1st inaugural address – Historic Print
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This rare historic image captures 1st inaugural address in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
1st inaugural address
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Lincoln delivered his first inaugural address on March 4, 1861, from the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol, as the nation was already splitting apart. Seven Southern states had left the Union by then, and the speech tried to hold the country together. It insisted that the Union was older than the states and that he had no intention of interfering with slavery where it existed. Its closing appeal to the "better angels of our nature" is still among the most quoted lines in American political writing, and it was spoken only weeks before fighting began at Fort Sumter.
| Original scan | 5,880 × 7,656 px · prints to 20 × 26 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1st inaugural address |
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