Seward

American

[soo-erd] / ˈsu ərd /

noun

William Henry, 1801–72, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1861–69.

Seward British

/ ˈsjuːəd /

noun

William Henry. 1801–72, US statesman; secretary of state (1861–69). He was a leading opponent of slavery and was responsible for the purchase of Alaska (1867)

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Seward, a junior committed to Tennessee, had three hits as the leadoff batter.

From Los Angeles Times

INFIELDER: Dylan Seward, Norco, Jr.; Tennessee commit can hit and field with work ethic that is off the charts.

From Los Angeles Times

Secretary of State William H. Seward had previously proposed buying Greenland and Iceland from Denmark after securing Alaska from Russia in 1867.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Sewards were prolific letter writers who left behind some 350,000 pages of personal papers, now at the University of Rochester, where Mr. Slaughter is a professor emeritus of history.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I don’t remember a scandal like this,” says Ingrid Seward, editor in chief of Majesty magazine.

From The Wall Street Journal

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