Letter from Apr. 17, 1865
I.F. Quinby to Ulysses S. Grant
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I.F. Quinby to Ulysses S. Grant
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I.F. Quinby, a former U.S. general teaching at the University of Rochester in 1865, wrote to General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the U.S. Army, expressing sadness over the assassination of Lincoln. He also shows relief for Grant, who was originally supposed to be the Lincolns' guest at Ford's Theatre the night of the assassination.
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[[?]]Lincolns Assassination Rochester NY
April 17th 1865
General U.S. Grant
My Dear Grant,
While the
whole people are plunged in the
deepest grief at the death of our
wise and most excellent President
there in many led with it a feeling of
thankfulness that you for whom the
same blow was intended, so pro-
[redentially]escaped
Your hopes of the recovery of
Secretary Seward are also realized
The nations soon arise itself
Gone it's almost stupor of grief
and foreboding of other calamities
to forcible in the trace of the will give
place to confidence we the ability
of those at the head of our affairs to
bring alert the peace and hate in all
prosperity whole reserved to well
aroused before the sad event
the people hope news less from you
in the pretense hence you have accomplished
for hence in the name of personal
friendship alone, but in the light of the
nation, where I ask you to take all
wise precautions to guard against
the assassins who may be watching
their oppertunity to strike at your
life.
with the most earnest wishes that
your life may be long passed
to your family and to the nation
I remorse
Sincerely your friend
Quinby
[Transcription by: Joseph Marsteller, Rachel Engl's class, Lehigh University.] -
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Isaac Ferdinand Quinby. "I.F. Quinby to Ulysses S. Grant". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1127
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Isaac Ferdinand Quinby
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April 17, 1865
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Letter from Apr. 17, 1865
I.F. Quinby to Ulysses S. Grant
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Description
I.F. Quinby, a former U.S. general teaching at the University of Rochester in 1865, wrote to General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the U.S. Army, expressing sadness over the assassination of Lincoln. He also shows relief for Grant, who was originally supposed to be the Lincolns' guest at Ford's Theatre the night of the assassination.
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This item is in the public domain and may be reproduced and used for any purpose, including research, teaching, private study, publication, broadcast or commercial use, with proper citation and attribution.
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Creator
Isaac Ferdinand Quinby
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Date
April 17, 1865