With Lincoln in the White House
Subtitle: letters, memoranda, and other writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865
By: edited by Michael Burlingame.
Contributors: Burlingame, Michael, 1941-
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Nicolay, John G. 1832-1901 -- Correspondence; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Private secretaries -- United States -- Correspondence; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives.
Description: "For this volume, Michael Burlingame includes all of Nicolay's memoranda of conversations, all of the journal entries describing Lincoln's activities, and excerpts from most of the nearly three hundred letters Nicolay wrote to Therena Bates between 1860 and 1865. He includes letters and portions of letters that describe Lincoln or the mood at the White House or that give Nicolay's personal opinions.

He also includes letters written by Nicolay while on troubleshooting missions for the president."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.