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. 1171.] Department of State, Washington, December 3, 1864. Sir: Information has reached this department from William H. Dabney, esq., the consul of the United…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 717.] Department of State, Washington, December 4, 1864. Sir: Your despatch of the 18th of November, No. 565, informing me that you had received…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, Sunday morning, December 4, 1864. My Dear Lord Lyons: I agree with you that it is best that you go away…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 1182.] Department of State, Washington, December 5, 1864. Sir: The military situation is exciting much interest. Major General Thomas, upon whom the conduct of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 719.] Department of State, Washington, December 5, 1864. Sir: I have to acknowledge with satisfaction the receipt of your despatch, No. 561, relating to…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Harvey No. 158.] Department of State, Washington, December 5, 1864. Sir: Herewith I enclose for your information a transcript of a letter of the 3d instant…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1183.] Department of State, Washington, December 6, 1864. Sir: You will receive herewith a copy of intercepted correspondence, which will be found to support…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 6, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Lord Lyons’s note of the 5th instant, informing…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 8, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to enclose a copy of a communication of the 5th instant from his…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1185.] Department of State, Washington, December 9, 1864. Sir: I have received from the consulate at Liverpool the despatch of the 18th ultimo, a…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1189.] Department of State, Washington, December 13, 1864. Sir: I transmit a copy of a communication of the 12th instant from Brigadier General E.…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Campbell No. 9.] Department of State, Washington, December 13, 1864. Sir: Information has been communicated to this department by the Secretary of the Navy that the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1190.] Department of State, Washington, December 14, 1864. Sir: I have just received information, by telegraph, from Montreal, that the felons who proceeded from…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1190.] Department of State, Washington, December 14, 1864. Sir: I have just received information, by telegraph, from Montreal, that the felons who proceeded from…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 14, 1864. Sir: On the 11th of July last Lord Lyons, under instructions of Earl Russell, addressed to me a…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 14, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to communicate herewith for your information a copy of an instruction of this…
[Extract.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Pruyn No. 86.] Department of State, Washington, December 14, 1864. Sir: Your despatch of October 12, No. 62, has been received, together with its voluminous…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1191.] Department of State, Washington, December 15, 1864. Sir: Referring to the correspondence between this department and yourself in regard to the refusal of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1191.] Department of State, Washington, December 15, 1864. Sir: Referring to the correspondence between this department and yourself in regard to the refusal of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December15, 1864. Sir: With reference to Lord Lyons’s communication of the 8th ultimo, relative to some shot fired from a battery…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 15, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 9th instant, relative to…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 16, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your note of the 12th instant,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1193.] Department of State, Washington, December 17, 1864. Sir: Westerly winds detained the Canada, so that her mails reached the department only on the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton No. 724.] Department of State, Washington, December 17, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of November 25th, No.…