LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). [ First Inaugural Address. ] [Springfield: Illinois State Journal, January 1861.] Endorsed on verso of final page by, William Henry BAILHACHE (1826-1905). With an Autograph document signed, (“William Henry Bailhache”), n.p., n.d.
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). [ First Inaugural Address. ] [Springfield: Illinois State Journal, January 1861.] Endorsed on verso of final page by, William Henry BAILHACHE (1826-1905). With an Autograph document signed, (“William Henry Bailhache”), n.p., n.d. Seven pages, quarto (350 x 215mm). (Extremely minor marginal wear and penciled emendations in an unknown hand.) Bailhache’s document has been affixed to the front of the printed speech with a red ribbon at top margin through a pair of file holes reinforced with grommets. Two pages, 310 x 200mm. (Clean fold separation to first page.) [ With :] Special Session. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 1. Inaugural Address of The President of the United States on the Fourth of March, 1861.—Ordered to be printed. [Washington, 1861.] 10 pages, octavo, disbound. The privately-printed first draft of Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address, a rare copy retained by its Springfield, Illinois printer: William H. Bailhache. Believed to be the only extant copy in private hands. After Lincoln had prepared the first draft of his inaugural address, he contracted William Henry Bailhache of the Illinois State Journal to print a small run of copies for his private use. Upon reaching Washington, Lincoln circulated some of the copies among his friends for comment, and used one of the copies to construct the final draft of his speech delivered 4 March 1861. The penciled emendations on the present copy, presumably done by Bailhache, note the edits that were made by Lincoln for the final version as delivered on 4 March 1861. Perhaps most important was his revision of his conclusion which originally read: “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you, unless you first assail it. You have no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to ‘preserve, protect and defend’ it. You can forbear the assault upon it; I can not shrink from the defense of it. With you, and not with me, is the solemn question of ‘Shall it be peace, or a sword?’” That paragraph was replaced with less bellicose language: “I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.” Lincoln gave Bailhache the present copy as a keepsake. Later, Bailhache affixed a manuscript statement to the printed sheets to explain the provenance: “I hereby certify that the printed sheets, numbered one to seven inclusive, hereto attached, contain a full, perfect and exact copy of the original draft of the Honorable Abraham Lincoln’s first Inaugural Address, printed for his personal use, from his own manuscript, given to me for that purpose... This was done in the month of January, A.D. 1861, about four weeks before he departed for Washington, at the office of the ‘ Illinois State Journal ,’ Springfield, of which I was the general manager for many years. Expecting the injunction of secrecy, there was no formality or affectation in his manner regarding the printing. I had the work done under my personal supervision in a private room in the Journal Building, by a trusted employee, sworn to secrecy. When it was finished I returned the manuscript, together with the printed copies in to Mr. Lincoln’s own hands, and he then gave this copy to me, which I retained ever since in my possession, regarding it valuable as an heirloom....” Not listed in Monaghan, Historical Collections. We have located five (mostly edited) copies in the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress and an additional edited copy in th
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). [ First Inaugural Address. ] [Springfield: Illinois State Journal, January 1861.] Endorsed on verso of final page by, William Henry BAILHACHE (1826-1905). With an Autograph document signed, (“William Henry Bailhache”), n.p., n.d.
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). [ First Inaugural Address. ] [Springfield: Illinois State Journal, January 1861.] Endorsed on verso of final page by, William Henry BAILHACHE (1826-1905). With an Autograph document signed, (“William Henry Bailhache”), n.p., n.d. Seven pages, quarto (350 x 215mm). (Extremely minor marginal wear and penciled emendations in an unknown hand.) Bailhache’s document has been affixed to the front of the printed speech with a red ribbon at top margin through a pair of file holes reinforced with grommets. Two pages, 310 x 200mm. (Clean fold separation to first page.) [ With :] Special Session. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 1. Inaugural Address of The President of the United States on the Fourth of March, 1861.—Ordered to be printed. [Washington, 1861.] 10 pages, octavo, disbound. The privately-printed first draft of Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address, a rare copy retained by its Springfield, Illinois printer: William H. Bailhache. Believed to be the only extant copy in private hands. After Lincoln had prepared the first draft of his inaugural address, he contracted William Henry Bailhache of the Illinois State Journal to print a small run of copies for his private use. Upon reaching Washington, Lincoln circulated some of the copies among his friends for comment, and used one of the copies to construct the final draft of his speech delivered 4 March 1861. The penciled emendations on the present copy, presumably done by Bailhache, note the edits that were made by Lincoln for the final version as delivered on 4 March 1861. Perhaps most important was his revision of his conclusion which originally read: “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you, unless you first assail it. You have no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to ‘preserve, protect and defend’ it. You can forbear the assault upon it; I can not shrink from the defense of it. With you, and not with me, is the solemn question of ‘Shall it be peace, or a sword?’” That paragraph was replaced with less bellicose language: “I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.” Lincoln gave Bailhache the present copy as a keepsake. Later, Bailhache affixed a manuscript statement to the printed sheets to explain the provenance: “I hereby certify that the printed sheets, numbered one to seven inclusive, hereto attached, contain a full, perfect and exact copy of the original draft of the Honorable Abraham Lincoln’s first Inaugural Address, printed for his personal use, from his own manuscript, given to me for that purpose... This was done in the month of January, A.D. 1861, about four weeks before he departed for Washington, at the office of the ‘ Illinois State Journal ,’ Springfield, of which I was the general manager for many years. Expecting the injunction of secrecy, there was no formality or affectation in his manner regarding the printing. I had the work done under my personal supervision in a private room in the Journal Building, by a trusted employee, sworn to secrecy. When it was finished I returned the manuscript, together with the printed copies in to Mr. Lincoln’s own hands, and he then gave this copy to me, which I retained ever since in my possession, regarding it valuable as an heirloom....” Not listed in Monaghan, Historical Collections. We have located five (mostly edited) copies in the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress and an additional edited copy in th
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