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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1664

Seward, William H US Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (1801-72, served 1861-69); earlier, US Senator and Governor of New York; severely wounded in a vicious knife attack as part of the Lincoln assassination conspiracy. Partly engraved Document Signed "William H. Seward" as secretary of state, 1 page, folio, Washington, April 23, 1864. A US passport for Fanny M Talbot. With handstamps and pen notes from France and Austria, one very close to signature. VG.

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