this time that he wrote out the gettysburg address he gave it to edward everest. today we don't really remember edward at first but in the nineteenth century everett -- edward everest was a prominent individual, a great speaker, actually the main speaker at gettysburg on november 19th, 1863. he gives the main speech when they are dedicating the cemetery. he gives a talk that lasts for over two hours. he did not speak from notes and he sort of put the battle of gettysburg into the context of world history, the great battles of world history. after he finished his talk abraham lincoln came up and read from two sheets of paper. "after words," everett sent him a little note that said you said more in two minutes than i was able to say in two hours. when you write out the gettysburg address and send it to me? this is whatever handling consents to him. everett made a scrapbook memorializing that day and on the final pages he pasted in these two pages of the gettysburg address. in the twentieth century, that scrapbook was available for purchase and school kids in illinois