AUTOGRAPH NOTE, SIGNED, FROM EDWARD EVERETT TO FRANCIS C. WHISTON

by Edward Everett

$150 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Signed

1 p. addressed on verso. Remnants of wax seal. Very good. DAB VI, pp.223-6. Item #354242 Everett, one of the most famous American orators, is most remembered for his oration at Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1863, which was followed by Lincoln's immortal speech. He was also the first American to be awarded a Ph.D. degree. Signed simply, With the best respects of Edward Everett Summer Street, 20 Nov. 1839.

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