Lot 89
Edward Everett (1794-1865) Minister, politician, diplomat, Governor, Representative and U.S. Senator, considered one of the greatest orators of his generation. The apex of his fame may well have been the two-hour oration at the dedication of the Battlefield at Gettysburg in November 1863, a speech lauded by his contemporaries, though held up ever since as a long-winded foil for Abraham Lincoln's two-minute-long masterpiece, the Gettysburg Address.
In an autograph quotation signed on a 3 x 5" piece of paper less than a year after the Gettysburg dedication, Everett extols the nation's first President, " Washington was the greatest of good men & the best of great men. Edward Everett. Boston 3 Sept. 1864." Very fine.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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