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Feb 11, 2024 · Having first met Fergie in Klosters, the Royal family’s preferred skiing resort, it was the Duchess who introduced Seward to the King. An invitation to take tea at Highgrove swiftly followed.
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- He Attended The First National Political Convention in U.S. history.
- While Governor, He Took A Stand For Education.
- He Devised An Expansionist Bird Poop Law (That's Still on The Books).
- His Auburn Home Was Part of The Underground Railroad.
- Seward Once Sold A Plot of Land to Harriet Tubman.
- In 1860, Abe Lincoln Upset Seward to Clinch The GOP Presidential Nomination.
- He Helped Revise Lincoln's First Inaugural Address.
- Mrs. Lincoln Strongly Disliked him.
- An Associate of John Wilkes Booth Almost Killed him.
- There's A Long-Standing Myth About Seward and The Alaska purchase.
Third parties are a storied tradition in America. The first of any real consequence was the short-lived Anti-Masonic Party, which—as the name implies—sought to abolish the secretive fraternal order known as Freemasonry. Founded in 1828, the party had no difficulty attracting followers—many of whom hated America's most famous Freemason, Andrew Jacks...
Once the Anti-Masonic party started to fade, Seward joined an upstart group called the Whigs, and was elected Governor of New York on that party's ticket in 1838. But despite being the state's most prominent Whig, he didn't always agree with his party colleagues. Down in New York City, a powerful demographic was on the rise. Irish immigrants had be...
In 1849, Seward was elected to the U.S. Senate where he represented the Empire State (a position he held until 1861). On Capitol Hill, the man's passionate anti-slavery speechesattracted national attention. But that wasn't the only issue on his mind: Like many Americans in those days, William Henry Seward spent a lot of time worrying about bird fec...
Exactly how many fugitives traveled through the Seward house is unknown. Still, the place was apparently a well-regarded stop. According to an 1891 article in the Auburn Herald, "It is said that the old kitchen was one of the most popular stations of the Underground Railroad, and that many a poor slave who fled by this route to Canada carried to hi...
Seward and Tubman met in the early 1850s. Born a slave, she'd run away from her masters in 1849. From then on, Tubman made it her life's mission to liberate those still in chains. Over a 10-year period, she helped free over 300 African Americansthrough the Underground Railroad. "Excepting John Brown," Frederick Douglass once said, "… I know of no o...
Almost nobody saw this coming. At the time, Lincoln was a relative unknown. Conversely, Senator Seward had (after joining the GOP in 1855) emerged as one of America's most famous Republicans. Most newspapers therefore assumed that he was a shoe-in for the party's presidential nomination in 1860. Confident in his chances, Seward embarked upon a leng...
Upon completing his first draft of the speech, the president asked Seward to take a lookat it. Honest Abe couldn't have picked a more thorough editor. In a point-by-point breakdown of the address, Seward came up with more than 50 suggestions. Overall, the Senator felt that Lincoln's tone was both partisan and hostile. At Seward's request, the presi...
By day, the President and his Secretary of State saw a lot of each other at cabinet meetings. After working hours, Lincoln could often be found relaxing at Seward's mansion, located in D.C.'s Lafayette Square neighborhood. In her book Team of Rivals, historian Doris Kearns-Goodwin wrote that "Between official meetings and private get-togethers, Lin...
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865—but he wasn't the only person marked for death that night. John Wilkes Booth wanted the president's murder to be the centerpiece of a bloodbath that the North would never forget. Before the Civil War had ended, he and his co-conspirators had tried to kidnapLincoln on March 17, 186...
Atzerodt (who was also executed for his involvement with Booth's scheme) never even tried to assassinate Andrew Johnson. With Lincoln gone, Johnson became America's 17th president. Under the new administration, Seward remained Secretary of State—and it was during these years that he negotiated America's acquisition of Alaska. In March 1867, Seward ...
Feb 4, 2024 · Princess Diana 's father, Earl Spencer, helped convince her that she shouldn't call off her wedding to then-Prince Charles, according to claims in a new book from a royal biographer.
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Chapter 17 is the first time in the novel when all of the protagonists are finally together. These six people — Mina, Jonathan, Dr. Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, Lord Godalming (Arthur), and Quincey Morris — will confront the evil represented by Count Dracula.
Feb 21, 2024 · Princess Diana famously opened up about the breakdown of her marriage on BBC's Panorama. Royal Biographer Ingrid Seward has detailed the late Queen's relationship with Princess Diana, and how she sought comfort from the monarch at her "low points" in her marriage to King Charles.
Apr 11, 2024 · Diana and Charles were first introduced in 1977 by her sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, who briefly dated the prince. The pair wouldn’t date until three years later, People magazine reported.
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Oct 29, 2020 · Ingrid Seward first met Prince Philip in the 70s, describing him as a charming man. Their second meeting didn’t go to plan, when he was unimpressed to learn she wasn’t German and simply walked away from her.
