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Monday, November 21, 2005Lincoln and VoltaireOn this day in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln wrote one of the most famous letters in American history. It was a letter of condolence to Mrs. Lydia Bixby of Boston, who was reported by the War Department to have lost five sons in battle. He wrote to her: "I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage... Sign in to see full entry. |
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A compendium of little-known, and possibly little-cared-about, days to celebrate each month, and other miscellaneous oddments. People
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