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John George Nicolay (February 26, 1832 – September 26, 1901) was a German-born American author and diplomat who served as private secretary to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and later, with John Hay, co-authored Abraham Lincoln: A History, a ten-volume biography of the 16th president.
Abraham Lincoln is standing inside the fence with Willie beside him. Tad Lincoln is barely visible peeking around the fencepost. This photograph was taken in the summer of 1860, shortly after Lincoln’s nomination as the Republican presidential candidate. [47] This photo clearly shows Abraham Lincoln and his son Willie standing behind the fence.
Rathvon described Lincoln stepping forward "with a manner serious almost to sadness, gave his brief address". During Lincoln's delivery, the young Rathvon boy and several others wiggled their way forward through the crowd until they stood within 15 feet (4.6 m) of Lincoln, and looked up into what he described as Lincoln's "serious face".
The collective term "Nicolay and Hay" usually refers to them as co-authors of the ten-volume Abraham Lincoln: A History, one of the earliest and most important comprehensive biographies of Abraham Lincoln. The term is also used as shorthand when citing the biography itself. [2] Nicolay and Hay also co-edited Lincoln's Complete Works.
Abraham Lincoln and his secretaries John G. Nicolay and John Hay photographed by Alexander Gardner on November 8, 1863 in Washington, D.C.. The Secretary to the President is a long-standing position in the United States government, known by many different titles during its history.
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When Nicolay, who had been made Lincoln's private secretary for the campaign, found he needed help with the huge amounts of correspondence, Hay worked full-time for Lincoln for six months. [13] After Lincoln was elected, Nicolay, who continued as Lincoln's private secretary, recommended that Hay be hired to assist him at the White House.