Tintype Abe Lincoln's Secy Of State William H. Seward
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William Henry Seward, Sr. ( May 16 , 1801 - October 10 , 1872 ) was a Governor of New York , United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson . Abraham Lincoln appointed him Secretary of State in 1861 and he served until 1869. As Secretary of State, he argued that the United States must move westward. He fought for the U.S. purchase of Alaska , which he finally negotiated to acquire from Russia for $7,200,000 for 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km²) of territory (more than twice the size of Texas ), on March 30 , 1867 . This translated into approximately 2 cents per acre . The purchase of this frontier land was alternately mocked as " Seward's Folly ", "Seward's Icebox", and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden," by the public. Currently, Alaska celebrates the purchase on Seward's Day , the last Monday of March. He also engineered the annexation of the Danish Virgin Islands and the Bay of Samaná , and for American control of Panama ; but the Senate did not ratify these treaties. Abbott Tintype measures approx. 1.5" x 1.75" in stamped brass frames with printed-paper labels on rear identifying the sitters. Sorry can't make out this gentlemens name on the back of the tintype like the others I have listed, but have compared this photo with other Seward photos and appears to be Secretary
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