 | William C. Davis - History - 1999 - 330 pages
...of his most perfect creations: I know how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which shall attempt to beguile 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... | |
 | Daniel Kilham Dodge - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 84 pages
...bountiful. "EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 21, 1864. Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Massachusetts. DEAR MADAM: I have been shown in the files of the War Department...feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine 'Reminiscences, 428. Compare Lincoln's statement to Brooks: " ' I do generally remember a good story... | |
 | J. G. Randall, Richard N. Current, Richard Nelson Current - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 460 pages
...classic in the language. The letter reads as follows: Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov. 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 have died gloriously on... | |
 | Genealogy - 1910 - 538 pages
...her sons dying in their youthful prime that the nation might live. To such a mother Lincoln wrote, "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... | |
 | David J Eicher - History - 2002 - 992 pages
...late November he wrote the famous "Bixby letter," often quoted as one of his most sensitive missives. "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... | |
 | Robert A. Fletcher, Robert B. Fletcher - Funeral rites and ceremonies - 2002 - 156 pages
...two minutes of silence, just as they did in 1918. NT DAY Executive Mansion, November 21, 1864 Dear Madam: I have been shown in the files of the War Department...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... | |
 | Franklin Aretas Haskell - History - 2002 - 128 pages
...Executive Mansion, Washington, November 21, 1864. MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts: DEAR MADAM: 1 have been shown in the files of the War Department...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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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... 
