 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 112edited by - 1918 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lucius Eugene Chittenden - 1893 - 464 pages
...as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my countrymen to a right conclusion." To that Boston mother of " five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle" he wrote among other comforting words: " I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...seamen, and their gallant and skilful commanders. A Letter to Mrs. Bixley, of Boston. November 21, 1864 Dear Madam, I have been shown in the files of the...you from 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 280 pages
...seamen, and their gallant and skilful commanders. A Letter to Mrs. Bixley, of Boston. November 21, 1864 Dear Madam, I have been shown in the files of the...you from 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 410 pages
...war lasts. A. LINCOLN. LETTER TO MRS. BIXBY, OF BOSTON, MASS l EXECUTIVE MANSION, November 21, 1864. Dear Madam: I have been shown in the files of the...attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so over1This is one of Lincoln's most famous letters on account of its evident sincerity and the purity... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 432 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 cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 854 pages
...shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that vou are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously...you from 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 268 pages
...seamen, and their gallant and skilful commanders. A Letter to Mrs. Bixley, of Boston. November 21, 1864 Dear Madam, I have been shown in the files of the...died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how r/i" weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 782 pages
...TO MRS. BDCBY. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 21, 1864. MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. Dear Madam : I have been shown in the files of the...statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that vou are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field" of battle. I feel how weak and... | |
 | Francis M. Stalker, Charles Madison Curry, Walter W. Storms - 1900 - 718 pages
...(England) university halls as a specimen of the purest English and the most elegant diction extant: "Dear Madam: — I have been shown in the files of...mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the battle field. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 196 pages
...November 21, 1864 Executive Mansion, Washington, November 21, 1864. MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts : DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the...you from 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... | |
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