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A 1796 portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart. The thought of the United States without George Washington as its president caused concern among many Americans. Thomas Jefferson disagreed with many of Washington's policies and later led the Democratic-Republicans in opposition to many Federalist policies, but he joined his political rival Alexander Hamilton, leader of the Federalists ...
The Bixby letter in the Boston Evening Transcript. The Bixby letter is a brief, consoling message sent by President Abraham Lincoln in November 1864 to Lydia Parker Bixby, a widow living in Boston, Massachusetts, who was thought to have lost five sons in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The letter became an immediate media sensation with reprints in the New York Daily Tribune of August 22, 1865, [1] and Lydia Maria Child's The Freedmen's Book the same year. [3] In the letter, Jordan Anderson describes his better life in Ohio, and asks his former master for $11,680 in back wages (well over $100,000 inflation adjusted as of 2024 ...
A million thanks to Bill Dwyre for the great tribute to the incomparable and unparalleled brilliance of Jim Murray. How wonderful it felt to once again share an amazed chuckle as we did for many ...
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s daughter read a love letter her father wrote aloud at her mother’s funeral on Tuesday 28 November. The 75-year-old love letter was written by the former president ...
The letter is written vertically and right-to-left, using a brush, and on a piece of hanji that measures 58.5 by 34 cm (23.0 by 13.4 in). [14] [6] [1] After writing until the left end of the page, Won's mother wrote more on the top margin of the page, until she ran out of space for further writing. [6] [8] The letter had been placed on Lee's ...
Tributes to the Denver native poured in from her colleagues. “We lost a beloved member of our KOLD news team. Ana Orsini was our anchor, a leader of the morning team, and most importantly a ...
A letter of credence (lettres de créance) is the instrument by which a head of state appoints ("accredits") ambassadors to foreign countries. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Also known as credentials , the letter closes with a phrase "asking that credit may be given to all that the ambassador may say in the name of his sovereign or government."