Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Carl A. Kroch Library

The Lincoln Presidency: Last Full Measure of Devotion

In October 2009 Cornell University Library will celebrate 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.