Bliss copy

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The Bliss copy is the most widely reproduced and formally accepted manuscript version of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, notable for its polished text and Lincoln’s signature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document
manuscript
version of the Gettysburg Address
hasAuthor Abraham Lincoln
hasDateWritten 1864
hasHandwritingOf Abraham Lincoln
hasHistoricalSignificance canonical reference text for the Gettysburg Address
key artifact of American Civil War era rhetoric
hasLanguage English
hasLocation White House
surface form: White House (place of composition)
hasMedium ink on paper
hasNumberOfPages 2
hasPreservationStatus well-preserved historical manuscript
hasScript cursive handwriting
hasSignatureOf Abraham Lincoln
hasTextOrder final revised text of the Gettysburg Address
hasTitle Gettysburg Address
includesPhrase of the people, by the people, for the people
that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom
isFormallyAcceptedVersionOf Gettysburg Address
isMostWidelyReproducedVersionOf Gettysburg Address
isNamedAfter Alexander Bliss
isNotableFor Abraham Lincoln
surface form: Abraham Lincoln’s signature

polished text
isOftenUsedAs standard text of the Gettysburg Address in publications
isOneOf five known manuscript copies of the Gettysburg Address
isVersionOf Gettysburg Address
wasCreatedFor charity fair
sanitary fair
wasWrittenFor Colonel Alexander Bliss

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Gettysburg Address hasVersion Bliss copy