The Sewards of New York
A Biography of a Leading American Political Family
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"Four generations of Millers and Sewards dwelled in Auburn, New York, between 1817 and 1860. William Henry Seward was a state senator and governor, and then a U.S. senator and secretary of state. Until recently, Henry (as he was known) Seward's public papers were the only accessible source on his life. Over a decade of excavation by students and librarians at the University of Rochester has now unearthed about 25,000 pages, including 5,000 letters, of family manuscripts that survive from the six decades that ended with Seward's death in 1872. These unprecedented survivals enable a fresh approa...
"Four generations of Millers and Sewards dwelled in Auburn, New York, between 1817 and 1860. William Henry Seward was a state senator and governor, and then a U.S. senator and secretary of state. Until recently, Henry (as he was known) Seward's public papers were the only accessible source on his life. Over a decade of excavation by students and librarians at the University of Rochester has now unearthed about 25,000 pages, including 5,000 letters, of family manuscripts that survive from the six decades that ended with Seward's death in 1872. These unprecedented survivals enable a fresh approach to the Sewards, one of America's first political families"-- Provided by publisher.
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