1852 Letter WILLIAM H. SEWARD Encourages Pursuit of Land in Northwest / Alaska

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1852 Letter WILLIAM H. SEWARD Encourages Pursuit of Land in Northwest / Alaska:
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A 7\" x 4.75\" letter addressing a governor dated Washington Jan 14, 1852, encouraging further pursuit of the U.S. in acquiring land. It appears their was some opposition, by the delegation of Maryland, and Seward is giving the governor a \"pep talk\" in the letter; telling him he hopes he is not discouraged with a really fabulous quote summing up his own attitude toward pursuit of land:\"The power of this nation lies in the North and West and you will find no timidity there.\" Perhaps a jab at the \"delegation\" who failed to go forward. He goes on to say he will take action in seeing the Secretary of State and will write to him if he learns anything. \"The President\" is mentioned along with a letter this governor sent him, its hard to tell what that is about since a word is difficult to decipher. Seward ends the letter with an awesome closing, assuring the governor of his future support in their shared efforts: \" In all winds and weathers faithfully yours because you are the advocate of (future humanity?). I cannot make out the name of the governor at the bottom and the transcriber did not add it.
The piece was transcribed, by the looks of it, some time ago. I will attempt to decipher the first word in the letter that the transcriber was unable to: \"by a protest against its being continued so as to hazard anything.\" I was unable to fill in the rest of the few blanks they left.
Seward went on to negotiate the purchase of Alaska in 1867 from Russia for 7.2 million.
A letter of great historical significance in the purchase of Alaska, showing Seward\'s strong commitment and efforts.
WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD(May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was the United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869. He previously served as Governor of New York and United States Senator. Seward was a major opponent of slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War and a dominant figure in the Republican Party in its early years. In 1830, Seward was elected to the New York State Senate as an Anti-Mason. Four years later, he became the gubernatorial nominee of the Whig Party. He wasn’t successful in that race but was elected governor in 1838 and reelected in 1840. Seward signed several laws advancing the rights and opportunities of black residents. He was one of the targets of the 1865 assassination plot that killed President Lincoln and he was seriously wounded by conspirator Lewis Powell. Seward continued to serve under President Andrew Johnson.
Found among my father\'s 60 year collections.