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  1. www.britannica.com › event › Alaska-PurchaseAlaska Purchase | History, Cost, & Significance | Britannica

    Jun 28, 2024 · Alaska Purchase, acquisition in 1867 by the U.S. from Russia of 586,412 square miles of land at the northwestern tip of the North American continent, comprising the current U.S. state of Alaska. The $7.2 million purchase was orchestrated by U.S. Secretary of State William Seward and branded ‘Seward’s Folly.’

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    • William H. Seward, 24th United States Secretary of State, circa 1860 to ...
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  3. emergingcivilwar.com › 2024/07/25 › the-1864Emerging Civil War

    1 day ago · In the early days of the administration, Secretary of State William H. Seward convinced Lincoln to place intelligence gatherers instead of political appointees in consulate offices. David Thurston, a “troubleshooter” from the Montreal consulate, was already reporting to Seward on activities of “disloyal Americans” in Toronto.

  4. www.nytimes.com › 2024/07/20 › insiderAn ‘Awful Event’ for the United States, and an Editor

    6 days ago · Booth and his co-conspirators hoped to upend the government that night by killing Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward, too. Johnson’s would-be assassin lost...

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Assassination_of_AbrahamAssassination of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Booth had assigned Lewis Powell to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward. On the night of the assassination, Seward was at his home on Lafayette Square , confined to bed and recovering from injuries sustained on April 5 from being thrown from his carriage.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_UHistory of U.S. foreign policy, 1861–1897 - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · William Seward was that man and in mid-December 1860, Vice President-elect Hamlin, acting on Lincoln's behalf, offered the position to him. Seward had been deeply disappointed by his failure to win the 1860 Republican presidential nomination, but he agreed to serve as Lincoln's Secretary of State.

  8. teachingamericanhistory.org › document › the-destinyThe Destiny of America, Speech at the Dedication of Capitol ...

    Jul 1, 2024 · Whigs did not reject entirely the long-term possibility of future territorial expansion if it came about through “masterly inactivity,” in the words of Senator William Seward (1801–1872) of New York, and if it reflected the organic development of the conditions of freedom that would make voluntary accessions to the Union genuinely possible.

  9. www.britannica.com › biography › John-Wilkes-BoothJohn Wilkes Booth | Conspiracy, Siblings, Death, & Facts

    Jul 14, 2024 · John Wilkes Booth was part of a family of celebrated actors, but he is remembered as the assassin who mortally wounded U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865, as part of a broader conspiracy that included an attempt on the life of Secretary of State William H. Seward.