 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.  Bar Briefs - Page 631924Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Lucius Eugene Chittenden - Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) - 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 - Illinois - 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 - Presidents - 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 - United States - 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 - Education - 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... | |
 | Henry Watterson - Presidents - 1899 - 62 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... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1899 - 208 pages
...letter to Mrs. Bixby of Boston, a poor widow who had lost five sons, killed in battle : — MY DEAK MADAM, — I have been shown in the files of the War...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... | |
 | Science - 1899 - 676 pages
...University as " a specimen of the purest English and most elegant diction extant" : DEAR MADAME : — -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... | |
 | Bookbinding - 1900 - 308 pages
...can't spare that man : he fights !' I have been shown, in the files of the War Department, a statement that you are the mother of five sons who have died...words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from your grief for a loss so overwhelming ; but I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation... | |
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