We're heading back in time to the 1800s to revisit the Seward family.William Henry Seward served as Governor, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State for Abraham L ...

A NEW generation has come upon the stage since William H. Seward, past seventy years old, a battered, exhausted, outworn statesman, died in 1872. Men are yet living who were his junior associates in ...

William Henry Seward traveled via rail, stage and steamboat through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois on way to Wisconsin and Minnesota. The group then boarded a steamboat for Dubuque, Iowa. Next, they ...

William Henry Seward promoted and succeeded in getting the United States to purchase Russian claims to and interests in Alaska. To recognize his efforts, statues have been funded by private parties ...

At a time when public officials are to consider a proper response to the demand for the removal of the statue of William Henry Seward in Juneau, I hope that they will recall not only Secretary ...

A pair of Orange County men were involved in the American Civil War on different levels: William Henry Seward was Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State and William E. Mapes was a Union soldier who ...

The Sept. 29, 1860, Quincy Whig and Republican published a letter from local prominent businessman James Woodruff stating that the U.S. senator for New York William Henry Seward and his entourage, who ...

To the Editor: Thank you for the wonderful editorial Wednesday about William Henry Seward. Doris Kearns Goodwin is indeed the 2012 Elsa Soderberg Distinguished Speaker Nov. 15, hosted by the Seward ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. First as governor of New York (1839–43) and later as a U.S. senator (1849–61), William H. Seward advocated strongly ...

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