Abraham Lincoln facsimiles, 1863, 1964.

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Abraham Lincoln facsimiles, 1863, 1964.

Facsimile copy (2 pages) of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863, written in his hand. The original, held by the State of Illinois, was exhibited at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Also included is a pamphlet about the Gettysburg Address, also from R.R. Donnelly & Sons. There is also an undated pamphlet issued by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States containing a facsimile of an undated holograph/autobiographical sketch of Abraham Lincoln.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...