Seward

[ soo-erd ]

/ ˈsu ərd /

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noun

William Henry, 1801–72, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1861–69.

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Plus, he crafted the Lyons-Seward Treaty, joining the U.S and Great Britain in suppressing the international slave trade.
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He struggled with his brilliant but irascible secretary of state, William Seward, to control the direction of foreign policy.
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Nevertheless, when Gurowski publicly aired his grievances, Lincoln and Seward had no choice but to cashier him.
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Zachary Seward reports that they are lowering the alcohol content very slightly, by about 3%.
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The Seward Johnson is a 204-foot research vessel that set out from American Samoa to Howland Island to look for the plane.
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Hogarth comes from "hoggart," a hog-herd; Calvert from "calf-herd;" and Seward from "sow-herd."
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I told you of him, Dr. John Seward, the lunatic-asylum man, with the strong jaw and the good forehead.
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Mr. Seward astonished me very much one day by a remark showing his detachment from the great world of European thought and power.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands|George Francis Train
Mr. Seward was no exception to this common frailty among mankind.
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From promptings of humanity Secretary Seward tried hard to save the Imperial prisoner, but without success.
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Seward

/ (ˈsjuːəd) /

noun

William Henry. 1801–72, US statesman; secretary of state (1861–69). He was a leading opponent of slavery and was responsible for the purchase of Alaska (1867)

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