Abraham Lincoln, an Horatian ode [manuscript], 1865.

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Abraham Lincoln, an Horatian ode [manuscript], 1865.

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A bound volume containing Stoddard's published Ode in original purple wrappers (New York: Bunce & Huntington, 1865, 12 p.), as well as his heavily edited original manuscript (17 leaves), letters received regarding the Ode, and announcements of performances of the Ode and The little drummer. The letters are assembled chronologically from April through May of 1865 and were received from J. Frank Howe, E.P. Whipple from Boston, O.B. Bunce, H.J. Cornwell, Walter Low, Durant [van] Barlow, R. Shelton Mackenzie, Bayard Taylor, D.W. Van Buren (Troy, N.Y.), and a "Weekly Reviewer" from Brooklyn. Contents also include a ticket for Capt. Wilson Barstow (his wife's father) to view Lincoln's remains on the 24th of April 1865, and 2 pages of text (p. 213/4) from History of the battle of Gettysburg.

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