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The Lincoln Presidency: Last Full Measure of Devotion
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Lincoln Presidency: Last Full Measure of Devotion</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="exhibition/css/main.css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="exhibition/scripts/main.js"></script> </head> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- customizesylesheets() //--> </script> <noscript> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p><b>Attention:</b> Your web browser currently has JavaScript disabled or does not support JavaScript, so this website will NOT function and/or display as intended.<br/>Please enable Javascript in your browser preferences, or consider using the latest version of <a href="http://mozilla.org/products/firefox/" target="_new">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/" target="_new">Mozilla</a>, <a href="http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp" target="_new">Netscape</a>, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx" target="_new">Internet Explorer</a>, or <a href="http://www.apple.com/safari/" target="_new">Safari</a>.</p> </div> </noscript> <table id="mainframe" width="1000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"> <tr> <td id="exhibitionsplash" colspan="2" valign="top"> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- showexhibitionheader("home") //--> </script> <div style="margin: 70px 65px 90px 420px; color: #fff; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; font-weight: normal;"> <h1 style="color: #ffc23e;">The Lincoln Presidency: Last Full Measure of Devotion</h1> <p>October 20, 2009 - April 16, 2010<br/> Hirshland Exhibition Gallery<br/> Carl A. Kroch Library<br/> Cornell University, Ithaca, NY</p> <h2 style="color: #e2bc6b;">Coming October 20, 2009, Hirshland Exhibition Gallery</h2> <p>In October 2009 Cornell University Library celebrates the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth with an exhibition of its significant collections on Lincoln and the Civil War era. On display will be Cornell’s manuscript of the Gettysburg Address, one of only five copies in the handwriting of Lincoln, along with original manuscripts of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution signed by Lincoln and members of Congress.</p> <h2 style="color: #e2bc6b;">Opening Lecture by James M. McPherson</h2> <p>Pulitzer Prize-winning historian <b>James M. McPherson</b> will deliver the opening lecture entitled “Stretching the Constitution: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief” on <b>October 20, 2009, 4:45 p.m.</b> in Goldwin Smith Hall, Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium. <p>This exhibition and associated events are made possible by a gift from the Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr. Memorial Foundation.</p> <p style="text-align: center; color: #ffc23e;"><b>You may also view the <a style="color: #FFF;" href="exhibition/introduction/index.html">online version</a> of this exhibition.</b></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td id="footer" valign="top" colspan="3"> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- showfooter() //--> </script> <noscript> <p style="margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/">Division of Rare & Manuscript Collections</a>, 2B Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.<br/> Phone: (607) 255-3530. Fax: (607) 255-9524.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 5px;">For reference questions, please complete our <a href="http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/services/reference.html">reference form</a>. For questions or comments about this website, send mail to <a href="mailto:rmcweb@cornell.edu">rmcweb@cornell.edu</a>.</p> </noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>