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Letters to William H. Seward

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, Delegate of the United States of America in the International Monetary Conference to William H. Seward, July 12, 1867

From RUGGLES, Delegate of the United States of America in the International Monetary Conference
To William H. Seward
July 12, 1867

[Extract.] Mr. Ruggles to Mr. Seward París, July 12, 1867. Sir: The necessary delays which have been experienced in accurate preparing and revising the proceedings of the international committee on…