ABRAHAM LINCOLN COMPLETE WORKS COMPRISING HIS SPEECHES, LETTERS, STATE EDITED BY JOHN G. NICOLAY AND JOHN HAY VOLUME ONE NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. "My dear Nicolay: As you and Colonel Hay have now brought your great work to a most successful conclusion by the publication of your life of my father, I hope and request that you and he will supplement it by collecting, editing, and publishing the speeches, letters, state papers, and miscellaneous writings of my father. You and Colonel Hay have my consent and authority to obtain for yourselves such protection by copyright, or otherwise, in respect to the whole or any part of such a collection, as I might for any reason be entitled to have. Believe me, very sincerely yours, "JOHN G. NICOLAY." "ROBERT T. LINCOLN. Both in fulfilment of the request contained in the foregoing letter, and in execution of a long-cherished design, we present to the public this edition of the Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, hoping and trusting that it will be received as a welcome addition to American historical literature. JOHN G. NICOLAY. |