father...of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. LINCOLN. To MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. LETTER TO DEACON JOHN PHILLIPS — 104 YEARS OLD.... | |
 | George Washington Colman - 1865 - 20 Seiten
...refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they have died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may...so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." 13 " O slow to smite, and swift to spare ! Gentle and merciful and just 1 Who in the fear of God clidst... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 848 Seiten
...that may be found in the thanks «f the Republic they died to save. I pray that our HeavenlyFather may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave...freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM Lixoour. To Mrs. BIXBT, Boston, Massachusetts. This letter, addressed to one conspicuous among the... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 972 Seiten
...found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage tlic anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the...of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. LINCOLN. To MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. LETTER TO DEACON JOHN PHILLIPS — 104 TEARS OLD.... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 912 Seiten
...found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage tlie anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the...be yours* to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon tho altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. LINCOLN. To MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts.... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 886 Seiten
...Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave yon only the cherished memory of the lovei and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours...freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LIXCOLS. To Mrs. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. This letter, addressed to one conspicuous among the... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 750 Seiten
...DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five...very sincerely and respectfully, " ABRAHAM LINCOLN. " To Mrs. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts." One summer's day, in walking along the shaded path which leads... | |
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