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  <titleInfo>
    <title>William Henry Seward correspondence, 1834-1866</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Seward, William Henry</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1801-1872</namePart>
    <role>
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  <typeOfResource collection="yes" manuscript="yes">mixed material</typeOfResource>
  <originInfo>
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  <language>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>40</extent>
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  <abstract>Chiefly letters written by Seward to Samuel B. Ruggles relating to politics and other matters before, during, and after the Civil War.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>In part, handwritten transcripts and facsimile. [S.l.].</note>
  <note>U.S. senator from and governor of New York and U.S. secretary of state.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Ruggles, Samuel B. (Samuel Bulkley)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1800-1881</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Department of State.</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>New York (State)</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>19th century</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>1861-1865</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Cabinet officers</occupation>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Governors</occupation>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Public officials</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Senators, U.S. Congress</occupation>
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  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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