Historically speaking there were originally five copies of the Gettysburg Address written and distributed of which one now we consider the definitive copy, but even that has vague doubt surrounding it and leaves a mystery of which one if any can be considered the genuine article and written exactly when Lincoln spoke his immortal words.
Above is shown the Hay copy one of the first two copies written and considered to have been his second draft and possibly the copy that he actually used for the speech. It is most likely to have been written on the morning before his speech was given.
This copy surfaced in 1906 after being misplaced for many years and is slightly different than a later version referred to as the Bliss copy that Lincoln signed and dated and is now the accepted version.
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