(12-21-2014 01:25 PM)Gencor Wrote:  

(05-18-2013 02:33 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Thanks, Linda. I see where the author takes the view that Hay probably wrote the Bixby Letter. We have had a lengthy debate/discussion on this issue in another thread on the forum.

I am very interested in John Hay and I was wondering if you could recommend to me the book that you believe is the most accurate and the best accounting of Mr. Hay. Thanks so much for any recommendation that you may have on this subject.

Hi Genna. The only Hay book I have is Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of John Hay edited by Tyler Dennett. While this book gives an interesting view/insight into the workings of the Lincoln White House, I realize it is not what you are seeking. I do not have the book Linda cited in her post.

(12-21-2014 01:39 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(12-21-2014 01:25 PM)Gencor Wrote:  

(05-18-2013 02:33 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Thanks, Linda. I see where the author takes the view that Hay probably wrote the Bixby Letter. We have had a lengthy debate/discussion on this issue in another thread on the forum.

I am very interested in John Hay and I was wondering if you could recommend to me the book that you believe is the most accurate and the best accounting of Mr. Hay. Thanks so much for any recommendation that you may have on this subject.

Hi Genna. The only Hay book I have is Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of John Hay edited by Tyler Dennett. While this book gives an interesting view/insight into the workings of the Lincoln White House, I realize it is not what you are seeking. I do not have the book Linda cited in her post.

Thank you so much. I will look into this one as well as the one that Linda has mentioned.

Nicolay is buried in Oak Hill in Washington, D.C. Can't remember the inscription. I always think of Hay as sort of the perennial Washington insider. He built a huge manion directly across form the White House on Lafayette Square. His next door neighbor was Charles Adams, son of John Quincy Adams. They eventually tore down both homes and the location is now the Hay-Adams Hotel.

John Hay was fascinating. On the one hand I can't but admire his prodigious talent and his amazing career. But he was-for lack of a more elegant adjective- a very b&tchy man. Even when he is making me laugh, I am squirming at how cruel he could be.

To have been on the receiving end of his poison pen or withering put downs must have been devastating.