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	William H. Seward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Seward was born in Florida, New York, a community (which since has incorporated as a village) in Orange County, New York.
		Seward served as a state senator of New York from 1831 to 1834, and as Governor of New York from 1839 to 1843.
		Seward survived an assassination attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham Lincoln was shot) from Lewis Powell (alias: Lewis Payne), an associate of John Wilkes Booth, who broke into Seward's bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_H._Seward (842 words)

	WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Seward himself, apparently sharing these views, although not out of vanity, at first possessed an unbounded confidence in his ability to influence the president and his cabinet.
		Sewards wife, an invalid, received such a shock that she died within two months, and his only daughter, who witnessed the assault, never recovered from the effects of the scene and died within the year.
		His son, FREDERICK WILLIAM SEWARD, was born in Auburn, New York, on the 8th of July 1830, graduated at Union College in 1849 and was admitted to the bar at Rochester, N.Y., in 1851.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SE/SEWARD_WILLIAM_HENRY.htm (2752 words)

	Seward, William Henry. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Seward was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1849.
		Seward was an uncompromising foe of slavery, and, although he apparently tempered his public expressions so as not to alienate votes, he nevertheless made two remarks that became catchphrases of the antislavery forces.
		Seward’s handling of delicate matters of diplomacy with Great Britain, particularly in the Trent Affair, was notably adept.
	www.bartleby.com /65/se/Seward-W.html (594 words)

	Seward House -- Biography
		William Henry Seward was born in 1801 in Florida, Orange County, New York.
		Seward returned to Auburn at the close of his second term and, in 1846, used the then-novel insanity defense to defend William Freeman, a mentally-ill African-American who had murdered a white farmer and his family.
		Seward was also instrumental in helping Harriet Tubman settle in Auburn and secure property on South Street which was to be her home for over fifty years.
	www.sewardhouse.org /biography (773 words)

	William Henry Seward
		The American statesman William Henry Seward was born on the 16th of May 1801 in the village of Florida, Orange county, New York.
		Seward gradually regained his health, and remained in the cabinet of President Andrew Johnson until the expiration of his term in 1869.
		His son, Frederick William Seward, was born in Auburn, NY, on the 8th of July 1830, graduated at Union College in 1849 and was admitted to the bar at Rochester, NY, in 1851.
	www.nndb.com /people/014/000049864 (1470 words)

	William Seward Burroughs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Seward Burroughs (January 28, 1857 - September 14, 1898) was an American inventor, born in Rochester, New York.
		Initially a bank clerk, he invented a "calculating machine" designed to calculate the area of fur skins.
		He was the grandfather of William S. Burroughs the writer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Seward_Burroughs (102 words)

	Seward House
		Located in Auburn, New York, in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, Seward House is a mixture of Federal and Tuscan-style architecture surrounded by two acres of garden and trees.
		Seward House was owned and occupied by four generations of family members from 1816 to 1951.
		Seward House has hosted such distinguished visitors as Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Generals Ulysses S. Grant and George A. Custer, Presidents John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Andrew Johnson, William McKinley and Bill Clinton.
	www.sewardhouse.org (260 words)

	William H. Seward
		Seward graduated from Union College in 1820, read law, was admitted to the bar and established a practice in Auburn, his home for the remainder of his life.
		Seward began his political rise as an opponent of the prevailing Jacksonian views of the day—first as a supporter of John Quincy Adams, then an active anti-Mason and later as a Whig.
		Seward was stabbed in the throat during the Lincoln assassination plot, but recovered and continued to serve as secretary of state under Andrew Johnson.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h168.html (549 words)

	Mr. Lincoln's White House: William H. Seward (1801-1872)
		Seward and his son Frederick came to my rooms at Willard's with a telegram from Captain Meigs at New York, stating in effect that the movements were retarded and embarrassed by conflicting order from the Secretary of the Navy.
		Seward remarked that, old as he was, he had learned a lesson from this affair, and that was, he had better attend to his own business and confine his labors to his own Department.
		Seward's suggestion, they had arranged for supplies and reinforcements to be sent out at the same time we were fitting out vessels for Sumter, but with no intention whatever of interfering with the latter expedition.
	www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org /inside.asp?ID=93&subjectID=2 (1945 words)

