Bixby letter (Q914071)

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Letter written By Abraham Lincoln
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Bixby letter
Letter written By Abraham Lincoln

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    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. (English)
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    I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom. (English)
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