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Autore |
Burlingame Michael |
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Titolo |
With Lincoln in the White House [[electronic resource] ] : Letters, Memoranda, and other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865 |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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9786613673930 |
0-8093-8823-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (301 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 |
Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 -- Correspondence |
Private secretaries -- United States -- Correspondence |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 |
Private secretaries - United States |
United States - General |
Regions & Countries - Americas |
History & Archaeology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Frontis; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From the time of Lincoln's nomination for the presidency until his assassination, John G. Nicolay served as the Civil War president's chief personal secretary. Nicolay became an intimate of Lincoln and probably knew him as well as anyone outside his own family. Unlike John Hay, his subordinate, Nicolay kept no diary, but he did write several memoranda recording his chief's conversation that shed direct light on Lincoln. In his many letters to Hay, to his fianceĢe, Therena Bates, and to others, Nicolay often describes the mood at the White House as well as |
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events there. He also expr |
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