The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-03-31
Will be Published during the Month of March,
THE WORKS OF
HON. WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
EDITED BY GEORGE 4. BAKER.

EDITED BY bEORGE H. DAkER
Three Volumes Oetauo. Priee-S2.5O per Vol,
TT has been well slid that thero is no living Ameri
l. can statesman whose works cmbody so much tina.
will fix and reward the attention of the student, the
statesman, and tho philanthropist those Of Gov
crnor Seward To the general reader-to those who
wish to know who and what Governor Seward is, and
especially to all who desire to obtain a complete his
tory of the State of New ok for the last quarter OF
a century-theso volumes will be of the highest in
terest.
Popular Education in all its phases Internal I'm
provements, embracing the entire history of the orr
gin, completion, and proposed enlargement of the
Erie canal and Of the New York and Erie and other
railroads; Slavery its rights and prerogatves, the
duties and obligations Of the free States in regard to
il; the Public Land Question, with history and
discussion of the Anti-Rent troubles in this State ;
Crime and its penalties including review of several
of the most exciting criminal cases that have
occurred in State; Political Economy, In its
adaptation to our national condition, &c., &c, have
oil been discussed with freedom, vlgor, and clear.
ess seldom if evor equalled.
All the great questions which now agitate the pub
lie mind-the Fugitive Slave Law tho Annexation
of Cuba. the Maintenance Of tho National Honor the
Protection of American Rights, &C. &C. arc all so
treated as to shed light upon the discussions of the
Day ana nnora Information to all who wish to under
stand or discuss them.
Governor Stewards Correspondence much of II
having been written with no thought of publication
will be found particularly interesting and instructive
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many of his peculiar opinions.
The Notes on New York which occupy nearly two
hundred pages Of the second volume, form q com.
plete history of the State from its first settlement to
the commencement of his administration. His record
of the proceedings to form the different Constitutions
of the State well of the struggles and triumphs
of the great Canal enterprise in the Legislature is
exceedingly valuable. These Notes may be Dom.
pared, not unfavoraby, with those Of Jefferson on
Virginia.
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these volumes will be deemed valuable acquisition
to the best specimens of American eloquence.
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work, it is the intention Of tho Publisher that moth
ing shall be left to he desired.
A fine portrait Of Governor Seward will be prefxed
to the first volume engraving of his birthplace,
in Florida n. Y. TO the second volume; and one of
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Contents of Vol Biographical Memoir Speech
and Debates in Senate OF New York. Speeches
and Debates in Senate OF United States: Freedom in
the New Territories = in District Of Columbia - in
New Mexico-in Europe; French Spoliations; Kos
suth Exilcs Of ireland American Steam Naviga-
ton; Survey Of Arctic and Pacific Oceans; Tho Fish
cries; Father Mathew; Sir John Franklin; Anna
Boy; New York Mint Peon Slavery tho putsie
Lands; Internal Improvements Fugitive Slave Law;
Catlin's Indian Gallery, &c. Forensic Arguments:
Inc rTccuoHl oi tno tTVaii tuOpcr Vs. uTecloJi Dc-
fence Of William Freeman; Patent Cases; Fugitive
Slave Law, DC. &c.
Contents Of Vol. IL-Notes on New York Annual
Messages to the Lcgslature-lS39 ls40 IS41, 1912;
Internal Improvements. Enlargement Of Canal
Railroads; Education Immigration; Legal Reform
The Currency; Free Banking Prison Discipline;
Anti-Rent Troubles, &c, &c. Special Messages Vir-
ginia Slave Case Georgia DO. Mcleod Case; Sup
pressed Veto Message of Now York Registry Law,
&c, &c. Official Correspondence: Virginia Contro-
vcrsy; Mcleod do; Letters to Gen Harrison, Daniel
Webster, John Quincy Adams, &c, &c. Pardon Pa
pers Case of Thomas Topping, John C. Colt, Benja-
min Rathbun, &c, &c.
CONTENTS Of Vol. III - 0rations and Discourses
Eulogy on Lafayette, IS34-on Henry Clayton Dag
ici Webster A. IT, Bucil Grafton On nahiol
0'Conncll Grafton on John Quincy Adams, de-, Ac.
Occasional Speeches and Addresses: The Union, 1926
For Greece, 1927; Sunday Schools, 1899; Cleveland
Speech, lSis; Internal improvements &C., &c. Por
litical Writings Addresses Of Political Conventions
&C. 1924 1881, 1892 1884, 1887, 1874, &c, &C. GEN
eral Correspondence: Letters from Europe.
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