Edward Everett manuscript 1862.

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Edward Everett manuscript 1862.

This is a manuscript of a speech by Edward Everett, a noted orator, at a Boston Irish Society rally to recruit for the Union Army.

10 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7138998

William L. Clements Library

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