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| has gloss | eng: The Bixby letter is a letter sent from the United States President Abraham Lincoln to a bereaved mother of five sons who were thought to have died while fighting for the Union in the American Civil War. The brief, consoling message was written in November 1864 to one Mrs. Lydia Bixby, a widow living in Boston, following a request from Massachusetts Governor John Albion Andrew. The text has been widely praised as one of Lincoln's finest works of writing alongside the Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural address. |
| lexicalization | eng: Bixby letter |
| instance of | (noun) civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865 War between the States, United States Civil War, American Civil War |
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| has gloss | deu: Der Brief an Mrs. Bixby ist ein Schreiben Abraham Lincolns, des 16. Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten, an Lydia Bixby, die Mutter von fünf Söhnen, von denen zum Zeitpunkt der Entstehung des Schreibens angenommen wurde, sie seien alle während des Sezessionskrieges gefallen. |
| lexicalization | deu: Brief an Mrs. Bixby |
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| has gloss | fra: La lettre de Lincoln à Madame Lydia Bixby est une lettre envoyée par le président américain Abraham Lincoln à Lydia Bixby, dont les cinq fils seraient tombés pendant la guerre de Sécession. Texte La lettre de Lincoln a été imprimée par le Boston Evening Transcript le 25 novembre 1864, le jour même où elle a été remise à sa destinataire. La lettre originale a été perdue. |
| lexicalization | fra: Lettre de Lincoln à Madame Lydia Bixby |
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| media:img | Al16.jpg |
| media:img | Bixby letter facsimile.jpg |
| media:img | Younger John Hay.jpg |
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