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"Wish That All Men Everywhere Should Be Free" Lincoln Quotation
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1908-1930
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0995
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This embossed postcard features an open book on a gold-colored easel. A right-profile portrait of President Abraham Lincoln is on the left page and a quotation on the right page. The quotation: "I intend no modification of my oft-expressed wish that all men everywhere should be free" is from a letter written by President Lincoln to Horace Greeley on August 22, 1862. The book is surrounded by pink and red roses on a pale green background. The postcard reverse is divided. Part of the LIncoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
