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
| Abraham Lincoln - American literature - 1905 - 354 pages
...already hovering over him. "I have been shown," he says, "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... | |
| History - 1906 - 762 pages
...sons to her country: " I have been shown," he says, " 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 which... | |
| History - 1906 - 786 pages
...sons to her country : " I have been shown," he says, " in the files of the war department a statement that you are the mother of five sons who have died...and fruitless must be any words of mine which should 8 ttempt to beguile you from your grief for a loss so overwhelming, but I cannot refrain from tendering... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Devotional calendars - 1907 - 410 pages
...to Mrs. Blzby, a widow, of Boston, who lost five sons ln the war.) l have been shown, ln the flies of the War Department, a statement of the Adjutant-General...sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. l feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the... | |
| James Baldwin - Heroes - 1907 - 312 pages
...following letter, written to a stricken mother whom he did not know, is one of such examples: — " DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak... | |
| Joseph Henry Wade, Emma Sylvester - Readers - 1908 - 360 pages
...your most obedient servant, B. FRANKLIN To BENJAMIX WEBB III. LINCOLN'S LETTER TO MRS. BIXBY OF BOSTON 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... | |
| Edgar Truman Brackett - 1908 - 338 pages
...battles of the Civil War: " Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. To Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Mass: Dear Mad'am — 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... | |
| Allen Thorndike Rice - Presidents - 1909 - 406 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... | |
| Horatio Sheafe Krans - 1909 - 186 pages
...hovering over him. '"I have been shown,' he says, ' 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... | |
| Charles Washington Moores - 1909 - 168 pages
...friend, A. LINCOLN. To a mother whose five sons had died for their country he wrote this letter : — DEAR MADAM, — I have been shown in the files of...Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sous who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words... | |
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