William Roedel Rathvon, CSB, (1854--1939), was was the only eye-witness to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to have left an audio recording of his impressions of that experience.
William Roedel Rathvon, CSB, (1854--1939), was a treasurer and director of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the only eye-witness to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to have left an audio recording of his impressions of that experience.