Author: EVERETT, Edward
Title: Address by Hon. Edward Everett, Delivered in Faneuil Hall, Oct. 19, 1864
Description: [Boston], [New England Loyal Publication Society], [1864]. Pamphlet. Stitched wraps; 16 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED at the top of the title: "Mr. John Andrews/from his ancient school-fellow/Edward Everett." The last two pages contain a statement by the vice-president of the Confederacy: "The Rebellion Inexcusable: Warning and Protest Against It. By Alexdander H. Stephens, made at the capitol of Georgia, January, 1861. Occasional light foxing. Near Fine Edward Everett--a Unitarian minister, member of both the United States Congress and Senate, and also a governor of Massachusetts--is perhaps best known for his oratory powers. It is he who gave the "other" address at Gettysburg on 19 November 1863. The next day he wrote Lincoln saying, "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes.

Keywords: Signed, Unitarianism, Signatures, Civil War, Americana, 19th Century American History, Autographs, Abraham Lincoln Signed Abraham Lincoln Americana 19th Century American History


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