[Rarebooks] FS: Fine letter by the author of the other Gettysburg Address

[Charles Agvent]

EVERETT,  Edward.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED  (ALS).  Two-page  letter
written   as  governor  of  Massachusetts   dated  13  December  1836,
Charlestown,  Mass.,  on  both  sides  of a  7-7/8"  x  9-7/8"  sheet.
Regarding  an  appointment  sought  by  the  man  he  is  writing  to,
addressed  here as "Sir" but known to be John Davis. Everett also asks
Davis's   advice  on  how  to   spend  some  surplus  revenue.  Edward
Everett--a  Unitarian  minister and member of both the  United  States
Congress    and    Senate   in  addition    to   being   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."  Creases  from  folding;
otherwise Fine.                                                $250.00

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