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William H. Seward to Carl Schurz, September 5, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Schurz. No. 28.] Department of State,Washington, September 5, 1861. Sir: Your despatch No. 7, dated August 6, has been received. I can very well understand that…
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Letters from William H. Seward
B. 1801 · D. 1872
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.
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William H. Seward to Bradford R. Wood, September 5, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood. No. 9.] Department of State,Washington, September 5, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of August 15 (No. 9) has been received. The affair of the place of…
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William H. Seward to James S. Pike, September 5, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 21.] Department of State,Washington, September 5, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of August 18, (No. 13,) has been received, and the opinions it expresses seem…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, September 7, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 83.] Department of State,Washington, September 7, 1861. Sir: I have received your despatch of August 23, number 32. It is accompanied by a note…
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William H. Seward to Edward de Stoeckl, September 7, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. De Stoeckl. Department of State,Washington, September 7, 1861. The Secretary of State of the United States is authorized by the President to express to Mr. De…
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William H. Seward to Jacob S. Haldeman, September 7, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Haldeman. No. 7.] Department of State,Washington, September 7, 1861. Sir: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, September 10, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 84.] Department of State,Washington, September 10, 1861. Sir: I send you an extract of a letter just received from Mr. Francis Bernard, in the…
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William H. Seward to Charles F. Adams, September 10, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 85.] Department of State,Washington, September 10, 1861. Sir: I transmit a copy of an intercepted letter of the 30th of July last, from John…
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William H. Seward to William L. Dayton, September 10, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 56.] Department of State,Washington, September 10, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of August 22, No. 35, has been received. I learn from it that Mr.…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, September 11, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 86.] Department of State,Washington, September 11, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of August 23d has been received. The inefficiency of the British laws to prevent…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, September 14, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 89.] Department of State,Washington, September 14, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of August 30 (No. 35) has been received. While I regret with you that…
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William H. Seward to George G. Fogg, September 14, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Fogg. No. 13.] Department of State,Washington, September 14, 1861. Sir: Among the important instructions addressed to your predecessor are those concerning the restrictions of certain of…
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William H. Seward to Carl Schurz, September 18, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Schurz, with accompaniments. No. 30.] Department of State,Washington, September 18, 1861. Sir: I write this despatch with a view that you shall ask permission of Mr.…
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William H. Seward to J. Lothrop Motley, September 20, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Motley. No. 4.] Department of State,Washington, September 20, 1861. Sir: The despatch, No. 24, of your predecessor, Mr. Jones, under date of August, has been received.…
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William H. Seward to George P. Marsh, September 20, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Marsh. No. 18.] Department of State,Washington, September 20, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of August 26th, No. 12, has been received. I send you, in confidence, a…
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William H. Seward to William. L. Dayton, September 23, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 59.] Department of State,Washington, September 23, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of the 29th of August (No. 37) was duly received. The proceedings it relates…
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William H. Seward to James S. Pike, September 23, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 22.] Department of State,Washington, September 23, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of August 28, No. 14, has been received. We await with some interest the…
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William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, September 25, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 97.] Department of State,Washington, September 25, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of September 6, No. 38, has been received. Our naval force is rapidly increasing,…
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William H. Seward to James S. Pike, September 28, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 23.] Department of State,Washington, September 28, 1861. Sir: By some accident our foreign mail missed the steamer. It is only just now that I…
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William H. Seward to To the Right Honorable Lord Lyons, October 4, 1861
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State,Washington, October 4, 1861. My Lord: I regret to inform you that information has reached this department that foreign vessels-of-war, which have entered…
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William H. Seward to James S. Pike, October 4, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 24.] Department of State,Washington, October 4, 1861. Sir: I am just now informed by a despatch from Henry Sawyer, esq., our consul at Paramaribo,…
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William H. Seward to William L. Dayton, October 10, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 66.] Department of State,Washington, October 10, 1861. Sir: Some unaccounted for obstruction of the mails has caused a delay in the receipt of your…
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William H. Seward to James S. Pike, October 10, 1861
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 25.] Department of State,Washington, October 10, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of September 18 (No. 17) has been received. The delay of the government of…
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William H. Seward to Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, October 14, 1861
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State,Washington, October 14, 1861. My Lord: I have had the honor to receive your note of the 12th instant in answer to mine…