SEWARD, William H. ALS. Washington, 24 February 1852. Addressed to Schuyler Colfax, re. politics.

One page, 7 7/8 x 9 3/4 in., on bifolium. Creased, with minor toning and wear to edges and corners, spots of adhesive residue to verso. Docketed verso. With embossed "Carson's Congress" logo to upper left.

Seward writes, largely illegibly, about a topic Colfax had reached out to him about previously. He ends the letter discussing the motives and possible positions of southern politicians: "If the [indecipherable] of the enemy will not reconcile our Southern friends to [indecipherable]...would scatter all the friends he has in the North - Let us try for once to see how well we can do by standing on equal grounds."

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents

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SEWARD, William H. ALS. Washington, 24 February 1852. Addressed to Schuyler Colfax, re. politics.

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