Summary: | Will's House, where Abraham Lincoln wrote his Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1907-1914. Caption reads: "The Wills House, where Lincoln wrote his Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa. The Gettysburg Address delivered November 19, 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 is next. Here was printed 'Adams Sentinel' the first weekly paper issued in Adams County." Postcard number: 64226. |
Provider: | Blocher's |
Tichnor Quality Views |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Pennsylvania |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Gettysburg |
Temporal subject: |
1901-1910
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1911-1920
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Pennsylvania |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Gettysburg |
Topical subjects: |
Wills House (Gettysburg, Pa.)
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Houses |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Copyright holder: | Public Domain |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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