SEWARD, William (1801 - 1872). Letter signed (“William H. Seward”) as Secretary of State to Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Washington, 21 May 1861.

SEWARD, William (1801 - 1872). Letter signed (“William H. Seward”) as Secretary of State to Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Washington, 21 May 1861.

One page, 250 x 197mm (visible). Matted and framed with a portrait.

Seward requests military intelligence data for Lincoln’s Ambassador to Prussia. Seward informs the Secretary of War that “Mr. Judd, our Minister to Berlin, who leaves for his post in the Araso[?] from New York on the 25th instant, requesting information as to the number of volunteers called for, and the response in detail as to the number of troops in the field, volunteers as well as regulars; the extent of the offers of aid both of men and money, and the estimate of the rebel forces in the field. Mr Judd also desires a copy of the Army Register, corrected where vacancies have occurred.”

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