Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Bixby letter is a letter sent from U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to a 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 Lydia Bixby, a widow living in Boston. The text has been widely praised as one of Lincoln's finest written works along with the Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural address.Controversy surrounds the background of the recipient, the fate of the sons, and the authorship of the letter. Although her sons fought for the Union, there is speculation that Mrs. Bixby may have supported the Confederacy. Furthermore, records show at least two sons were alive after the war. Finally, historians have debated whether the text was written by Lincoln himself or by his assistant private secretary, John Hay. The letter continues to be widely regarded and is often reprinted although the original has been lost."@en }
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- Bixby_letter abstract "The Bixby letter is a letter sent from U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to a 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 Lydia Bixby, a widow living in Boston. The text has been widely praised as one of Lincoln's finest written works along with the Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural address.Controversy surrounds the background of the recipient, the fate of the sons, and the authorship of the letter. Although her sons fought for the Union, there is speculation that Mrs. Bixby may have supported the Confederacy. Furthermore, records show at least two sons were alive after the war. Finally, historians have debated whether the text was written by Lincoln himself or by his assistant private secretary, John Hay. The letter continues to be widely regarded and is often reprinted although the original has been lost.".
- Q914071 abstract "The Bixby letter is a letter sent from U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to a 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 Lydia Bixby, a widow living in Boston. The text has been widely praised as one of Lincoln's finest written works along with the Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural address.Controversy surrounds the background of the recipient, the fate of the sons, and the authorship of the letter. Although her sons fought for the Union, there is speculation that Mrs. Bixby may have supported the Confederacy. Furthermore, records show at least two sons were alive after the war. Finally, historians have debated whether the text was written by Lincoln himself or by his assistant private secretary, John Hay. The letter continues to be widely regarded and is often reprinted although the original has been lost.".