Nicolay, John George (26 February 1832–26 September 1901), journalist and private secretary and biographer of Abraham Lincoln, journalist and private secretary and biographer of Abraham Lincoln, was born in Essingen, Bavaria, the son of John Jacob Nicolay, a farmer and barrelmaker, and Helena (maiden name unknown). The Nicolay family emigrated to the United States when John was a small boy, arriving in New Orleans in 1838. From there the family moved frequently, living in Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri, before settling in Pike County, Illinois, where John’s father and brothers operated a flour mill. Nicolay clerked for a year in a store in White Hall, Illinois, before going to work as a typesetter at the ...
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Nicolay, John George (1832-1901), journalist and private secretary and biographer of Abraham Lincoln
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Safire, William Lewis (17 Dec. 1929–27 Sept. 2009), White House speechwriter and Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist
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Safire, William Lewis (17 Dec. 1929–27 Sept. 2009), White House speechwriter and Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist, was the youngest of three sons born in New York City to Jewish parents Oliver Craus Safir and Ida (Panish) Safir.
Oliver Safir was a thread manufacturer who died of lung cancer when Bill was only four. Ida oversaw the progress of her boys—Leonard, Marshall, and William—with an indomitability that Bill would emulate....
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William Safire receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in the East Room of the White House, 15 Dec. 2006, by Shealah Craighead
Office of Management and Administration, Office of White House Management, Photography Office, January 20, 2001–January 20, 2009
