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THE EARLY PRINTINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS AND WHAT THEY REVEAL ABOUT HIS SPOKEN WORDS.
Carbonell, John
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The opening words of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address are familiar to many, but the exact wording of the rest of his speech has been contested over the years. Soon after Lincoln spoke at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863, variations of what he said were printed in a number of publications. Generations of commentators have since puzzled over these, wanting to know which one is the most accurate. This short book continues that quest, first by cataloguing and annotating a sequence of key printings published in the six months after he spoke and by investigating their sources, with reference to the five surviving manuscripts of the Address in Lincoln's hand as well as other documents. John Carbonell concludes that not only is a certain printing the most accurate, as many have thought, but more controversially, that there is no compelling reason to believe that a single word in it is mistaken.
John Carbonell is an antiquarian book and print dealer specializing in nineteenth-century American and Canadian printed ephemera. He was born in Malaysia, grew up in Australia, and graduated from universities in England and the United States before moving to Canada and becoming a Canadian citizen. He now lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.
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HISTORY OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. ILLUSTRATED.
by Ellis, Franklin
First edition. Thirty-one separate chapters on different facets of the history of this old American county. Contains many biographies of important members of the community and well over 100 illustrations. Includes a full color double page map of the country. Wear at tips.
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