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Biographies of the Secretaries of State: William Henry Seward (1801 1872)

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Brief biography on William Henry Seward who was appointed Secretary of State by Abraham Lincoln on March 5, 1861, and served until March 4, 1869. Seward carefully managed international affairs during the Civil War and also negotiated the 1867 purchase of Alaska.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)