the United States Government with the head of George Washington or a picture of some event in connection with him than any other person in the world, except possibly King George of England, whose head is not only on stamps of Great Britain but all of its col- onies. And too, each state in the Union

, 1864. To Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Mass. Dear Madam: I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which

politician, as to how the vote of that State, for Governor, and Presi- dent, is likely to go. In casting about for such a man I have settled upon you, and I shall be much obliged if you will write me at Springfield, Illinois. "The news we are receiving here now by letters from all quarters is steadily on the

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