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| Keywords: John George Nicolay - Brady-Handy.jpg John Nicholay Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 00729 CALL NUMBER LC-BH82- 100 A <P P>P P between 1855 1865 Creator Mathew Brady PD John George Nicolay February 26 1832 Essingen Rhineland-Palatinate September 26 1901 burried at Griggsville Cemetary in Griggsville IL was an American German-born biographer of Abraham Lincoln In 1838 he immigrated to USA with his father In 1861 Lincoln appointed Nicolay to be his private secretary which was the first official act of his new administration Nicolay served in this capacity until Lincoln's death in 1865 Several years after Nicolay and John Hay who had worked alongside Nicolay as assistant secretary to Lincoln collaborated on the official biography of the 16th President The resulting biography took up several volumes and for many years was considered a definitive resource on Lincoln and his times This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-old-100 LOC-image cwpbh 00729 Photographs by Mathew Brady Nicolay John George Writers from the United States Nicolay John George Black and white photographic portraits of men Nicolay John George John George Nicolay | ||||
