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STERLING SILVER MEDAL COIN FREEDOMS FOUNDATION AT VALLEY FORGE WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD
William Henry Seward was appointed Secretary of State by Abraham Lincoln on March 5, 1861, and served until March 4, 1869. Seward carefully managed international affairs during the Civil War and also negotiated the 1867 purchase of Alaska.
On April 14, 1865, nine days after he was severely injured in a carriage accident, the bedridden Seward was stabbed in the throat by Lewis Powell (alias Lewis Payne), a fellow conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, who had that night assassinated Lincoln. Seward made a remarkable recovery and retained his cabinet post under Pres. Andrew Johnson until 1869. He chose to support Johnson’s unpopular Reconstruction policies and had to share some of the bitter congressional criticism bestowed upon his chief. Seward’s last act of public renown was the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 in 1867.
WEIGHT AMOUNT: 1.06 OZ 33 GRAMS STERLING SILVER
SIZE: 39 MM
MINT: FRANKLIN MINT
IN CLEAR ROUND SEALED PLASTIC COIN HOLDER
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