Transcription of Zachary Shuler's Recollections of the Gettysburg Address, undated

Authors

Chester E. Shuler

Files

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Description

This typed transcript relays Zachary Shuler's recollections of how he came to be present at the Gettysburg address, what the crowd was like there, and what he recalls of the speech, itself. Shuler admits that he, at fifteen years old, was too young to comprehend the importance of the speech at the time.

Publication Date

1930

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Time Period

1930-1939

Subjects

Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW-MANU-B1F154-3

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Original Manuscript Collection, Series 4: Abraham Lincoln Legal Documents, 1837-1859, Box 1, Folder 154

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Transcription of Zachary Shuler's Recollections of the Gettysburg Address, undated, Original Manuscript Collection, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.