Lincoln's First Draft of the Gettysburg Address – Vintage Wall Art
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Description
This rare historic image captures Lincoln's First Draft of the Gettysburg Address in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Lincoln's First Draft of the Gettysburg Address
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Lincoln's own pen shows the address taking shape before he ever reached the battlefield. He worked on the wording in Washington in the days before the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, where he spoke on November 19, 1863, for only a few minutes. Set beside the text he delivered, these early lines reveal how much he cut and polished, reducing the speech to roughly 270 words. Historians value such drafts because they show a president weighing each phrase about the nation's founding and the Union dead.
| Original scan | 3,556 × 5,887 px · prints to 12 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 003a |
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