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Address of Hon. Edward Everett, at the consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, 19th November, 1863. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1864.

Edward Everett1864

Rare & Manuscript Collections - Cornell University Library

Rare & Manuscript Collections - Cornell University Library
Ithaca, United States

Everett included Lincoln’s speech and a “Map of the Grounds and Design for the Improvement of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery” with his own “Gettysburg address.” Noted landscape architect, botanist, and horticulturist, William Saunders, was hired by David Wills to design the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg. Laid out over 17 acres of land that had been part of the battlefield, his design called for a central monument (completed in 1869) around which the grave sites were arranged state by state in great semi-circles that provided for equal placement of the dead.

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  • Title: Address of Hon. Edward Everett, at the consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, 19th November, 1863. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1864.
  • Creator: Edward Everett
  • Date: 1864
  • Subject Keywords: Gettysburg National Cemetery
  • Type: Document
  • Contributor: Cornell University Library
Rare & Manuscript Collections - Cornell University Library

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