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Yours of Jan. 30th. was received four days ago; and since then the address mentioned has arrived. Thank you for it. I send herewith
the manuscript of my remarks at Gettysburg, which, with my note to you of Nov. 20th. you are at liberty to use for the benefit of our soldiers as you have requested. Yours very truly
Hon. Edward Everett. A. LINCOLN.
[1] ALS, MHi; ADfS, DLC-RTL. Edward Everett wrote on January 30:
``I shall have the honor of forwarding to you by Express . . . a copy of the Authorized Edition of my Gettysburg Address & of the Remarks made by yourself, & the other matters connected with the Ceremonial of the Dedication of the Cemetery. It appeared, owing to unavoidable delays, only yesterday.
``I have promised to give the Manuscript of my address to Mrs. Governor [Hamilton] Fish of New-York, who is at the head of the Ladies' Committee of the Metropolitan fair. It would add very greatly to its value, if I could bind up with it the manuscript of your dedicatory Remarks, if you happen to have preserved them.
``I would further venture to request, that you would allow me also to bind up in the volume the very obliging letter of the 20 Nov. '63, which you did me the favor to write to me. . . . as its insertion would greatly enhance the value of the volume. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).
The manuscript of Lincoln's letter of November 20 was not bound up with the manuscripts of the two addresses as proposed, but is in the Everett Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. The manuscript address which Lincoln enclosed on February 4, known as ``the Everett Copy,'' was probably prepared in November, 1863, shortly after the ceremony. See the notes to the Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863, supra.