William Henry Seward was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869 and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator. A determined opponent of the spread of slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War, he was prominent in the Republican Party in its formative years and was praised for his work on behalf of the Union as Secretary of State during the Civil War. He also negotiated the treaty for the United States to purchase the Alaska Territory.
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 566. Department of State, Washington, April 24, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of April 9 (No. 369) has been submitted to the President, together with…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 336.] Department of State, Washington, April 24, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of April 9, No. 297, has been submitted to the President. You have…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 569.] Department of State, Washington, April 25, 1863. Sir: Your despatch No. 360 has been received. The accompanying answer to the Exeter Hall addresses…
[Untitled] Department of State, Washington, April 25, 1863. To the citizens of London who were convened in Exeter Hall on the 29th of January last : The proceedings of a…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 576.] Department of State, Washington, May 4, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of the 16th of April (No. 373) has been received. The late Sir…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 581.] Department of State, Washington, May 5, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of the 16th of April (No. 374) transmitting a copy of the continuation…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 340.] Department of State, Washington, May 5, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of April 15, No. 299, has been received. Your proceeding in calling the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 586.] Department of State, Washington, May 7, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of April 24th (No. 389) has been received, together with its accompaniment, a…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Marsh No. 74.] Department of State, Washington, May 7, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of March 27 (No. 71) has been received. You request in it instructions…
[Extract.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 341.] Department of State, Washington, May 8, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of the 24th of April, No. 301, has been received. It communicates…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 590.] Department of State, Washington, May 9, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of the 23d ultimo (No. 386) has been received, together with the copy…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 342.] Department of State, Washington, May 11, 1863. Sir: Mr. Mercier has read to me, and at my request has left with me, a…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Clay. No. 8.] Department of State, Washington, May 11, 1863. Sir: I think it proper that you should be possessed of a copy of a note…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 343.] Department of State, Washington, May 14, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of the 20th ultimo (No. 300) was duly received. The information which it…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 599.] Department of State, Washington, May 18, 1863. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 395, of the 30th ultimo, relative…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 346.] Department of State, Washington, May 18, 1863. Sir: Your despatch No. 303, of the 1st instant, has been received. The department is pleased…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Thayer No. 21.] Department of State, Washington, May 18, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of the 18th ultimo (No. 32) has been received. The particulars it communicates…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 602.] Department of State, Washington, May 19, 1863. Sir: In reviewing the late movement of General Hooker across the Rappahannock, all critics approve of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Thayer No. 22.] Department of State, Washington, May 19, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of the 30th of April (No. 33) has been received. It is accompanied…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 605.] Department of State, Washington, May 23, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of May 8 (No. 411) has been received. I have communicated the information…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 348.] Department of State, Washington, May 23, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of May 8th (No. 305) has been received. It is proper for me…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 607.] Department of State, Washington, May 24, 1863. Sir: The suspense in which we have been held through a considerable period, filled with tantalizing…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Clay. No. 15.] Department of State, Washington, June 6, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of May 7 (No. 3) has been submitted to the President, and is…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Judd No. 54.] Department of State, Washington, June 6, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of May 9 (No. 47) has been received, and submitted to the President…