Description
Condolence letter written by President Abraham Lincoln, November 21, 1864 to Mrs. Lydia Bixby. The War Department had informed Lincoln that five of Bixby's sons had died in the Civil War, though only two had actually died in combat. From print in collection of F. H. Meserve, New York. (1913)
Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_3648
Source
New York State Archives. New York (State). Department of Education. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. Series A3045-78, No. 3648.