	William Seward: Biography of William Seward
		WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD, American statesman, was born at Florida, New York, May 16th, 1803, of Welsh and Irish descent.
		Seward accepted the important post of Secretary of State under President Lincoln, and guided the diplomacy of the Federal government through the perils of the War of Secession, with almost unparalleled energy and success.
		Seward, which were at first believed to be fatal, but from which he slowly recovered.
	www.sacklunch.net /biography/S/WilliamSeward.html (395 words)

	William Henry Seward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Seward's most memorable achievement after the war was the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 for a mere $7.2 million.
		William Henry Seward, Jr., was the youngest son of the Secretary of State.
		Seward fought in several campagns and on September 13, 1864, became one of the youngest general officers of the army.
	www.library.miami.edu /archives/shedd/seward.htm (334 words)

	William Seward
		Seward became active in politics and joined the Whig Party and served as state senator (1830-1834) and state governor (1838-42).
		Seward was so unhappy about this that it was not until the 5th March, 1861, that he agreed to accept the post as Secretary of State.
		William Seward, who was replaced by Elihu Washburne as Secretary of State when Ulysses S. Grant became president, died in Auburn, Cayuga County, on 10th October, 1872.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USASseward.htm (2054 words)

	William H. Seward Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Seward was elected to the New York state legislature in 1830.
		In the course of the next decade Seward was transformed from a mild antislavery advocate to an active defender of fugitive slaves.
		This correspondence was written during Seward's second term as governor and on his return to private law practice.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/S/Seward.html (136 words)

	War between the States - William Henry Seward
		Seward was the front-runner for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination but failed to attain it; many Republicans feared that his record of support for antislavery and Catholic rights did not have a broad enough appeal.
		Lincoln came to trust Seward's advice on domestic questions, most notably in delaying the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation until after the Union victory at Antietam in 1862.
		An expansionist, Seward purchased (1867) Alaska for the United States and favored the acquisition of the Danish West Indies (the Virgin Islands) and Hawaii.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/america/civilwar/cw8.htm (415 words)

	Sign Information
		William Seward was born in Florida, New York, on May 16, 1801.
		Seward was admitted to the bar at Utica in 1822, and partnered in Auburn, New York, with Elijah Miller.
		Defeated for governor by William L. Macy in 1834, Seward was elected to that position in 1838 as a leader of the anti-slavery wing of the Whig party, and served as governor for two terms, from 1839 to 1843.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12752 (711 words)

	William Henry Seward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Seward analyzed this “irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces,” which “means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation,” but was Seward predicting the Civil War as inevitable and imminent?
		Whether or not Seward believed that Civil War was inevitable or imminent, he did recognize the moral danger in accommodating slavery and the increasing tension between the two primary subcultures in the Unites States, polarized on this issue and aggravated by expanding population and railroad transportation.
		Seward proposes to “overthrow, by one decisive blow, the betrayers of the constitution and freedom forever.” However, Seward does not advocate employing dictatorial methods, much less the physical coercion of a bloody civil war, only --- in this campaign speech --- a political defeat of the Democratic party.
	carbon.cudenver.edu /~rpekarek/seward.html (5025 words)

	Civil War Prelude: Seward's "Irrepressible Conflict" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Whether or not Seward believed that Civil War was inevitable or imminent, he did recognize the moral danger in accommodating slavery and the increasing tension between the two primary subcultures in the United States, polarized on this issue and aggravated by expanding population and railroad transportation.
		Seward states that because the Democrats have transformed the Constitution in fundamental ways, from a constitution of freedom to one of slavery, from a constitution of republicanism to one of aristocracy, and he poses the rhetorical question, "How long a constitution can bear a strain directly along the fibres of which it is composed?"
		William Seward, at this stage in his political career, established his image as a radical abolitionist, becoming anathema to Southerners, as he expressed his anti-slavery Higher Law principle.
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	William Henry SEWARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic movement after 1828.
		Seward was also interested in territorial expansion, and in 1867 negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
		Seward was seriously wounded in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy, and after 1865 his health was not good.
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	William Henry Seward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		William H. Seward served as the Secretary of State for both President Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson.
		In 1830, Seward was elected to the New York State Senate, serving until 1834 when he ran, unsuccessfully, for the governorship of New York.
		Seward’s first major test as Secretary of State was the Trent affair, when a Union naval vessel stopped, boarded, and removed two Confederate officials from the neutral ship.
	ehistory.osu.edu /uscw/features/people/bio.cfm?PID=63 (303 words)

