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Forwarded from the documentary-editing list-serv, SEDIT-L, for its relevance to the legal history of the Civil War and the place of that history in "American memory." Respectfully submitted, RBB -- R. B. Bernstein * Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law, New York Law School * Member of Editorial Board, H-LAW * Author, THOMAS JEFFERSON (Oxford, 2003; paperback, 2005) and THE FOUNDING FATHERS RECONSIDERED (Oxford, 2009) * rbbernstein@gmail.com, rbernstein@nyls.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Stevens <michael.stevens@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:21 PM Subject: [SEDIT-L] Lincoln document altered To: SEDIT-L@listserv.umd.edu There are a number of stories in the media today about the National Archives discovery that a researcher had altered a date on a Lincoln document from April 14, 1864 to make it read April 15, 1865. For example, see http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/us/25lincoln.html? scp=4&sq=Lincoln&st=cse The story of Lincoln's supposed granting a pardon on the day he was shot has generated exhibits, a book, and general hoopla. Of course all of this could have been avoided had Basler's Lincoln edition had been consulted, where the document in question was printed with its 1864 date. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2011/01/24/AR2011012404713_2.html If John Y. Simon were still with us, he would have had a field day with this story.
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