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 Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, November 14, 1861. My Lord: I have your lordship’s note of November 12th, concerning the case of John J. Shafer. Under…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Marsh. No. 32.] Department of State,Washington, November 22, 1861. Sir: I have your despatch of October 29, (No. 29.) The British and French governments, which stand…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 84.] Department of State,Washington, November 23, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of November 7 (No 75) has been received. I have regretted quite as much…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pike. No. 33.] Department of State,Washington, November 23, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of November 6 (No. 25) has just been received. I have already anticipated and…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, December 3, 1861. I refer again to your lordship’s note of the 30th of November for the purpose of saying that…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, December 11, 1861. My Lord: Your lordship’s note of December 9, relating to minors who, being British subjects, have been enlisted…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Merrier. Department of State, Washington, December 11, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 7th instant, and to…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 144.] Department of State, Washington, December 13, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of November 22, No. 75, was duly received. We shall hear what Lord…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 94.] Department of State, Washington, December 26, 1861. Sir: Your despatch of December 6 (No. 91) was duly received. In previous papers of this…
[Extract.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No 95.] Department of State, Washington, December 28, 1861. SIR: * * * * * * * * You have rightly conjectured that the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Mercier. Department of State, Washington, December 31, 1861. Sir: Adverting to your note of the 23d instant, designating a naval vessel for the purpose of taking…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 100.] Department of State, Washington, January 2, 1862. Sir: In bringing up arrears of correspondence, it is a pleasant duty to acknowledge the receipt…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State,Washington, January 7, 1862. My Lord: With reference to your private note of the 30th ultimo, in which mention is made of the…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 7, 1862. My Lord: I receive with deep sensibility the painful intelligence you have communicated to me of the death…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 8, 1862. My Lord: Adverting to my note to you of the 3d instant, relative to the improper position in…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Merrier. Department of State, Washington, January 10, 1862. Sir: I have the honor of acknowledging your note, in which you speak, under instructions from Mr. Thouvenel,…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 13, 1862. My Lord: You have kindly left with me a copy of an instruction which you had received from…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Perry. No. 1.] Department of State, Washington, January 14, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of December 21 (No. 15) has been received. The President directs me to…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 104.] Department of State, Washington, January 23, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of January 2 (No. 91) is before me. Its subject is the condition…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Perry. No. 3.] Department of State, Washington, January 23, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of December 28 (No. 17) has been received. The President appreciates highly the…
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 28, 1862. Hon. EDwIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: SIR: I inclose a letter to me of the 23d ultimo from Oroville, Butte County, Cal.,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 112.] Department of State, Washington, January 31, 1862. Sir: I learn from reports received at the Navy Department from the commander of the American…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 178.] Department of State, Washington, February 4, 1862. Sir: The Africa came so late that I had only time, before the then next mail…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Clay. No. 30.] Department of State, Washington, February 4, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of January 7, in which you survey the condition of the country at…