Abraham Lincoln

[Peter Pedant]

DId he ever make an early lost speech ?

Someone told me that at one address, the shorthand writers got so involved with the content of Lincoln's speech that they all stopped writing and listened,

and then at the end had no copy to submit....

or is this an early urban myth ?

[jno]

apparently true - see here

[Peter Pedant]

that's fantastic Jno, thanks

I read a short story about this forty years ago and have since then, erm often wondered.....