Copyright, 1899, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

XXV. THE WINTER OF 1860-61: SEWARD PRESERVES

THE NATIONAL STATUS.

XXVI. SEWARD'S OPINIONS ON THE TARIFF, PUBLIC

LANDS, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, SUBSIDIES,

COMMERCE, ETC..

XXVII. THE MAN AND THE SENATOR, 1849-61

XXVIII. SIGNS OF THE INADEQUACY OF SEWARD'S POLICY OF

PEACE AND RECONCILIATION

XXIX. SEWARD'S STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY

XXX. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. SHAPING FOREIGN

RELATIONS, 1861

XXXI. Two DIPLOMATIC INCIDENTS: SEWARD AND THE

DECLARATION OF PARIS; BRITISH AND FRENCH

"NEGOTIATIONS" WITH THE CONFEDERACY

XXXII. "KING COTTON," THE BLOCKADE, AND THE EU-

ROPEAN INCLINATION TO INTERFERE, 1861

XXXIII. THE TRENT AFFAIR

XXXIV. SEWARD AND THE POLITICAL PRISONERS, TO FEB-

RUARY, 1882.

XXXV. THE QUESTION OF EUROPEAN

INTERVENTION,

1862-63

XXXVI. SLAVERY AND FOREIGN RELATIONS

XXXVII. SOME MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES AND TRIALS .

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XXXVIII. THE BRINK OF A FOREIGN WAR: BLOCKADE-RUN-

NING AND BUILDING CONFEDERATE WAR-SHIPS. 374

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XXXIX. THE END OF THE WAR.

XL. SEWARD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD FRENCH INTERVEN-

TION IN MEXICO.

XLI. SEWARD'S PART IN RECONSTRUCTION, 1865–69

XLII. ASPIRATIONS FOR TERRITORIAL EXPANSION: THE

PURCHASE OF ALASKA; ATTEMPTS TO ANNEX

ST. THOMAS, ST. JOHN, SANTO DOMINGO, and

HAWAII.

XLIII. I. NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.-

II. SOME TRAITS AS SECRETARY OF STATE

XLIV. TRAVELS AND SUNSET, 1869-72.-SOME CONCLU-

SIONS

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THE LIFE OF

WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD