An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is displayed at the National Archives in Washington,




An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2009, by conservator Morgan Zinsmeister, following a ceremony where the document was donated by Lawrence M. Cutler, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz

An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is presented to the National Archives by Lawrence M. Cutler, right, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz., Thursday, May 28, 2009, in Washington. Acting Archivist Adrienne Thomas, left, holds the long-missing document. Five days before he delivered his famous Gettysburg Address, Lincoln penned the one-page letter on Executive Mansion letterhead to Salmon P. Chase, his secretary of the Treasury

Lawrence M. Cutler, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz., talks about the original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln he presented to the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2009. Five days before he delivered his famous Gettysburg Address, Lincoln penned the one-page letter on Executive Mansion letterhead to Salmon P. Chase, his secretary of the Treasury.

An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2009, by conservator Morgan Zinsmeister, right, following a ceremony where the document was donated by Lawrence M. Cutler, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz. Five days before he delivered his famous Gettysburg Address, Lincoln penned the one-page letter on Executive Mansion letterhead to Salmon P. Chase, his secretary of the Treasury

An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2009, by conservator Morgan Zinsmeister, right, following a ceremony where the document was donated by Lawrence M. Cutler, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz. Five days before he delivered his famous Gettysburg Address, Lincoln penned the one-page letter on Executive Mansion letterhead to Salmon P. Chase, his secretary of the Treasury

An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is returned to its original bound volume at the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2009, after being donated by by Lawrence M. Cutler, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz.