“Dear Mr. Booth, I feel honored that you have found the time to correspond with me, and have felt free to share your honest criticisms of my administration. I hold this to be your inalienable right as a citizen of our great republic, and while we may continue to differ on the ways and means of the conduct of this terrible conflagration besetting our nation, I do humbly concede that I may not always get things right. It is with that said that I hold out hope for a swift and amicable resolution to our present malaise. On a more personal note, I feel that I must congratulate you on your recent fine performance as Duke Pescara. Sincerely, Abraham Lincoln.”
“To The Honorable Abraham Lincoln, I thank you, Sir, for your kind words on my performance. I as always found the stage at Ford’s to be ideal for my performances and beneficial to my career and aims. Am I to understand that you, Sir, are planning to soon patronize that fine venue? If so, it might make for an opportunity for us to sort out our differences. I remain your humble servant, J. W. Booth.”
“Dear Mr Booth, Miss Mary Todd and I do indeed plan on viewing a production of Taylor’s Our American Cousin in April, if time and duties permit. Such a meeting as you propose may well prove memorable. I will have my secretary, Mr. Hay, send you particulars. Sincerely yours, Abraham Lincoln.”
“To The Honorable Abraham Lincoln, I, Sir, am in receipt of correspondence from Mr. John Hay, and I am eagerly awaiting our encounter at Ford’s on the fourteenth instant. Sincerely, J. W. Booth.”
Padre
Genre Writing Challenge #25: Epistolary Fiction
(stories constructed as a series of letters exchanged between characters)
Padre's Ramblings 