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Original – Alternate version of Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Address, published by The American News Company, 1861
Reason
High resolution image; published version of speech different than speech Lincoln gave
Articles in which this image appears
Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Address
FP category for this image
USA History
Creator
The American News Company, digitized by the University of Pittsburgh
How does the high resolution of this scan make it historically valuable, credible – or even interesting? There are millions of 19th-century newspaper clippings extant, some thousands of which would detail much more important aspects of Lincoln's career. Sca (talk) 16:56, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - I agree that the image is a good digitization, and that it contains text that has some EV. But it is a newspaper clipping, as such it (either the clipping itself or the subject matter) would need to have more historical significance. If it were an image of a typed draft signed by Lincoln, there would be a much higher EV (better still, the manuscript draft).--Godot13 (talk) 20:35, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:33, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]