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SEWARD, WILLIAM H. (1801-1872). Carte-de-visite photograph signed ("William H. Seward"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1867]. 100 x 65 mm. (4 x 2½ in.) including margins. A profile portrait of Lincoln's (then Johnson's) Secretary of State, signed on the lower margin.
"In 1867 he negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russian for $7,200,000 - a stroke of business then known as 'Seward's Folly'"--W.M.
"In 1867 he negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russian for $7,200,000 - a stroke of business then known as 'Seward's Folly'"--W.M.
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