The Wills House, Where Lincoln Wrote his Gettysburg Address

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Stock #:329412
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Gettysburg
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Adams
Postmark: 1913 Jul-4
Postmark City: Gettysburg
Postmark State: PA
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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The Gettysburg Address delivered Nov. 1863 by President Lincoln at the consecration of Soldiers' National Cemetery was written near the window marked with a star. Hon. David Wills (to whom National Cemeteries owe their origin) stands upon the steps; The R.G. Harper house joins the Wills house to the South; Mr. Harper's Printing office next. Here was Printed "Adams Sentinel" the first weekly Paper issued in Adams County

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