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Excerpt from William H. Seward The great mass of Seward manuscripts still avail able, I have thought it not necessary or even desir able again to go over they have already been very carefully and thoroughly studied. I have used to good advantage the Van Buren manuscripts in the Congressional Library, though I have not been able by any means to give this material the attention it deserves. I have also had access to some smaller but still very valuable collections of Seward manu scripts, especially those of his letters to Thurlow Weed and to Mrs. George Schuyler, to whom he wrote very freely on political matters. I would make most thankful acknowledgment to Mr. F. W'. Richardson, president of the Cayuga Historical Society, and through him, to the Society for access to their collection of newspapers and manuscripts relating to Seward's early life; to Mr. Edward W. Paige, Of Schenectady, for files of the Schenectady Cabinet to the librarian of Union Col lege for his kind assistance in using the considerable collection of early newspapers to be found there; to Miss Georgina Schuyler for the very valuable letters of Seward to her mother to Mrs. George C. Hollister for access to the newspapers and letters originally belonging to Thurlow Weed and to Mrs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.