Gettysburg address : manuscript presented to George Bancroft with accompanying letter, 1864 Feb. 29.

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Gettysburg address : manuscript presented to George Bancroft with accompanying letter, 1864 Feb. 29.

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The Gettysburg address in Lincoln's handwriting, copied out at the request of historian George Bancroft. Accompanied by a note from Lincoln to Bancroft, and a typewritten article on "The story of the autograph manuscript ..." concerning the five drafts of the Gettysburg address. Also with a copy of the New-York Times reporting on the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg, November 1863.

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Cornell University Library

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