5/21/2023 0 Comments The gettysburg address copy![]() There is speculation that Lincoln modified his address, possibly shortly before he made it at the dedication of a national cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield on 19 November 1863. The first sheet is executive mansion stationary and the words written on it are written in pen, with some pencilled in amendments at the bottom. The second sheet is on foolscap paper, and the words are written in pencil. That is partly because the Nicolay copy of Lincoln’s speech, which was only around 270 words long, appears on two distinct sheets of paper. ![]() The copy which will go on display in the library’s Great Hall on Friday is one of two that were in the possession of the 16th president's secretaries, John George Nicolay and John Hay. The library owns both copies it is showing the Nicolay version, which is also referred to as the “first draft” because some historians contend that it was the copy that Lincoln read out at Gettysburg. Lincoln’s brief speech, honouring the Union. The main address was delivered by the renowned orator Edward Everett (17941865) and lasted two hours. ![]() Five copies of the speech survive – all in Lincoln’s handwriting – although three were written after the address was delivered, and then donated to charities. Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of a cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa., for those killed at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. ![]()
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