Original: The Bancroft Copy of the Gettysburg Address was written out by President Lincoln in February 1864 at the request of George Bancroft , the famed historian and former Secretary of the Navy whose comprehensive ten volume History of the United States later led him to be known as the '' father of American History . ''
Simplified: The Bancroft Copy of the Gettysburg Address was written by President Lincoln in February 1864 . The famous historian George Bancroft , the '' father of American History '' , who wrote History of the United States , had asked him to write it for him .