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B. 1801 · D. 1872

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.

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RUGGLES, Vice-President of the United States Commission at the Universal Exposition at Paris, and specially designated as member of the Committee on Weights, Measures, and Coins to William H. Seward, May 30, 1867

From RUGGLES, Vice-President of the United States Commission at the Universal Exposition at Paris, and specially designated as member of the Committee on Weights, Measures, and Coins
To William H. Seward
May 30, 1867

[Extract.] Mr. Ruggles to Mr. Seward Paris, May 30, 1867, Sir: * * * * * * Before the meeting of the international committee for examining the question of a…

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