He was referring to the Constitution.
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Abraham Lincoln
four score and 7 years ago
Abraham Lincoln get them oodles
Four score and seven years ago
President Abraham Lincoln spoke this phrase as part of his famous Gettysburg Address.
"Four score" is a term used to denote 80 years. It was famously used in the Gettysburg Address by President Abraham Lincoln, where he stated, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation."
A score means twenty. Therefore, Lincoln's speech which said "four score and seven years ago" is referring to 87 years ago.
Four score is a number. A score is twenty, as a dozen is twelve. Four score is 80.
President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in 1863. This speech was written on a napkin during the train ride to where the speech was being held. Four score and seven years is 87 years, a reference to 1776 when we declared our independence from the British.
Lincoln
4 score = 40 years... "4 score and 7 years ago", in the words of Abraham Lincoln, is 47 years.