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Carte de visite of a trimmed oval head view of Lincoln's Secretary of State

Amateur mounting on card stock. Graphite inscription on verso "Seward.'

GLC05111.02.0095

to the New York State Republican Central Committee

Addressed to Charles C. Nott, William H. Ball, A. J. Williamsin, C.S. Spencer, and F. W. Shepherd. Thanks the members of the committee for their support. Expresses his disappointment at not receiving the Republican nomination for president but...

GLC04435

to Henry Martindale re: special counsel to Indians

GLC03948

to: Henry W. Halleck.

He received a copy of Halleck's book, International Law and the Laws of War. "Nothing could have been more apropos for my own defense than this valuable book." [Possibly referring to the Trent Affair.]

GLC05601.104

Carte de visite bust portrait

Vignette profile portrait with signature beneath the image. The image appears to have been retouched. No imprint.

GLC05604.05

[A proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln concerning the effects of insurrection on maritime commerce]

Secretarially signed for William Seward, Secretary of State; signed in type by Lincoln. Pertains to the ports of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Lincoln states that insurrection in these states has...

GLC00674

Fifteenth Amendment resolution [Decimalized GLC00788.01-GLC00788.02]

GLC00788

[Fifteenth Amendment resolution]

Reconstruction amendment passed to combat southern opposition to federal policies toward freed slaves. Printed certificate sealed and signed, attached to printed resolution with a purple ribbon and red State Department seal. With printed circular...

GLC00788.01

To the governor of the state of Nebraska

A printed a letter to the governors of Nebraska transmitting the Fifteenth Amendment.

GLC00788.02

[Certificate of authentificity for pardon]

GLC01444.02

Certificate of authenticity of pardon

Copy of GLC01444.02, however this version includes signed oath of P.B. Jones to uphold the constitution from now on.

GLC01444.04

[Certificate of authenticity for warrant of pardon]

Seward's certification that the attached letter is "a true copy of the original." Black Department of State seal affixed to blue ribbon appears on left of page. Includes enclosed ALS acknowledging the receipt of a warrant of pardon dated 1865/09/22...

GLC01896.080

[Certificate of receipt of oath of allegiance of Robert Archer]

Certificate noting Robert Archer's compliance with the President's Proclamation of May 29, 1865 in depositing a signed copy of "his original Oath[of Allegiance]" with the State Department.

GLC01896.082

Freedom and public faith: speech of William H. Seward, on the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska bills.

Printed by Buell & Blanchard, printers. Removed from previous binding. Contains stamp "Withdrawn from Watkinson Library Trinity College." Argues "The general authority of Congress over the Territories is one wisely confided to the National...

GLC00267.382

to Henry Carey

Writes to Carey in Burlington, New Jersey. Thanks him for his recent letter. Mentions that the country is demoralized on the subject of home industry and that the "loco foco corpus," meaning some democratic body or group, cannot be removed by...

GLC02490.13

to John J. Crittenden

Discussing a request for arms for Union men in Kentucky.

GLC02490.14

[Sealed certification of the Thirteenth Amendment]

Seward, Secretary of State, certifies accompanying true copy of Thirteenth Amendment (GLC03264.02). Contains faded seal and fragmented dark blue ribbon. Partially printed on United States Department of State paper.

GLC03264.01

[True copy of the Thirteenth Amendment]

Accompanied by Seward's certification (GLC03264.01) confirming this as a true copy of the Thirteenth Amendment: "Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted...

GLC03264.02

Speeches of Hon. William H. Seward, and Hon. Lewis Cass on the subject of slavery. [...] March 1850.

Original yellow paper cover, uncut.

GLC08435

to Minister of Peru

Cautions the government of Peru not to return to Monarchy.

GLC05327

California, union, and freedom. Speech of William H. Seward, on the admission of California.

Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Uncut. Argues for the admission of California into the Union (as a free state).

GLC05938

to N. B. Baker re: clarifying the President's draft order

"The President has not at any time issued a proclamation calling for 300,000 men..." An order was to be given, but no official copy was recieved. Annotation in another hand on verso.

GLC07226

re: admission of West Virginia as a state

Letter from Lincoln to Cabinet members calling for written opinions re: admission of West Virginia as a state. Includes autograph of Seward and secretarial signature of Lincoln.

GLC07681

Carte de visite bust portrait of Lincoln's Secretary of State

Graphite inscription on verso "Seward," "Seward, William." Photographers imprint on verso: "Gardner, Photographer, 511 Seventh street and 332 Penna. Avenue. Published by Philp & Solomons, Washington, D.C."

GLC05111.02.0093

Carte de visite of a seated view of Lincoln's Secretary of State

Seward is seated holding hat and cane. Graphite inscription on verso "W.H. Seward." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. 591 Broadway New York, from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0094

Carte de visite bust view of Lincoln's Secretary of State

Imprint on recto "Brady Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "Wm Seward." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries Broadway & Tenth St. New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C."

GLC05111.02.0096

Carte de visite bust view of Lincoln's Secretary of State

Image of a photograph with an inscribed matte "Brady N.Y." and "W.H. Seward." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, N.Y. from Photographic Negative, From Brady's National...

GLC05111.02.0097

Speech of Hon. William H. Seward for the immediate admission of Kansas into the Union; delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 9, 1856.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Signed by J. I. Werner on cover. Seward states, "I will grant, for the sake of the argument, that with Federal battalions you can carry slavery into Kansas, and maintain it there. Are you quite confident...

GLC05116.12

In the Supreme Court of the United States [fugitive slaves]

Continued: "John Van Zandt, Ad Sectum Wharton Jones. Argument for the defendant." Unsuccessful defense by Seward and Salmon P. Chase of Ohio farmer Van Zandt, sued by slave owner for unwittingly picking up 9 fugitive slaves.

GLC07036

to Robert McClelland

Requests a job in the Department of the Interior for "Col Gaszynsk...a Polish gentleman of merit and character."

GLC02320.04

to the Committee and Members of New York City Chamber of Commerce

Discusses his recuperation after an assassination attempt, thanking them for resolutions passed on his behalf: " ... There are no words in which I could adequately express the sense, I entertain, of the kindness, which has been shown to me by my...

GLC09021