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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Speech draft re: influence of Lincoln, given at New York Republican Club of NYC

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07232 Author/Creator: Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Typed document Date: 1909/02/12 Pagination: 8 p. : Height: 27.8 cm, Width: 21.3 cm Order a Copy

Original draft of speech: "I was born a slave...my first recollection of Abraham Lincoln was...by the prayers of my mother...as she was kneeling over my body earnestly praying that Abraham Lincoln might succeed and that one day she and her boy might be free"; with autograph corrections.

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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