Existing comment:
John Nicolay:
At Lincoln's request, "his secretaries made copies of the Associated Press report as it was printed in several prominent newspapers."
Lincoln then compared these newspaper reports to the delivery text and to his fresh recollection of what he had said, and he then prepared "a new autograph copy -- a careful and deliberate revision."
According to Nicolay, the "Hay" text was the "ms. notes of the revision"
The final version of the post-speech revision was the Everett text. |