Letter penned by Abraham Lincoln on August 22, 1862 to Horace Greeley
"If there is one document that is more often quoted than any other in the argument, debate or conversation about Lincoln it is the letter that Lincoln wrote on August 22, 1862 to Horace Greeley. - Phillip Shaw Paludan, author of "The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln"
Words etched on the Lincoln Memorial are quoted from this letter. "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union and is not either to save or destroy slavery..., and... I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free..."
Please specifiy vertical or horizontal format in the comment box on the order form.
Horizontal Format
The individual letter pages are approximately 8" high x 6.75" wide
and the overall print is approximately 14" high x 31"wide
The individual letter pages are approximately 8" high x 6.75" wide
and the overall print is approximately 14" high x 31"wide
Vertical Format
Contains acknowledgement from the Wadsworth Atheneum
Contains acknowledgement from the Wadsworth Atheneum
The individual letter pages are approximately 8" high x 6.75" wide
and the overall print is approximately 26" high x 22"wide