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. F. W. Seward to Mr. Harvey. No. 146.] Department of State, Washington, August 30, 1864. Sir:Your despatches Nos. 287, 288, and 289, the last dated July 28, have been…
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Brown. No. 3.] Department of State, Washington, August 30, 1864. Sir: Your despatches No. 8, of the 23d, and No. 9, of the 29th…
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Perry. No. 23.] Department of State, Washington, August 30, 1864. Sir:Your despatch of the 3d instant, No. 118, communicating a copy of a note…
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Harvey. No. 146.] Department of State, Washington, August 30, 1864. Sir:Your despatches Nos. 287, 288, and 289, the last dated July 28, have been…
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Brown. No. 3.] Department of State, Washington, August 30, 1864. Sir: Your despatches No. 8, of the 23d, and No. 9, of the 29th…
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Burnley. Department of State, Washington, September 2, 1864. Sir: Referring to Lord Lyons’s communications of the 17th and 24th ultimo, in regard to the…
Mr. F. W. Seward. to Mr. Geofroy Department of State, Washington, September 6, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 28th ultimo…
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Burnley. Department of State, Washington, September 7, 1864. Sir: Referring to Lord Lyons’s communication of the 30th of July last, relative to the desire…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. Department of State, Washington, September 8, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 4th instant in regard…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. Department of State, Washington, September 10, 1864. Sir: Referring to your note of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the case of the British sloop…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Sanford. No. 145.] Department of State, Washington, September 10, 1864. Sir:Our consul at Halifax has informed this department that Major Walker, late insurgent agent at Bermuda,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Sanford. No. 145.] Department of State, Washington, September 10, 1864. Sir:Our consul at Halifax has informed this department that Major Walker, late insurgent agent at Bermuda,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. Department of State, Washington, September 12, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 9th instant, with regard…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. Department of State, Washington, September 13, 1864. Sir: This department has been informed that the steamer Mary, which formerly, under the name of the Alexandra,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame No. 72.] Department of State, Washington, September 14, 1864. Sir: Your despatch of the 18th of June, No. 83, enclosing a copy of your communication…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. Department of State, Washington, September 15,1864. Sir: The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 649.] Department of State, Washington, September 15, 1864. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 23d ultimo, No. 526,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 1086.] Department of State, Washington, September 16, 1864. Sir: An absence of two weeks from the capital has delayed this acknowledgment of the receipt…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. Department of State, Washington, September 16, 1864. Sir: Referring to your note of the 4th instant, relative to a permission to enable her Majesty’s consul…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. Department of State, Washington September 17, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 9th instant, and of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 652.] Department of State, Washington, September 17, 1864. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 19th of August, No.…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Sanford. Department of State, Washington, September 17, 1864. Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your private note of the 19th of August, which, as I perceive,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Sanford. Department of State, Washington, September 17, 1864. Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your private note of the 19th of August, which, as I perceive,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 1094.] Department of State, Washington, September 19, 1864. Sir: I have received your despatch of the 1st of September, No. 769, relating to the…