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. Hollister. No. 16.] Department of State, Washington, November 10, 1868. Sir: Your dispatch of the 21st of October has been received. You mention that the Haytien…
[Telegram per cable.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson Department of State, Washington, November, 11, 1868. Claims protocol not received. Convention must sit in Washington. We thought this understood—absolutely essential under…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Hale. No. 62.] Department of State, Washington, November 11, 1868. Sir: Your dispatch of the 19th of October, No. 130, has been received. Your proceeding in…
Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, to Mr. Evarts, Attorney-General. Department of State, Washington, November 11, 1868. [22] *Sir: I have the honor to inclose, for your consideration, a copy of…
[Telegram per cable.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson Department of State, Washington, November 12, 1868. Insist, in view of highly disturbed national sensibilities, Washington is indispensable. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Reverdy…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Harrington. No. 40.] Department of State, Washington November 12, 1868. Your dispatch of the 19th of October, No. 73, was duly received, together with its accompaniment,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Webb. No. 238.] Department of State, Washington, November 17, 1868. Sir: Your dispatch of the 8th ultimo, without number, has been received. The recent events in…
[Telegram per cable.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson. Department of State, Washington, November 26, 1868. Let San Juan rest. Claims convention unless amended is useless. Wait for dispatches Friday or…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson No. 47.] Department of State, Washington, November 27, 1868. Sir: I have received your dispatch of the 10th of November, No. 49, which is accompanied…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Goñi. Department of State, Washington, November 30, 1868. Sir: Your note of the 24th instant has been received with high satisfaction. I give you herewith, and…
Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, to Mr. Goñi, Spanish minister. Department of State, Washington, November 30, 1868. [730] Sir: Your note of the 21th instant has been received with high…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Blair. No. 7.] Department of State, Washington, December 1, 1868. Sir: Your dispatches of the 10th of November, Nos. 5 and 6, have been received. In…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Thornton Department of State, Washington, December 4, 1868. Sir: I have received from Maria A. Lynch, the sister of Robert B. Lynch, who is now undergoing…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Hollister. No. 17.] Department of State, Washington, December 5, 1868. Sir: Your dispatch, No. 15, of the 5th November, has been received. In reply, I transmit…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson No. 49.] Department of State, Washington, December 7, 1868. Sir: Your dispatch of the 23d of November, No. 61, has been received; it is accompanied…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Bancroft. No. 105.] Department of State, Washington, December 7, 1868. Sir: Your dispatch of the 20th November, No. 85, has been received. I am greatly obliged…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson No. 52.] Department of State, Washington, December 14, 1868. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of the 28th of November, No.…
[Telegram per cable.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson Department of State, Washington, December 20, 1868. Cipher telegram received. We definitively propose what follows on claims: Substitute protocol for convention; but…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Hale. No. 96.] Department of State, Washington, December 30, 1868. Sir: Your dispatches to No. 113, of the 6th instant, inclusive, have been received. The refusal…
Mr. Seward to Mr. McMath. No. 40.] Department of State, Washington, December 30, 1868. Sir: Your dispatch No. 61, of the 16th ultimo, relative to the question of precedence which…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson No. 56.] Department of State, Washington, December 31, 1868. Sir: Your dispatch of the 16th of December, No. 80, which concerns the negotiations upon claims,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson No. 58.] Department of State, Washington, January 2, 1869. Sir: Your dispatch of the 19th of December last, No. 82, has been received. In that…
[Telegram per cable.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson. Department of State, Washington, January 11, 1869. Clarendon’s draught considered. Article I, sixth line after “Majesty,” insert “including the so-called Alabama claims.”…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson No. 59.] Department of State, Washington, January 12, 1869. Sir: Owing to the delay of the steamer, your dispatches of the 23d of December, No.…