The Abraham Lincoln joke book : production material, 1965.

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The Abraham Lincoln joke book : production material, 1965.

Here are more than sixty jokes and humorous stories told by and about Abraham Lincoln, who used humor to prove a point, to help answer questions, or to cheer up people around him. The collection comprises a holograph, corrected typescripts (one in carbon), front matter, a galley proof, a corrected page proof, correspondence and a jacket proof.

Manuscripts: 4 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7817052

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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