Below is a draft of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, given to one of his personal secretaries, John Hay. It was written by Lincoln's hand, and bears his own edits. I thought this would be appropriate to share in the Nib.
150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
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I thought the Gettysburg Address was written on the back of an envelope on his train ride up there from Washington DC.
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Huh. Interesting. Very cool as well. Thanks for sharing it Jessy.
I finally just watched the movie "Lincoln" this weekend. Amazing how some of the back-story to the 13th Amendment came about.
I live about 20 miles from Gettysburg Battlefield, and try to visit whenever I can... there's a ton of hand written artifacts in the museum there, if you're ever in the area.
I live about 20 miles from Gettysburg Battlefield, and try to visit whenever I can... there's a ton of hand written artifacts in the museum there, if you're ever in the area.
