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Identifier: greatamericanboo01mabi (find matches)
Title: The great American book of biography
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916 Garnett, William, 1850- (from old catalog) Thomas, Allen Clapp, 1846- (from old catalog) Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840- (from old catalog) Birdsall, William Wilfred. (from old catalog) Johnson, Willis Fletcher, 1857-1931 Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898 International publishing company, Philadelphia. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia and Chicago, International publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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n acknowledging it shrewdly called the attention of the Britishministry to the fact that it was out of just such violations of international law 26o WILLIAM II. SEWARD. that the War of 1812 arose, and that England had never acknowledged herselfin the wront-. Our eovernment could not aftbrd to commit, in 1861, the crimes against which it hadprotested a half cen-tury before, and Eng-land was left in theattitude of threaten-ing a war to resentthe acts of which shehad herself beenguilty. Mr.Seward livedin Washinofton in thehouse occupied inlater years by Secre-tary Blaine, and inwhich the latter died.He surrounded him- self with the degreeof luxury which hismoderate wealth jus-tified, and filled theplace in society whichbelonged to his posi-tion in the govern-ment and to his com-manding abilities andgreat intellectual re-sources. When Lin-coln was assassin-ated, the plot includedthe murder of theSecretary of State.Mr. Seward was illand confined to hisbed, and the assassinseems to have had
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IDOLS TOTKM, OF ALASKA. no difficulty in gain-ing access to his chamber. He was stabbed in several places, particularlyin the face, but the bravery of his male nurse prevented his being killed. Fordays it was questionable whether he would recover, and his f:ice was so injured THE FREEMAN CASE. 261 that it was difficult to feed him. It was thought best to keep him in ignoranceof the fate of Lincoln, but when, with his first returning strength, he saw throughhis window the White House flag at half-mast, he instantly divined the truth,and, with tears coursing down his scarred cheeks, exclaimed, The President isdead ! THE PURCHASE OF ALASKA. Mr. Seward continued to occupy the office of Secretary of State during thepresidency of Andrew Johnson, rather leaning to the side of the President in hisheated controversy with Congress. The most notable event of this time, asidefrom the reconstruction of the Southern States, was the purchase from Russiaof the territory of Alaska. Secretary Seward wa

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