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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
THE MARTYRED PRESIDENT
LINCOLN CENTENNIAL
1809
SOUVENIR
To Mrs. Bixly, Boston, Mass
Dear Madam
1909
Executive Mansion
Washington Now 21.1864
I have been shown in the files
of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant
General of Massachusett, that you are the mother of five sons
who have died foriously on the field of battle. Ifeel how weak and
frutless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile
from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
But I cannot ref
of the republic they died to save I pray that our deavenly
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Father may ass Ished memory of the loved and last, and the
you only
solem pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a
sacrifice upon the atter of freedom
Yoursvery sincerely and respectfully
A MAN OF SORROW, AND ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF
Ever conscientiously struggling for right and in
the midst of the perplexities of formidable
responsibilities never forgetting the misfortunes
of others.
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