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Nicolay, John George 1832-

Author; born in Essingen, Bavaria, Feb. 26, 1832; learned the printer's trade in the office of the Free press, Pittsfield, and subsequently became its editor and proprietor. In 1860-65 he was private secretary of President Lincoln; in 1865-69 United States consul at Paris, France; and in 1872-87 marshal of the United States Supreme Court. He is the author of The outlook of rebellion; the biographical sketch of Abraham Lincoln in the Encyclopaedia Britannica; many magazine articles; and with John Hay (q. v.), Abraham Lincoln: a history (10 volumes), and Abraham Lincoln, complete works.

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