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    William Henry Seward (/ˈsuːərd/; May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to...
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    Augustus Henry Seward (October 1, 1826 – September 11, 1876) was the son of William H. Seward and Frances Adeline Seward. He was a career officer in the...
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    the younger brother of Augustus Henry Seward and the elder brother of General William H. Seward Jr. and Fanny Seward. His maternal grandfather was Judge...
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    Frances Adeline Seward (née Miller; September 25, 1805 – June 21, 1865) was the First Lady of New York and the wife of William Henry Seward, a senator in...
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    William Henry Seward Jr. (June 18, 1839 – April 29, 1920) was an American banker and brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
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    was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Battle...
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    Olive Risley Seward (July 15, 1844 – November 27, 1908) was a writer and the adopted daughter of William Henry Seward, United States Secretary of State...
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    Frances Adeline Seward (December 9, 1844 – October 29, 1866) was the daughter of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward and his wife Frances...
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  • The William Henry Seward Memorial is located along Main Street (NY 17A/94) in downtown Florida, New York. It commemorates the life of Seward, a Florida...
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  • in 1866. When he died, Seward left the home to his son, William Seward, Jr.; it passed on to his grandson, William Henry Seward III, in 1920. At his death...
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    William Henry Seward is an outdoor bronze sculpture of William H. Seward by artist Randolph Rogers, located in Madison Square in Manhattan, New York. Dedicated...
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    William Henry Seward, also known as Let Us Make the Treaty Tonight, the Monument to William H. Seward, and William H. Seward, is an outdoor bronze sculpture...
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  • Titanic Frederick W. Seward (1830–1915), American Assistant Secretary of State, son of William Henry Seward, Sr. and Frances Adeline Seward and elder brother...
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    is named after William Henry Seward, the United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Seward is noted for his...
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    as measured by dissolved nitrogen, after Crater Lake in Oregon. William Henry Seward called it "The most beautiful body of water in the world." The shores...
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    Orange County Court. In 1846, Seward started the school with an endowment of $20,000. One of his sons, William Henry Seward, attended one of the institute's...
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    to the creation of new free states. Most Northern Whigs, led by William Henry Seward, who delivered his famous "Higher Law" speech during the controversy...
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    American President Abraham Lincoln ordered his Secretary of State, William Henry Seward, to meet with the Mexican chargé d'affaires Matias Romero to explore...
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    where he entered the firm of Beach & Underwood as a law student. William H. Seward was counsel for the firm as he had just finished serving as the Governor...
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  • in London and Washington, D.C. In 1854, former college classmates William H. Seward (later Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State) and Richard M. Blatchford...
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    William Seward Webb (January 31, 1851 – October 29, 1926) was a businessman, and inspector general of the Vermont militia with the rank of colonel. He...
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  • British Stahr, Walter. Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man (2012), scholarly biography. Taylor, John M. William Henry Seward: Lincoln's Right Hand (1991)...
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    and Reconstruction. New York: W.W. Wilson, 1905. Taylor, John M. William Henry Seward: Lincoln's Right Hand. New York: Brassey's, 1996. ISBN 1-57488-119-1...
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    president in 1861, he appointed his as Secretary of State Senator William H. Seward, a leader of the Republicans in New York state. They worked closely...
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    Retrieved November 9, 2021. "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: William Henry Seward (1801–1872)". Office of the Historian. Archived from the original...
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  • Adeline Seward (1805–1865), wife of William H. Seward Sr., a First Lady of New York State Frederick W. Seward (1830–1915), son of William H. Seward Sr.,...
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    approval, the proposed amendment was then sent by Secretary of State William Henry Seward to the states for ratification or rejection. Though many of the original...
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    Horse, p. 71 Edwards, The Arabian, p. 29 Van Deusen, Glyndon (1967). William Henry Seward. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 212–213. OCLC 426046. Archer...
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  • (2005). Taylor, John M. William Henry Seward: Lincoln's Right Hand (Potomac Books, 1996). Van Deusen, Glyndon G. William Henry Seward (1967). Warren, Gordon...
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  • school building. Seward married Mary Jennings of Goshen, New York in 1795, and they had five children together, including: William H. Seward (1801–1872),...
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