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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Letter on publishing Cooper Institute address, with pamphlet [decimalized]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04436 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: [various places] Type: Header Record Date: 1860/05/31 Pagination: Order a Copy

Notes: Basler 4: 58-59, from George H. Putnam's Abraham Lincoln: The People's Leader (1909), with considerable variation from the original. Basler wrongly changes "collective noun" to "collection more" and argues against Tracy's reading of the former in the Uncollected Letters (1917) p. 150.
Substantive variations between GLC 4436 and Basler 4: 58-59 (differences emphasized):
...accompanied by a copy [of] the speech | Basler: a copy of the speech
...merely to improve on grammar | Basler: improve in grammar
...you propose to substitute "Democrats" | Basler: you proposed
...as a collective noun | Basler: collection more

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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