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The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
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Item Title
Letter to Brig. General Sickles from Mary Todd Lincoln, September 31, 1862.
Author/Creator
Author: Lincoln, Mary Todd
Created/Published
9/31/1862
Washington, D. C.
Notes
On Mary Todd Lincoln's monogrammed, black-bordered stationery, in memory of her departed son, Willie. With black-bordered envelope.
Written only about a week after the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, and in the midst of the increasing fear that the enemy might take Washington, this magnificent letter reveals Mrs. Lincoln as one of the most courageous and considerate of all first ladies. Unlike her later letters, with are filled with self-pity, this early letter reveals the characteristics in her which Lincoln must have loved and admired.
Subjects
USA--District of Columbia--Washington
Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882)
Sickles, Daniel E. (1819-1914)
Lincoln, William Wallace (Willie) (1850-1862)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Manuscripts
Correspondence
letter
Object Type
Medium
envelope: 10 x 6 cm; letter: 10.5 x 14.5 cm.
Call Number
Portfolio 2, no. 9
Part of
The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
Repository
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID
lprbscsm scsm0867
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lprbscsm.scsm0867