Another Touching Letter

When President Lincoln was shot, Mary Todd Lincoln received this letter from Queen Victoria.

It reads:

“April 29, 1865

Dear Madam,

Though a Stranger to you I cannot remain silent when so terrible a calamity has fallen upon you & your Country & must personally express my deep & heartfelt sympathy with you under the shocking circumstances of your present dreadful misfortune —

No one can better appreciate than I can, who am myself utterly broken-hearted by the loss of my own beloved Husband, who was the Light of my Life, — my Stay — my all, — what your sufferings must be; and I earnestly pray that you may be supported by Him to whom Alone the sorely stricken can look for comfort, in this hour of heavy affliction.

With the renewed Expression of true sympathy, I remain,

dear Madam,

Your Sincere friend

Victoria Rg”

Certainly, Victoria’s heart was broken.   Her love affair with her husband, Prince Albert, was a well known fact.

Both President Lincoln and Queen Victoria left wonderful legacies and helped to shape the western world as we know it today.