Hay copy
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The Hay copy is one of the principal handwritten manuscript versions of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, prepared by Lincoln for his private secretary John Hay and notable for its textual variations from other surviving drafts.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
draft of the Gettysburg Address
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handwritten document → manuscript → |
| hasAddresseeRole |
private secretary of Abraham Lincoln
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| hasAssociatedPerson |
Abraham Lincoln
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John Hay → |
| hasAuthor |
Abraham Lincoln
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| hasCountryOfOrigin |
United States
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| hasCreatorOccupation |
President of the United States
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| hasDocumentType |
autograph manuscript
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| hasGenre |
political speech manuscript
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| hasHistoricalPeriod |
American Civil War
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| hasLanguage |
English
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| hasNotableCharacteristic |
contains textual variations from other surviving drafts of the Gettysburg Address
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differs in wording and punctuation from other Gettysburg Address manuscripts → often used by scholars to study the textual history of the Gettysburg Address → |
| hasPreservationStatus |
surviving draft of the Gettysburg Address
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| hasSubject |
American Civil War
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Battle of Gettysburg → Union war dead → principles of liberty and equality → |
| hasTitle |
Hay copy of the Gettysburg Address
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| isNamedAfter |
John Hay
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| isOneOf |
principal manuscript versions of the Gettysburg Address
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| isRelatedTo |
Bancroft copy
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Bliss copy → Everett copy → Nicolay copy → |
| isVersionOf |
Gettysburg Address
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| wasPreparedFor |
John Hay
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Gettysburg Address
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hasVersion |