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" 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... "
An American Bible - Page 112
edited by - 1918 - 372 pages
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Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time

Allen Thorndike Rice - 1886 - 800 pages
...country. The letter was dated November 21, 1864, before the excitement of his second election was over: " DEAR MADAM : — I have been shown, in the files of...words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found...
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Practical English Grammar and Correspondence: For Use in Business Colleges ...

1889 - 160 pages
...college. It explains itself : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 1864. To MBS. BIXBT, Boston, Mass. : Dear Madam, — I have been shown in the files of...battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot...
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Abraham Lincoln: His Life, Public Services, Death and Great Funeral Cortege ...

John Carroll Power - 1889 - 470 pages
...Department, a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons, who died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how...words of mine, which should attempt to beguile you of the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that...
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Abraham Lincoln: His Life, Public Services, Death and Great Funeral Cortege ...

John Carroll Power - 1889 - 486 pages
...reason I insert it here : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 21, 1864. DEAR MADAM: — I have seen in the files of the War Department, a statement of...Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons, who died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine, which...
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My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal ..., Part 1

Mary Ashton Livermore - 1889 - 726 pages
...the war had bereaved of five sons? DEAR MADAM, — I have seen in the files of the War Depart ment :i statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and comfortless must be any words of mine which...
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Thomas Jefferson's Views on Public Education

John Cleaves Henderson - 1890 - 414 pages
...Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons who died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how...weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which would attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering...
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Thomas Jefferson's Views on Public Education

John Cleaves Henderson - 1890 - 408 pages
...day opened a letter which read as follows : "EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, " November 21, 1864. " 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 died gloriously on the...
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The American Review of Reviews, Volume 39

Albert Shaw - 1909 - 970 pages
...one running as follows: EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 1864. To MRS. BIXBY, BOSTON, MASS. 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...
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My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience ...

Mary Ashton Livermore - 1890 - 636 pages
...the war had bereaved of five sons? DEAR MADAM, — I have seen in the files of the War Depart ment a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and comfortless must be any words of mine which...
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KINGS OF THE PLATFORM AND PULPIT

MELVILLE D. LANDON - 1893 - 672 pages
...following letter to Mrs. Bixby, of Boston, a poor widow who had lost five sons killed in battle : My DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the...words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from a loss so overwhelming. But I can not refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found...
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