Existing comment:
Joseph Gilbert (1917):
Before the dedication ceremonies closed the President's
(1) manuscript was copied, with his permission; and as the press
(2) report was made from the copy no
(3) transcription from the shorthand
(4) notes was
(5) necessary.
John Russell Young (1901):
I did not write the
(2) report which appeared in the Press, as the
(1) manuscript had been given the the Associated Press, and the
(3) transcription of my
(4) notes was not
(5) necessary.
Young previously stated that in Gettysburg he had asked John Hay about the manuscript but Hay could not tell him anything.
This and other evidence suggests:
Young had no direct knowledge of how the AP report was prepared. |