Author: Abraham LincolnPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Celebrated "Bixby Letter."
Author: Abraham LincolnThe Celebrated "Bixby" Letter
Author: Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln and the Bixby Letter (Classic Reprint)
Author: Sherman Day WakefieldPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780666437044
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln and the Bixby Letter It is not quite clear what Dr. Bullard's object is in the section John Hay's Burden of Grief (p. 116 He points out that Hay had received word of his brother's death just before he em tertained John Morley when, ac cording to Dr. Butler, he told Morley that he wrote the Bixby letter. It would seem that such an occasion would naturally bring up the subject of a famous letter Of condolence and lead to the admission as claimed. No body claims that Hay in assum ing the authorship Of the Bixby letter knowingly was stealing what another man had com posed, as Dr. Bullard states. All those who uphold Hay's author ship believe he was honest in making the claim, that he said so because he actually had writ ten the letter. Dr. Bullard says he does not accept any such in terpretation, but where does he get the idea that others do? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The famous letter to Mrs. Bixby
Author: Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln Letter to Mrs. Bixby
Author: Abraham LincolnPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Facsimile of the famous Lincoln letter to Mrs. Bixby regarding the death of her five sons in the Civil War
The Bixby Letter
Author: Nicholas Murray ButlerPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 4
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At Lincoln's Side
Author: Michael BurlingamePublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809327119
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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John Hay believed that “real history is told in private letters,” and the more than 220 surviving letters and telegrams from his Civil War days prove that to be true, showing Abraham Lincoln in action: “The Tycoon is in fine whack. I have rarely seen him more serene & busy. He is managing this war, the draft, foreign relations, and planning a reconstruction of the Union, all at once. I never knew with what tyrannous authority he rules the Cabinet, till now. The most important things he decides & there is no cavil.” Along with Hay’s personal correspondence, Burlingame includes his surviving official letters. Though lacking the “literary brilliance of [Hay’s] personal letters,” Burlingame explains, “they help flesh out the historical record.” Burlingame also includes some of the letters Hay composed for Lincoln’s signature, including the celebrated letter of condolence to the Widow Bixby. More than an inside glimpse of the Civil War White House, Hay’s surviving correspondence provides a window on the world of nineteenth-century Washington, D.C.
The Plain Truth about the Bixby Letter
Author: David Rankin BarbeeAmbrose Bierce is Missing
Author: Joe NickellPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813164141
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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What constitutes historical truth is often subject to change. Through ingenious detection, the accepted wisdom of one generation may become the discredited legend of another -- or vice versa. In this wide- ranging study of historical investigation, former detective Joe Nickell allows the reader to look over his shoulder as he demonstrates the use of varied techniques in solving some of the world's most perplexing mysteries. All the major categories of historical mystery are here -- ancient riddles, biographical enigmas, hidden identity, "fakelore," questioned artifacts, suspect documents, lost texts, obscured sources, and scientific challenges. Each is then illustrated by a complete case from the author's own files. Nickell's investigation of the giant Nazca drawings in Peru, for example -- thought by some to provide proof of ancient extraterrestrial visitations -- uses innovative techniques to reveal a very different origin. Other cases concern the 1913 disappearance of writer and journalist Ambrose Bierce, the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, the truth about the identity of John Demjanjuk ("Ivan the Terrible" to Polish death camp victims), the fate of a lost colonial American text, the authenticity of Abraham Lincoln's celebrated Bixby letter, and the apparent real-life model for a mysterious character in a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In reaching his solutions, Nickell demonstrates a wide variety of investigative techniques -- chemical and instrumental analyses, physical experimentation, a "psychological autopsy," forensic identification, archival research, linguistic analysis, folklore study, and many others. His highly readable book will intrigue the scholar and the history buff no less than the mystery lover.
Abraham Lincoln and the Widow Bixby
Author: F. Lauriston BullardPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258082086
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Languages : en
Pages : 174
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