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The Daily Dispatch: June 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], The late accident in the President's family. (search)
The late accident in the President's family. --The late sad accident and terrible bereavement suffered by the President and family, called forth the deepest sympathies of the public. From a private letter of a Confederate officer--though not intended for publication — the Selma Dispatch copies the following description of the scene of the accident, and the President's household, upon the occurrence of the sudden affection: Florence, S C, May 3.--I left Richmond on Sunday morning, 1st of May. On the evening before I found myself at the President's house up stairs, by a sad and singular accident. Having finished all my business with the Department I strolled with Judge H of Mississippi, to look at the city, and passing the President's mansion we paused to look at the scenery beyond, when a little girl ran out of the house crying to the next door and pulled the bell violently; in a minute she was followed by another, and then by a little boy the picture of the most utter de