 | 1900 - 484 pages
...Madam— "I have been shown in the fiies of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five...leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and the lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1865 - 866 pages
...the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died...that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM Lis-cour. To Mrs. BIXBT,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 878 pages
...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...must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. LINCOLN. To MRS. BIXBY, Boston,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 840 pages
...the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to yon the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died...memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that mast be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and... | |
 | George Washington Colman - 1865 - 20 pages
...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...that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." 13 " O slow to smite, and swift to spare ! Gentle and merciful and just... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 848 pages
...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...that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM Lixoour. To Mrs. BIXBT,... | |
 | Frank Crosby - 1865 - 506 pages
...the grief of a loss so overwhelming ; but I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died...assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you ouly the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 886 pages
...the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died...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 to have... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 972 pages
...the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I can not refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died...save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage tlic anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and... | |
 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - 1866 - 264 pages
...the grief of a loss BO overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died...must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. — Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, "ABRAHAM LINCOLI}." We left... | |
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I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. 
