Lincoln Myths and Misconceptions Quiz: Answer 8 | Looking for Lincoln

This is the first page of handwritten text of Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address.

8. The Gettysburg Address was hastily written on the back of an envelope during Lincoln’s train ride from Washington to Gettysburg on the day of the speech.
True
False

FALSE. Lincoln spent many weeks carefully drafting the speech he was to give at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863. He had been invited to speak as early as August and thus had plenty of time to devote to writing the speech, even discussing drafts with associates. Furthermore, there are five original copies of the speech in existence – none of which have the shaky handwriting of a man writing on a jolting 1863 train, or are written on envelopes.

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