September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
Newspaper, “The World,” New York, November 26, 1864, 8pp., disbound, VG. From the front page, a complete printing of President Lincoln’s famous letter to Mrs Bixby, “ Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. 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. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. 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. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. Lincoln.” And, 4 column report of the failed attempt by a group of Confederate sympathizers to set fire to numerous public buildings in New York City, including the American Museum and several hotels. The lengthy account suggests the chaos that greeted news of the fires and the measures taken by local hotels to guard against arson.
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