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Mentioned in 18490316WHS_FMS.

United States Senator from Delaware, 1829-1836 and 1845-1849; Secretary of State under President Taylor, 1849-1850; negotiated the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with Great Britain; again United States Senator from Delaware, 1853-1856.

Letter References

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 20, 1849

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 8, 1849

Letter from Laura Elma Watrous to Frances Miller Seward, Decemeber, 1852

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 26, 1849

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 26, 1849

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 23, 1849

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 21, 1849

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 24, 1849

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 16, 1849

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Biography: 
Mentioned in 18490316WHS_FMS. United States Senator from Delaware, 1829-1836 and 1845-1849; Secretary of State under President Taylor, 1849-1850; negotiated the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with Great Britain; again United States Senator from Delaware, 1853-1856.
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BURIAL Old Presbyterian Cemetery Dover, Kent County, Delaware, USA
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Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. I
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646
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646
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Source Citation Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. I Source Information Ancestry.com. Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.