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The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World by Don Doyle

The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World by Don Doyle published by Princeton University Press (2024) Don Doyle’s new book…

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William Seward Monument at Madison Square Park Lincoln’s Helpmeet

Madison Square Park in Mid-Town Manhattan has a well-known bronze statue of Governor, Senator, and Lincoln’s Secretary of State William Seward (1801–1872). The sculpture was…

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William Seward House: Photo Tour of the Home of Lincoln’s Secretary of State

In 2017, I toured the home of William Seward, Lincoln’s Secretary of State, in Auburn, N.Y. in the Finger Lakes Region. The home is an…

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William Seward’s Birthplace in Florida NY Photo Tour

I was in lovely Warwick, New York in 2015 for a meeting and realized when I was there that I was just down the road…

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William Seward Monument Auburn New York Photo Tour

Seward Park is located south of the Seward Home in Auburn, New York. The house is visible in the background.  The bronze statue of William…

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Harriet Tubman & William Seward Schenectady Monument Photo Tour

Schenectady, New York west of Albany along the Mohawk River has several Civil War and Reconstruction sites. At the time of the Civil War, this…

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Reconstruction Colonization: Seward’s Failed Acquisition of the Virgin Islands

The Washington Post has an interesting article on the moves by William Seward to acquire the Virgin Islands as a colony of the United States….

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William Seward Takes a Train Ride With President Elect Grant Nov. 1868

I found this story charming and telling. William Seward and Gideon Welles were the most prominent men in Andy Johnson’s cabinet in 1868. Johnson had…

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