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The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
Edward Everett to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, November 20, 1863 (Lincoln's remarks at Gettysburg)
From Edward Everett to Abraham Lincoln1, November 20, 1863
225 H Street 1863.
My dear Sir,
Not wishing to intrude upon your privacy, when you must be much engaged, I beg leave, in this way, to thank you very sincerely for your great thoughtfulness for my daughter's accommodation on the Platform yesterday, & much kindness otherwise to me & mine at Gettysburg.
Permit me also to express my great admiration of the thoughts expressed by you, with such eloquent simplicity & appropriateness, at the consecration of the Cemetery. I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes. My son who parted from me at Baltimore & my daughter, concur in this sentiment.
I remain, dear Sir, most respectfully Yours,
Edward Everett.
I hope your anxiety for your child was relieved on your arrival.2
[Note 1 The following letter was written the day after Everett and Lincoln had spoken at the dedication of the military cemetery at Gettysburg.]
[Note 2 Tad Lincoln had been ill with a fever when Lincoln departed for Gettysburg on November 18. The boy soon recovered, but Lincoln became ill with varioloid, a mild form of smallpox, and was quarantined for three weeks after his return from Gettysburg.]
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