Existing comment:
Lincoln did not revise at the request of David Wills
Lincoln did not send a copy for printing
"I did not make a copy of my report of President Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg from a transcript of the original, but from one of the press reports."
-- David Wills letter to William Lambert
(This removes one of the key arguments for a now lost, hypothetical delivery text)
Why, then, did Lincoln revise his speech? |