Letter, John G. Nicolay to Major Benjamin Perley Poore, September 5, 1874

Authors

John Nicolay

Files

Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This handwritten letter, dated September 5, 1874, is from John G. Nicolay in Greenland, New Hampshire to Major Benjamin Perley Poore in Newburyport , Massachusetts . The letter reminds Poore of his offer to speak to the literary executor of the late Senator in order for Nicolay to examine some papers for his Lincoln History. The letter goes on to offer Nicolay's schedule and when he hopes to be able to research. This note was found tipped into volume one of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

9-5-1874

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1870-1879

Subjects

Correspondence; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Geographic Location

Greenland, (N.H.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 2 leaves

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V1_1874-09-05_Letter_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

E457 .N653 2011 V.1, Original Documents and Original photographs in Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln , Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries