The New International Encyclopædia/Nicolay, John George
NICOLAY, nĭ'kṓ-lắ,  (1832-1901).
An American author, born in Essingen,
Bavaria, February 22, 1832. He came to the
United States in 1838, attended school in
Cincinnati, Ohio, and later went to Illinois, where
he edited the Pike County Free Press, at Pittsfield.
Then be became assistant to the Secretary
of State of Illinois, and while in this position
met Abraham Lincoln.  He served as private
secretary to Lincoln during the Civil War (1861-65),
and after the death of the President
became United States Consul at Paris, France
(1865-69).  He was marshal of the United
States Supreme Court (1872-87).  Besides
contributions to the leading magazines, his writings
include books on the Civil War and on Lincoln,
The Outbreak of the Rebellion (1881), and jointly
with John Hay (q.v.) Abraham Lincoln:
A History.  This authoritative work appeared in
the Century Magazine serially from 1886 to 1890,
and was then issued in book form, together with
the Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, in 12
volumes (1890-94).