` Mr. ( Robert ) Stevens , late Superintendent of the Mint at San Francisco , asks to have a copy , or be permitted to examine , and take extracts , of the evidence upon which he was removed , '' Lincoln writes . Rare handwritten letter is from Lincoln to Treasury Secretary Treasury . Gettysburg Address is dated four days before Lincoln delivered Gettysburg Address . Cutler says he had owned the document for several years . Larry Cutler returned the letter to the National Archives on several years .
Rare handwritten letter is from Lincoln to Treasury Secretary Treasury . Gettysburg Address is dated four days before Lincoln delivered Gettysburg Address . Cutler says he had owned the document for several years . Larry Cutler returned the letter to the National Archives on several years .