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Letters and card from New York State politicians

Collection — manuscript box: 21 - folder 1

Identifier: 108m

Scope and content

Routine short letters from prominent politicians who hailed from New York State, including Washington Hunt, Horatio Seymour, William Henry Seward, and Frederick William Seward. Also, a card signed by F.W. Seward, subscribing for a copy of the book Fifty years among authors, books and publishers, by J.C. Derby.

Dates

1860-1884.

Creator

no primary creator (Person)
Hunt, Washington, 1811-1867. (Person)
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872. (Person)
Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886. (Person)
Seward, Frederick William, 1830-1915. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

William Henry Seward was Governor of New York from 1839-1842, and subsequently Secretary of State during the Lincoln administration; Washington Hunt was Governor from 1851-1852; Horatio Seymour was Governor from 1863-1865.