William Henry Seward

WILLIAM HENRY STEWARD 
PATRIOT AND STATESMAN 
AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK 
UNITED STATES SENATOR 
AND SECRETARY OF STATE 
GAVE TO THE PEOPLE OF 
THIS COUNTRY A LONG AND 
USEFUL LIFE CULMINATING 
IN HIS PURCHASE FOR THEM
OF THE TERRITORY OF 
ALASKA ON MARCH 30, 1867