Edward Everett Papers

(Microfilm Edition)

Massachusetts Historical Society

Additional information at http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0264 and http://www.worldcat.org/title/edward-everett-papers-1675-1865/oclc/71067948

Edward Everett (1794 –1865) was an American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, a Whig, served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State. He also taught at Harvard University and served as its president. Everett was one of the great American orators of the antebellum and Civil War era. He is often remembered today as the featured orator at the dedication ceremony of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863, where he spoke for over two hours—immediately before President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous, two-minute Gettysburg Address.

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