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President Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg Address

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Second Draft of the Gettysburg Address

Shown here in Lincoln's own hand, the Gettysburg Address was only two minutes long

CREDIT: Lincoln, Abraham. "Image of 'Hay Draft' of the Gettysburg Address. Page 1." 1863. Holograph. John Hay Papers, Manuscript Division, The Gettysburg Address: Photographs, Library of Congress.



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