and so essentially because of robert todd lincoln screed they enjoyed the playing field long after they died. as to what happened, nikolai gave the better part of this latter life to lincoln, first as a close adviser and then as keeper of the fine. shortly before he died he wrote to a former staff member and said, i don't let any unsatisfied ambitions or any. he died that year shortly after president mckinley was assassinated in september. they lived until 1905 and went on to achieve considerable wealth and success. the morning after he dreamed of abraham lincoln on that ship back from liverpool shortly before his death he wrote another diary entry in what she said, i say to myself that i should not rebel at the thought of my life ending at this time. i have lived to be old, something never expected. as head many blessings, success beyond all the dreams of my boyhood. i know that death is the common law and what is universal ought not to begin the misfortune. yet instead of confronting it with dignity and philosophy i clang instinctively to life and the things of life as eagerly as if i

and so essentially because of robert todd lincoln screed they enjoyed the playing field long after they died. as to what happened, nikolai gave the better part of this latter life to lincoln, first as a close adviser and then as keeper of the fine. shortly before he died he wrote to a former staff member and said, i don't let any unsatisfied ambitions or any. he died that year shortly after president mckinley was assassinated in september. they lived until 1905 and went on to achieve considerable wealth and success. the morning after he dreamed of abraham lincoln on that ship back from liverpool shortly before his death he wrote another diary entry in what she said, i say to myself that i should not rebel at the thought of my life ending at this time. i have lived to be old, something never expected. as head many blessings, success beyond all the dreams of my boyhood. i know that death is the common law and what is universal ought not to begin the misfortune. yet instead of confronting it with dignity and philosophy i clang instinctively to life and the things of life as eagerly as if i

though they made very little effort to mask their bias, they did set out when robert todd lincoln empowered them to do it to write a history of lincoln was grounded in evidence. it was roughly around 1875 the robber told them he would give them exclusive access and then began actually working on this project. by then nikolai had been appointed grand marshal of the u.s. supreme court and lived in washington and work of the capital. hey have served a term as assistant secretary of state which was the number two position at the state department and was -- no, he was about to do that but was finishing up his tenure as a top editor at the new york tribune, ironically under orsk really. he made little effort to mask their bias when they began writing but did set out to write this history in a professional way grounded in evidence. in the early days of the project nikolai spent several months interviewing dozens of individuals who had known lincoln in illinois and washington. the transcripts of these discussions are still in the library of congress and are fascinating to read and certainly informe