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. 213.] Department of State, Washington, March 25, 1862. Sir: I have no despatches from you since the date of my last acknowledgments. The events…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 133.] Department of State, Washington, March 26, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 4 (No. 124) is received. It brings a casual conversation with…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 218.] Department of State, Washington, April 1, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 13, (No. 131,) has been submitted to the President. I have…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 136.] Department of State, Washington, April 1, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 18 (No. 127) has just been received. I have anticipated the…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 132.] Department of State, Washington, April 2, 1862. Sir: The reports we receive from China show that the insurrection there is becoming very formidable,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 224.] Department of State, Washington, April 3, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of the 7th of March (No. 128) was received Every new instance of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 225.] Department of State, Washington, April 4, 1862. Sir: I regret to be obliged to revert to a subject upon which I have already…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Mercier. Department of State, Washington, April 4, 1862. Sir: I have not yet received from Mr. De Long, our consul at Tangier, a perfect report of…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington April 5, 1862. My Lord: Your note of March 19 recalls the subject of a bag, which was found, in October…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 226.] Department of State, Washington, April 8, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 20, No. 132, is before me. It brings information of no…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 137.] Department of State, Washington, April 8, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 19 (No. 128) has been received. It is a source of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 228.] Department of State, Washington, April 14, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of the 27th of March, (No. 135,) has been considered by the President.…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 138.] Department of State, Washington. April 15, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 25 (No. 129) has been submitted to the President. It relates…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 232.] Department of State, Washington, April 16, 1862. Sir: Your despatch No. 137, the receipt of which has already been acknowledged, is accompanied by…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 139.] Department of State, Washington. April 16, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 26 (No. 130) has been submitted to the President. You will…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 235.] Department of State, Washington, April 19, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of April 3 (No. 140) has been submitted to the President, together with…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 141.] Department of State, Washington, April 22, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 31 (No. 131) has been received. I have already exhausted in…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Perry. No. 28.] Department of State, Washington, April 22, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 30 (No. 46) has been received. Your treatment of the subject…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 238.] Department of State, Washington, April 26, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of April 11, 1862, has been received. It is certainly to be regretted…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 240.] Department of State, Washington, April 28, 1862. Sir: To-day the country is assuming that the fate of this unnatural war is determined by…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No 146.] Department of State, Washington, April 28, 1862. Sir: You will fully appreciate the importance of the capture of New Orleans, which was effected…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 244.] Department of State, Washington, May 1, 1862. Sir: Mr. Dudley, our vigilant consul at Liverpool, writes that the subscription which was gotten up…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 148.] Department of State, Washington. May 1,1862. Sir: The President, as you have been already informed, is directing that measures be taken to mitigate…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton. No. 151.] Department of State, Washington, May 1, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of the 22d of April (No. 141) has been received. I am very…