Letters and note from William Henry Seward and Horatio Seymour, 1858-1871.

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Letters and note from William Henry Seward and Horatio Seymour, 1858-1871.

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Short, routine letters from William Henry Seward and Horatio Seymour. The letter from Seymour (1871), addressed to Nahum Capen, makes a brief comment on the Democratic Party. Also, a note from Seward paying his compliments and arranging to call on the recipient; and an undated letter from W.L. Money, conveying some other autographs he had detached from his files to his fellow autograph collector W.B. Sprague.

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Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...

Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886

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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 – February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 presidential election. Born in Pompey, New York, Seymour was admitted to the New York bar in 1832 but primarily focused on managing his family's business interests. After serving as a military secretary to Governor William L. Marcy, Seymour won election to the New York State Assem...

Democratic Party (U.S.)

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Money, W. L.,

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William Henry Seward was Governor of New York from 1839-1842, and subsequently Secretary of State during the Lincoln administration; Horatio Seymour was Governor of New York from 1863-1865. Nahum Capen was an American publisher and writer, author of The history of democracy in the United States and other political works. From the description of Letters and note from William Henry Seward and Horatio Seymour, 1858-1871. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat re...

Capen, Nahum, 1804-1886

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Capen, born in Canton, Mass., began to study medicine at age 18; however, ill health prevented completion of his apprenticeship and in 1825 he entered into partnership in the publishing firm of Marsh, Capen, and Lyon. He wrote papers, articles, and books on history and politics, and was an advocate of free trade, federal copyright laws, popular education, and various social welfare reforms. He was postmaster of Boston from 1857 to 1861, and is credited with working out the free delivery system. ...