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Fanny McCoullogh letter
07-16-2013, 09:13 AM
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Heath, your comment got me to thinking regarding Mr. Ellsworth's letter to Lincoln. Mr. Ellsworth used the word "assuage" with regard to grief. Months ago we had a debate/discussion on whether Lincoln or Hay wrote the Bixby Letter. I think one argument that Hay wrote it was that Lincoln had never previously used the word "assuage" in any letter he wrote. I argued Lincoln, not Hay, wrote the letter. I am wondering if Lincoln was thinking of Mr. Ellsworth's use of the word when (if) he wrote the letter to Mrs. Bixby. A stretch, I suppose, but it came to mind.
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Fanny McCoullogh letter - Rhatkinson - 03-27-2013, 07:50 PM
RE: Fanny McCoullogh letter - RJNorton - 03-28-2013, 05:06 AM
RE: Fanny McCoullogh letter - Rhatkinson - 03-28-2013, 07:19 AM
RE: Fanny McCoullogh letter - Gene C - 03-28-2013, 09:08 PM
RE: Fanny McCoullogh letter - LincolnMan - 07-15-2013, 06:54 AM
RE: Fanny McCoullogh letter - LincolnMan - 07-15-2013, 01:24 PM
RE: Fanny McCoullogh letter - RJNorton - 07-16-2013, 05:21 AM
RE: Fanny McCoullogh letter - Rhatkinson - 07-16-2013, 08:14 AM
RE: Fanny McCoullogh letter - RJNorton - 07-16-2013 09:13 AM
RE: Fanny McCoullogh letter - LincolnMan - 07-17-2013, 06:35 AM
RE: Fanny McCoullogh letter - J. Beckert - 07-16-2013, 09:26 AM

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