The Life of William H. Seward. in Two Volumes

by Bancroft, Frederic

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New York: Harper & Brothers. Good+. 1900. Hardcover. Two volumes, frontispiece (portrait) , cloth, new backstrip and labels, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. From the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, "William Henry Seward, 1801 - 1872, U. S. Politician. He served in the New York state senate (1830 - 34) and as governor (1839 - 43). In the U. S. Senate (1849 - 61) , he was an antislavery leader in the Whig and Republican parties. A close adviser to Pres. Abraham Lincoln, he served as U. S. Secretary of state (1861 - 69). He helped prevent foreign recognition of the Confederacy and obtained settlement in the Trent Affair. In 1865 he was stabbed by a conspirator of John Wilkes Booth but recovered. He is best remembered for successfully negotiating the Alaska Purchase (1867) , which critics called Seward's Folly. " ; Ex-Library .

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