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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Speech of... [House Divided speech] [first separate printing, unique variant]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04957 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Sycamore, [Illinois] Type: Pamphlet Date: 1858 Pagination: 15 p. : Height: 14.1 cm, Width: 8.3 cm Order a Copy

Apparently an unrecorded variant of the first separate printing by O. P. Bassett. The two other recorded copies have an imprint reading the "True Republican Office" with "Printer" abbreviated to "Pr."; the GLC copy omits the word "True" in the imprint and has "Printer" in-full. Like the two other extant copies, this copy prints the second "r" in "Territory" on page 13 upside down.

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