[Letters] n.d, 1861 / William H. Seward.

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[Letters] n.d, 1861 / William H. Seward.

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[Letter, n.d.] Friday morning, Astor House [to] Ogden Edwards. Seward requests an appointment to see him and his associates "of the late Special Commission." -- [Letter] 1861 Jun. 21, Dept. of State, Washington, D.C. [to] Charles Francis Adams. This manuscript letter, signed by Seward, is marked "Private and confidential." The letter concerns Lord Lyon's complaint against Seward and Seward's dissatisfaction with Great Britain's netural position in relationship to the U.S. Civil War--"the war in progress."

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