Excerpt from Lincoln's Cooper Institute Speech, February 27, 1867

Authors

Schuyler Colfax

Files

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Description

This handwritten note is an excerpt from Lincoln's Cooper Institute Speech given on February 27, 1867. The excerpt was written and signed by Schuyler Colfax on April 1, 1884. Colfax sent the excerpt to Mary C. Dry in San Luis Obispo, California. The yellow envelope is postmarked Jeffersonville, Indiana, April 28.

Publication Date

4-1-1884

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

1880-1889

Subjects

Autographs; Speeches; Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

Geographic Location

Jeffersonville, (Ind.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW-MANU-B1F179-1

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Original Manuscript Collection, Series 5: Miscellaneous Materials, 1838-1931, Box 1, Folder 179

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

Exerpt from Lincoln's Cooper Institute Speech, February 27, 1867, Original Manuscript Collection, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.