“Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter.”

William H. Seward

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About William H. Seward

Politician American

William Henry Seward was a prominent American politician who served as Governor of New York, a U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State. As Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, he was a key figure in...

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