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Gettysburg Address copy at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
11-12-2017, 11:34 AM
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Gettysburg Address copy at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Officials with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum say the facility will have a copy of the Gettysburg Address available for the public to view from Nov. 13-26 to mark the anniversary of the speech. Lincoln delivered it Nov. 19, 1863.

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11-12-2017, 01:44 PM
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(11-12-2017 11:34 AM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  Officials with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum say the facility will have a copy of the Gettysburg Address available for the public to view from Nov. 13-26 to mark the anniversary of the speech. Lincoln delivered it Nov. 19, 1863.

Thanks, David. The Cornell University Library also has a copy of the Gettysburg Address. Does anyone know if that copy is available for public view?
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11-19-2017, 12:27 PM
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(11-12-2017 01:44 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  The Cornell University Library also has a copy of the Gettysburg Address. Does anyone know if that copy is available for public view?

Sorry, Roger, I did not find an answer to your question. But, I thought that you might be interested in the following information regarding Cornell University's Copy.


Cornell’s manuscript of the Gettysburg Address was written out by President Lincoln at the request of George Bancroft, the most famous historian of his day. On February 23, 1864 Bancroft attended a White House reception and asked Lincoln for a copy of the Gettysburg Address in his own handwriting. He explained that he was making the request for his stepson, Colonel Alexander Bliss. The Colonel was a member of a committee collecting manuscripts which were to be included in a lithographed volume of facsimiles entitled Autographed Leaves of Our Country's Authors, to be sold by the Baltimore Sanitary Fair. The Fair was to provide some assistance to soldiers, especially those ill in hospitals.

Lincoln agreed, and a week later he mailed a copy to the historian—the same day that he mailed another copy to Edward Everett, who had spoken with Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery in November.

The Gettysburg Address. with: Autograph Letter Signed by Abraham Lincoln to George Bancroft. Washington D.C., Februrary 29, 1864.

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