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. Burnley Department of State, Washington, December 31, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 28th instant, relative to…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Bigelow No. 10.] Department of State, Washington, December 31, 1864. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of despatch No. 556, from the late William L.…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1221.] Department of State, Washington, January 1, 1865. Sir: Your despatch of the 16th ultimo, No. 832, informing me that you had transmitted to…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 3, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge with sincere gratification the receipt of your note of the 31st…
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 4, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge, with much satisfaction, the receipt of your note of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 6, 1865. Sir: Referring to your communication of the 26th of November last, so far as it relates to the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1225.] Department of State, Washington, January 9, 1865. Sir: Your despatch of the 23d of December, No. 842, has been received, together with the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 9, 1865. Sir: Referring to the correspondence which has taken place between us in regard to the detention of persons…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1233.] Department of State, Washington, January 10, 1865. Sir: Mr. Morse, our consul at London, by a despatch of the 23d ultimo, informs me…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 10, 1865. Sir: Referring to my note of the 6th instant, transmitting to you a copy of the proceedings of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Campbell No. 11.] Department of State, Washington, January 10, 1865. Sir: Your despatch of the 13th of December, No. 9, has been received. Count Manderstrom must…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 11, 1865 Sir: Your note of the 21st ultimo, stating that her Britannic Majesty is desirous of nominating Lieutenant Pearson,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 12, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 7th instant, together with…
[Circular No. 55.] Department of State, Washington, January 14, 1865. To the consular officers of the United States in conterminous British provinces : Consular officers in territories conterminous with the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 14, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to state, for the information of the proper authorities of her Majesty’s government,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1238.] Department of State. Washington, January 16, 1865. Sir. You are authorized to assure the Oldham Auxiliary Union and Emancipation Society that the President…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1237.] Department of State. Washington, January 16, 1865. Sir. Your despatch of the 30th of December, No. 846, has been received. I am happy…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 16, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 3d instant, communicating to…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Sanford No. 158.] Department of State, Washington, January 16, 1865. Sir: Your despatch of the 29th of December has been received. We learn with pleasure that…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams No. 1242.] Department of State. Washington, January 18, 1865. Sir. I enclose a copy of a letter of the 3d instant from Colonel William H.…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 18, 1865. Sir: Referring to your note of the 9th ultimo, requesting, at the instance of the owners of the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 19,1865. My Dear Sir: I give you, herewith, for your information, a copy of a despatch which, on the 16th…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley Department of State, Washington, January 19, 1865. Sir: Referring to your note of the 13th instant, in which you propose that the James Douglas may…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Sanford No. 159.] Department of State, Washington, January 20, 1865 Sir: I have received a despatch from Mr. Crawford, United States consul at Antwerp, communicating a…