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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 12 Jul 2010
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| 17 Oct 2012 | addition, M12-146 (MRC) |
| 25 Sep 2013 | adds, P-12-175 (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872. |
| Title: | William H. Seward Letters |
| Dates: | 1834-1854 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Letters to and from the American politician and lawyer. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
William Henry Seward, Sr. (1801-1872) was the 12th Governor of New York, a United States Senator, and Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. He is best remembered for engineering the purchase of Alaska from Russia ("Seward's Folly") and for his active opposition to slavery.
The William H. Seward Letters consists of incoming and outgoing letters. One of the incoming letters is a letter from Matthew Livingston Davis, congratulating Seward on "the results of the late Election in our State" (i.e., Seward's election as governor of New York). A pair of letters relates to A.D. Hale's review of Seward's book (the title is not specified). A fourth letter concerns a legal case in Auburn, New York and fifth, from Seward, discusses a report to the Senate.
Chronological.
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Persons
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872.
Places
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Occupations
Lawyers.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
William H. Seward Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1970.
1854 letter gift of Frances Volinsky, 2012.
Correspondence
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| SC 529 | Miscellaneous 1834, 1839, 1854, undated | ||||||||||