Research Catalog

Title

The papers of William H. Seward.

Author

Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872.

Publication

Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, [1982]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Blatchford, Richard Milford, 1798-1875.
• Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.
• Morgan, Christopher, 1808-1877.
• Motley, John Lathrop, 1814-1877.
• Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860.
• Patterson, George Washington, 1799-1879.
• Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.
• Spencer, John C. (John Canfield), 1788-1855.
• Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869.
• Webb, J. Watson (James Watson), 1802-1884.
• Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882.
• University of Rochester. Library. Department of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives.

Description

198 microfilm reels; 35 mm

Summary

• Political correspondence with John Bigelow, James Bowen, Richard M. Blatchford, James E. Harvey, Andrew Johnson, Christopher Morgan, John L. Motley, Theodore Parker, George W. Patterson, Gerrit Smith, John C. Spencer, Edwin M. Stanton, James Watson Webb, Thurlow Weed and others. Also includes official letters concerning appointments, extraditions, pardons, elections, Indian affairs, New York Geological Survey and State institutions.
• Other items are financial and legal papers, accounts, will and estate papers, plat book of Iowa lands and papers about real estate in Chautauqua County. There are also articles about Seward, a letter and memoir of friend David Berdan, diary of a European trip in 1833, speeches, photographs, pamphlets and genealogical data. Family papers include correspondence, writings, business papers, diaries, photographs and memoriabilia of his father Samuel Sweezy Seward; his wife Frances Miller Seward; his children Augustus H. Seward, Frances A. Seward, Frederick W. Seward, Olive R. Seward and William H. Seward, Jr.; and his grandson William H. Seward, III.
• Included with Augustus Seward's papers are his records while U.S. Army paymaster, 1860-1871. Included with William H. Seward, Jr.'s papers is material on the 9th NY Artillery, 1862-65.

Uniform Title

Correspondence

Alternative Title

Correspondence

Subject

• Seward, William H. 1801-1872
• Seward family
• Seward, William H. 1801-1872
• New York State Geological Survey
• 1775-1877
• Statesmen > United States > Correspondence
• Politics and government
• Statesmen
• New York (State) > Politics and government > 1775-1865 > Sources
• United States > Politics and government > 1849-1877 > Sources
• New York (State)
• United States

Genre/Form

• Personal correspondence.
• Sources.

Note

• Governor of New York, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drafts of speeches, reports, diplomatic messages, personal account books, and other papers relating to seward's business and legal affairs, and personal finances.
• "From the holdings of the Rush Rhees Library, Department of Rare Books, Manuscripts and Archives, University of Rochester."
• Includes indexes.

OCLC

• ocm38613100
• 38613100
• SCSB-13607212

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library