AMERICAN TREASURES. Copyright © 2016 by Stephen Puleo. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Names: Puleo, Stephen, author.

Title: American treasures: the secret efforts to save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address / Stephen Puleo.

Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016003702 | ISBN 9781250065742 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781466872745 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: United States—History—Sources. | United States—Politics and government—Sources. | United States. Declaration of Independence. | United States. Constitution. | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865. Gettysburg address. | United States—Antiquities—Collection and preservation—History. | Manuscripts—Collection and preservation—United States—History. | Hiding places—United States—History. | Historic preservation—Political aspects—United States—History. | Democracy—United States—History. | BISAC: HISTORY / United States / General. | HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775–1800).

Classification: LCC E173.P96 2016 | DDC 973—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016003702

e-ISBN 9781466872745

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First Edition: August 2016