Abraham Lincoln's secretaries . d and edited AbrahamLincolns Complete Works. Mr. Nicolay wrote the article on Presi- dent Lincoln In the Encyclopaedia Brit-tanica, and in 1881 published The Out-break of the Rebellion, being the first ofa series of volumes entitled Campaigns ofthe Civil War. Hewas a frequent con-tributor to magazines on other subjects,and until ill-health prevented pursued hisliterary labors. Mr. Nicolay was a man of varied accom-plishments, all of a high character. Hewas a recognized connoisseur in art mat-ters and a warm patron of music. He wasa linguist of much ability and h
Abraham Lincoln's secretaries . d and edited AbrahamLincolns Complete Works. Mr. Nicolay wrote the article on Presi- dent Lincoln In the Encyclopaedia Brit-tanica, and in 1881 published The Out-break of the Rebellion, being the first ofa series of volumes entitled Campaigns ofthe Civil War. Hewas a frequent con-tributor to magazines on other subjects,and until ill-health prevented pursued hisliterary labors. Mr. Nicolay was a man of varied accom-plishments, all of a high character. Hewas a recognized connoisseur in art mat-ters and a warm patron of music. He wasa linguist of much ability and had a poeticstrain which found outlet in many gracefulverses. He was one of the founders of theLiterary Socity and of the Columbia His-torical Society of this city, and a life mem-ber of the American Historical Association. Funeral services will be held at 3 oclocktomorrow afternoon at the residence on Bstreet. Rev. Teunls S. Hamlin, pastor ofthe Church of the Covenant, officiating. In-terment will be made In Oak Hill Number 1547 FORT WAYNE, INDIANA January, 1967 Some Correspondence Between John Hay and Helen Nicolay about her father, the Sixteenth President, royalty payments,investments and the problems of authorship Part 1 Editors Note: All the originalletters and documents used inthis compilation are to be foundin the Foundation collecton. Itis, perhaps, unusual to have socomplete a file. This can be ex-plained by the fact that MissHelen Nicolay made a longhandcopy of nearly every letter shewrote to John Hay, even to theaffixing of her signature. Then,too, years later (Sept. 11th) shereceived the following letterfrom Alice Wadsworth, thedaughter of John Hay: DearHelen Nicolay ; years ago I cameacross these letters of yours andgathered them together intend-ing to send them to you, butsomehow or other they werepushed to the back of the deskdrawer, and I forgot ! Perhaps you have notyet come down from Holdernessbut I am sure these will reachyou eventually,
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