Sites and works regarding William H. Seward

United States Secretary of State William H. Seward has a number of memorials to him, and several locations are preserved that are associated with him. He also wrote a number of works.

Homes in New York

Southern patio of the Seward House Museum in Auburn, New York.

Seward and his family owned a home in Auburn, New York which is now a museum; it was built in 1816 by Seward's father-in-law, Judge Elijah Miller. Seward married the Judge's daughter, Frances, in 1824 on the condition that they would live with Miller in his Auburn home. Seward made many changes to the home, adding an addition in the late 1840s and another one in 1866. When he died, Seward left the home to his son, William Seward, Jr.; it passed on to his grandson, William Henry Seward III, in 1920. At his death in 1951, it became a museum that opened to the public in 1955. Four generations of the family's artifacts are contained within the museum, located at 33 South Street in Auburn.

Seward's birthplace in Florida, New York was bought by the village in 2010, with the purpose of refurbishing it. The property actually contains two houses: one in back—Seward's actual birthplace—which was converted into a barn; and one in front, built in the 1890s, used by the family that lived there for many years. The property is expected to be turned into a museum and opened to the public by 2013.

Memorials and namesakes

A statue of Seward is located in Seward Park in Auburn, a bronze sculpture by artist Randolph Rogers in Madison Square in New York City, a statue on the grounds of the Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage, Alaska, and a bronze statue in Volunteer Park in Seattle.

Statue of Seward in New York City; by Randolph Rogers, 1876

Statue of William H. Seward in Volunteer Park, Seattle, Washington.

Bust depicting William H. Seward in Seward, Alaska.

New York

• Seward, New York
• The William H. Seward House in Auburn is a museum.
• Seward Avenue in Auburn; nearby streets are named for members of his family.
• Seward Elementary School in Auburn.
• Seward Park in Auburn, New York.
• Seward Place in Schenectady, New York, on the west side of the Union College campus.
• Full size bronze statue of William Seward and Harriet Tubman outside the Schenectady Public Library. The theme is "Leaders, Friendship, Diversity, Freedom." and "By the people, for the people." Sculpted and cast by Dexter Benedict, unveiled May 17, 2019.
• Seward Park in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
• Seward Mountain (4,361 feet, 1,329 m), one of the Adirondack High Peaks, the highest point in Franklin County.
• The Auburn Doubledays baseball team gave away William Seward bobble-head dolls as a 2010 promotion.
• Seward Park Housing Corporation, a housing cooperative in the Lower East Side of Manhattan
• The William Henry Seward Memorial in Florida, New York, with a bust sculpted by Daniel Chester French.

  

  William Seward and Harriet Tubman statue at Schenectady Public Library

Alaska

• Seward, Alaska
• The Seward Peninsula in Alaska
• Alaska Route 9 and a portion of Alaska Route 1 are named the Seward Highway
• Seward's Day, March 31. Alaska statewide government holiday.
• Seward's Success, Alaska, a dome-enclosed community proposed in 1968
• Seward Pole at the Saxman Totem Park

Other states

• Seward Park in Seattle, Washington.
• Seward Square in Washington, D.C..
• Seward, Illinois
• Seward, Kansas
• Seward County, Kansas
• William H Seward Communication Arts Academy, an Elementary school in Chicago, Illinois
• Seward County, Nebraska, Seward, Nebraska
• The Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Seward Elementary (Montessori) School in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Works

• Frederick W. Seward. Autobiography of William H. Seward from 1801 to 1834: With a memoir of his life, and selections from his letters from 1831 to 1840 (1877)
• Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States (1849)
• Commerce in the Pacific ocean. Speech of William H. Seward, in the Senate of the United States, July 29, 1852 (1852; Digitized page images & text)
• The continental rights and relations of our country. Speech of William Henry Seward, in Senate of the United States, January 26, 1853 (1853; Digitized page images & text)
• The destiny of America. Speech of William H. Seward, at the dedication of Capital University, at Columbus, Ohio, September 14, 1853 (1853; Digitized page images & text)
• Certificate of Exchange (1867; Digitized page images & text)
• Alaska. Speech of William H. Seward at Sitka, August 12, 1869 (1869; Digitized page images & text)
• The Works of William H. Seward. Edited by George E. Baker. Volume I of III (1853) online edition
• The Works of William H. Seward. Edited by George E. Baker. Volume II of III (1853) online edition
• The Works of William H. Seward: Vol. 5: The diplomatic history of the war for the union.. Edited by George E. Baker. Volume 5 (1890)

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