There were five versions of the Gettysburg Address that were acknowledged by Abraham Lincoln in his lifetime. Here are those versions, along with the AP wire copy from November 1863.

The 135th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address Tina Grim, Vice President of the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, read a letter from Tom Brokaw, NBC News, explaining… November 18, 1997 ...

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On Nov. 19, 1863, the 21-year-old Associated Press freelancer was standing before a "rude platform" overlooking the still-ravaged battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa. Towering above him was an almost ...

The Gettysburg Address was a quick-hitting speech that was built to last. Length: A little over two minutes. Message: Stay the course of a difficult war. If Democracy won’t work here, it won’t ...

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Each of the five versions of the Gettysburg Address manuscript are slightly different. Called the Bancroft copy, Cornell’s version has been through a lot.