History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . ^J^U-y-//,^-,, SSrt, H STATB William Henry Seward William Henry Seward, 14th governor (1839-42) ; born atFlorida, Orange county, N. Y., May 16, 1801; lawyer; memberstate senate, 1831-1834; unsuccessful as whig candidate for gov-ernor, 1834; elected 1838, served 1839-42; elected to UnitedStates senate in 1849 and served until March 3, 1861; secre-tary of state in President Lincolns and President Johnsonscabinet (March 5, 1861, to March 3, 1869) ; largely instrumentalin securing redress from Great Britain for damages wroughtAmerican
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . ^J^U-y-//,^-,, SSrt, H STATB William Henry Seward William Henry Seward, 14th governor (1839-42) ; born atFlorida, Orange county, N. Y., May 16, 1801; lawyer; memberstate senate, 1831-1834; unsuccessful as whig candidate for gov-ernor, 1834; elected 1838, served 1839-42; elected to UnitedStates senate in 1849 and served until March 3, 1861; secre-tary of state in President Lincolns and President Johnsonscabinet (March 5, 1861, to March 3, 1869) ; largely instrumentalin securing redress from Great Britain for damages wroughtAmerican shipping on the high seas by the Alabama and inconcluding with Russia the arrangements for the purchase ofAlaska; died at Auburn, N. Y., October 10, 1872. HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKPolitical and Governmental EDITED BYRAY B. SMITH VOLUME II ^ 1822 - 1864 BYWILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON THE SYRACUSE PRESS, iNC SYRACUSE. NY. 1922 C? ^ !1 Copyrighted Thk Syracuse Press, Inc. 1922 FEB 16 1924 v^ ©CU778351 CONTENTS OF VOLUME IICHAPTER I, 1822 THE ALBANY RE
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