John George Nicolay
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John George Nicolay 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. He was a member of the German branch of the Nicolay family.
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U.S. Indian Commissioner William P. Dole seated, John G. Nicolay standing at Big Lake encampment, Sherburne County, Minnesota, mid-August 1862. They were en route to make a treaty with the Chippewa on the Red River that was postponed due to the Uprising. Nicolay had been sent as Lincoln's personal representative to the Chippewa.
U.S. Chippewa treaty Commission led by William P. Dole in camp at Big Lake, Sherburne County; John G. Nicolay on horse at left, 1862.
Grave of Nicolay in Oak Hill CemeteryIn their orbit 1
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United StatesCategory
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Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1832 to 1901 · aged 69
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