The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-03-10
. Will be Published during the Month Of March,
THE WORKS or
HON. WILLIAM II. SEWARD,

EDITED BY GKoRe. Il. BAKER.
Three Volumes Ociapo. Pries-$2. so per Vol
I I has been well said that there is living Amer
L statesman whose works embody 30 much thai
will ix and reward the attention Of the student the
statesman, and the pbilaDthropist as those Of Gov
ernor Seward To the general rcadcr-to thoee who
wish TO know who and what Governor Seward Is, and
especially to all who desire to obtain complete his
tory of the State of New York for the last quarter
a century-these volumes will BIO of the highest in
terost.
Popular Education In all its phases; Internal I'm.
PROPONENTS 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 prerogativcs the
duties and obligations Of the free States in regard 10
it. the Public Land Question. with a history and
discussion Of the Anti Ront troubles In this State
Crime and its penalties including review of several
Of the most exciting criminal cases that have ever
occurred in our State Political Economy, in its
adaptation TO national condition, &C. &c. have
all been discussed with freedom, vigor, and clear
ess seldom if ever equalled
Ali the great questions which now agitatc the pub
lie mind-tbe Fugitive Slave Law, the Annexation
Of Cuba, the Maintenance of the National Honor the
Protection of American Rights &c, DC. are all 90
treated as to shed light upon the discussions of the
day. and afford information to all who wish to under
stand or discuss them
Governor Stewards Correspondence, much Of it
having been written with thought Of publication,
anu INSTRUCTIVE,
illustrating it does the warmth with which he holds
many Of his peculiar opinions
The Notes on New York, which occupy nearly two
hundred pages of the second volume, form a com
pete history of the State from its first settlement
the commencement of his administration His record
of the proceedings to form the different Constitutions
of the State we'll of tho struggles and trumphs
Of the great Canal enterprise in the Legislature il
exceedingly valuable Those Notes may be com
pared, not unfavorably, with those of Jefferson on
Virginia.
For vigor and beauty of style, We arc confident
those volumes will be deemed valuable acquisition
TO the best specimens of American eloquence.
In the execution Of the mechanical portion of the
work it is the intention of the Publisher that moth
ing shall be left to be desired.
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to the first volume; engraving of his birthplace,
in Florida, N. Y, to the second volume and one of
his present residence at Auburn, N. Y to the third
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Contents Of VOL Biographical Memoir. Speech
es 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; Exiies of Ireland American Steam Naviga-
ton Survey of Arctic and Pacific Oceans; The Fish
cries Father Mathew; Sir John Franklin Amin
Boy; New York Mint; Poon Slavery the Public
Lands Internal Improvements; Fugitive Slave Law
Catns Indian Gallery, &c. Forensic Arguments
The Freedom Of the Press, Cooper Greeley De-
fence of William Freeman Patent Cases Fugitive
Slave Law, &c. &c.
C0ntents Of Vol. IL-Notes on New York. Annual
Messages to the Legislature-1S39 1910, 1841 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-
gnia Slave Case; Goorgs do. Mcleod Case Sup
pressed Veto Message of New York Registry Law
&c, 10. Official Correspondence; Virginia Contro-
versy; Mcleod do. Letters to Gen Harrison Daniel
Webster, John Quincy Adams, &C., &c. Pardon Pa
pers Case of Thomas Topping, John c. Colt, Benjs-
min Rathbun &C., &c
Contents Of Vol. ILL., - Orations and Dscourses
Eulogy on Lafayette, lS34-on Henry Clayton Dan
iol Webster - on A. II. Buell.; Grafton on Daniel
0Connell; Grafton on John Quincy Adams, DC. &c
Occasional Speeches and Addresses: The Union 1925
For Greece, 1927; Sunday Schools, 1899; Cleveland
Speech. l848; Internal improvements, &c. &c. Po-
litica Writings: Addresses of Political Conventions
&c, 1924, 1881 1882, 1884 1887, 1874 &C., &c. Gen
eral Correspondence Letters from Europe
Feb. 24-6t