	William H. Seward
		Seward entered elective politics by serving in the state senate from 1830 to 1834, wherein he established himself as a leader of the Whig party.
		In 1860, Seward was the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
		Seward was wounded by a would-be assassin on the same night that Lincoln was murdered.
	www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com /11BiographiesKeyIndividuals/WilliamHSeward.htm (375 words)

	Mr. Lincoln's White House: William H. Seward's House
		Seward's home was the frequent target of evening walks by the President in search of congenial company if not the less congenial smell of William H. Seward's ever-present cigars.
		Seward had bought the brick townhouse in 1861 and most of his family came to live there in May - with the exception of his wife, Frances, who stayed in Auburn, New York, with their daughter Fanny.
		Seward entered fully into his feelings, but observed, with characteristic caution, that the issue between Sherman and Johnston had not yet been decided, and a premature celebration might have the effect to nerve the remaining army of the Confederacy to greater desperation.
	www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org /inside.asp?ID=205&subjectID=2 (1447 words)

	Badsey: William Seward 1702-1740 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		William Seward (1702-1740) was the fourth of seven sons of John and Mary Seward, who moved to Badsey in the late 17
		The Sewards were a wealthy family, interested in estate management, and the house that the family lived in for around a hundred years, still bears the name Seward House today.
		William Seward was closely involved with the early Methodist movement.
	www.badsey.net /past/seward.htm (394 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - William Seward
		Seward, William Henry (1801-72), American statesman, born in Florida, New York, and educated at Union College, Schenectady, New York.
		In 1857 Kansas, then a territory, was about to be admitted to the Union as a new state.
		Haywood, William Dudley (1869-1928), American labor leader, born William Dudley Haywood in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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	William Henry Seward
		William Henry Seward: Senator - Senator Seward was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1849.
		William Henry Seward: Bibliography - Bibliography See G. Baker, ed., The Works of William H. Seward (5 vol., 1853–84); F. William Henry Seward: Secretary of State - Secretary of State In 1861, Seward became Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln, and many...
		William Henry Seward: Early Career - Early Career A graduate (1820) of Union College, he was admitted to the bar in 1822 and established...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0844596.html (136 words)

	Reader's Companion to American History - -SEWARD, WILLIAM H. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SEWARD, WILLIAM H., New York politician and secretary of state.
		Seward was one of the major political figures of the mid-nineteenth century.
		Laboring under the mistaken assumption that he would be the real leader of the administration, Seward initially made some serious missteps, but before long he emerged as Lincoln's closest adviser in the cabinet.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_078500_sewardwillia.htm (596 words)

	William H. Seward by Giovanni Benzoni
		But Seward’s belief that the struggle between the slave and free states was “an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces” had made him some implacable enemies.
		Combining the virtues of politician and statesman, Seward was highly successful in preventing the intervention of European powers in American affairs during the Civil War years.
		So closely was he associated with Lincoln’s policies that he was attacked on the night the President was assassinated, in an unsuccessful attempt to cripple the government.
	www.civilwar.si.edu /leaders_seward.html (93 words)

	Today in History: March 30
		Critics attacked Seward for the secrecy surrounding the deal with Russia, which came to be known as "Seward's folly." They mocked his willingness to spend so much on "Seward's icebox" and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden."
		Seward, secretary of state under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, supported American expansion and was eager to acquire Alaska.
		The town of Seward, Alaska, located on the Kenai Peninsula at the head of Resurrection Bay, was founded in 1903 as a supply base for the construction of a railway to the Yukon Valley.
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