ORIGINAL! - CIVIL WAR - ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S - GETTYSBURG ADDRESS - FACSIMILE w/PORTFOLIO c1964
ACTUAL SIZE FACSIMILE OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS (EVERETT COPY) CONSISTING OF TWO LEAVES MAKING UP THE ENTIRETY OF THE EVERETT COPY OF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS WITH AN 8 PAGE SADDLE-STITCHED BOOKLET BY THE UNITED STATES HISTORICAL SOCIETY CORRESPONDING TO THE HISTORY OF THE DOCUMENT IN A BEAUTIFUL UNITED STATES HISTORICAL SOCIETY PORTFOLIO c1964.
Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's deadliest battle. It remains one of the best-known speeches in American history
CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE FOR ITS 60 YEARS WITH SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING AND A SMALL 1" PERIOD TAPE REPAIR AT THE TOP CENTER (FROM THE REVERSE) ON ONE OF THE TWO LEAVES OF THE DOCUMENT. A FEW SMALL RANDOM PERIOD TAPE SPOTS ON THE REVERSE OF EACH LEAVE (NOT AFFECTING THE OBVERSES).
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EACH LEAVE OF THE FACSIMILE DOCUMENT IS LIGHTLY TAPED ON THE REVERSE IN 2 SMALL SPOTS TO HOLD IT TO EACH OF ITS FRAMES.
EACH LEAVE OF THE FACSIMILE IS LIGHTLY PRINTED ON THE REVERSE AS PRINTED BY:
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
The Lakeside Press (Chicago, Illinois)
BRIGHT GILT COVER, SPINE TITLES U.S.H.S. SEAL.
PORTFOLIO DIMENSION (CLOSED) : 9 7/8" x 12 1/2"