William Seward, Lincoln's Indispensable Man
Learn more about Seward at William Seward was one of the most important Americans of the nineteenth century: progressive governor of New York, U.S. senator, 1860 Republican nominee for president, secretary of state and Lincoln’s closest friend. Check out SEWARD by Walter Stahr
The Cover Up of Powell's Attack on William Seward
The Cover-up of Powell’s Attack on William Seward
In 2009, freelance history researcher, Don Thomas uncovered enough National Archives documents to prove that the Lincoln and Seward assassination plot was an inside job. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton was the architect of this dirty deed, and his cover was to frame the Confederate government for the conspiracy.
Over the years since 2009, Mr. Thomas has been working to announce his discovery. To date, he has published two books, built a website, and created a series of YouTube videos on this single topic. This video is an introduction to his second book entitled, The Reason Booth Had to Die, using excerpts taken from chapters 3 and 4.
William Seward bio
In honor of 2017 grads - William Seward was born on May 16, 1801 in New York. Seward served as a Whig governor of New York, but later served as a Republican Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln.
Alaska: “Seward’s Folly” - Decades TV Network
The U.S. purchased Alaska on March 30, 1867. Secretary of State William H. Seward brokered the deal with Russia for $7 million, which equaled two cents an acre. The deal almost didn’t pass the Senate and was mocked in Congress. They called the new territory “Seward’s Folly” or “Seward’s Icebox.” People started looking at Alaska differently in the late 1890’s when gold was discovered during the Klondike Rush. But nearly a century would go by before it would officially become the 49th state on January 3, 1959.
The Attempt on Seward's Life
Mark, Nathaniel, and Gavin appear in a groundbreaking documentary depicting the assassination attempt on Secretary of State William Seward on the night of President Lincoln's assassination in 1865.
William H. Seward
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William Henry Seward was United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as Governor of New York and United States Senator.A determined opponent of the spread of slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War, he was a dominant figure in the Republican Party in its formative years.Although regarded as the leading contender for the party's presidential nomination in 1860, he was defeated by Abraham Lincoln.Seward was born in southeastern New York, where his father, a farmer, owned slaves.
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Auburn, NY - Governor Cuomo's Capital for a Day 9-30-2015
On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Mayor Michael Quill welcomed Governor Cuomo's 'Capital for a Day' to Memorial City Hall in Auburn, NY. The topic of the meeting was to discuss infrastructure needs and preparing for the future establishment of the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park on Route 34 in Auburn.
The Governor sent Rosemary Powers, Chief Operating Officer of the New York State Department of Transportation to the meeting to discuss the topics with local officials. The meeting lasted 45 minutes. Ms. Powers also took a tour of the Seward House Museum, The Harriet Tubman Home and Historic South Street.
Walter Stahr: Seward, Lincoln's Indispensable Man
The Leatherby Libraries presented author Walter Stahr in a program and book signing event to celebrate his new book, Seward, Lincoln's Indispensable Man. Stahr, a former international lawyer and author of John Jay: Founding Father, Walter discussed his latest
biography and the research involved in writing the book. William Henry Seward was one of the most important Americans of the nineteenth century: progressive governor
of New York, outspoken federal senator, secretary of state during the Civil War, Lincoln's closest adviser, target of the assassins who killed Lincoln, purchaser of Alaska, and early architect of America's empire. Seward was not only important, he was fascinating. He gathered around his table an eclectic assortment of diplomats, soldiers, politicians, actors and others. Drawing on hundreds of sources, many of them neglected by previous
biographers, Seward sheds new light on this complex and central figure, as well as on pivotal events of the Civil War and its aftermath.
Trouble at the Lincolns
This is what (one may surmise) happened at dinner, the evening after some of US President Abraham Lincoln's most famous words. Present (one would surmise), were Mr. Lincoln, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, Secretary Of War Edwin Stanton, Secretary Of The Treasury Salmon Chase, and Secretary Of State William H. Seward.
One would also have to surmise (though it may seem inconsequential) that they were having soup.
Featuring:
John Mahr as Abraham Lincoln & Ruth Gamble as Mary Todd Lincoln
With
Sam Rhodes, Shane Portman & John Alsop
Written by Shane Portman
Directed & Edited by Sam Rhodes
Borrowed Photographs (in order of appearance):
White House North Lawn taken by ? (c.1860)
Hannibal Hamlin taken by Matthew Brady (c.1860-1865)
Edwin Stanton taken by Matthew Brady? (c.1860-1865)
Salmon P. Chase taken by Matthew Brady (c.1860-1865)
William H. Seward taken by Matthew Brady (c.1860-1865)
Abraham Lincoln taken by ? (c.1860-1865)
Mary Todd Lincoln taken by ? (c.?)
Though the Earth be Moved-The United States Office of Civil Defense and the 1964 Alaska Earthquake
A documentary chronicling the first 72 hours after the 1964 Alaska Earthquake and the response to the disaster by the United States Office of Civil Defense, U.S. Military, and local, state, and federal officials, both civilian and military. Includes extensive archival footage of the earthquake and aftermath. (ASL-0052-Film_16mm)
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The Presidents of The United States of America, Alliance Bank Stadium, Syracuse, NY, May 26th, 2012
Washington National President Racers visit Syracuse, NY
OWL Videoconference: Alaska Sequicentennial, September 13, 2017
Panel discussion on the 150th Anniversary of the purchase of Russian interests in Alaska.
Presenters:
Wayne Jensen, Juneau
Terrance Cole, Fairbanks
Stephen Haycox, Anchorage
Aaron Leggett, Anchorage
Ross Coen, Seattle
The panel was moderated by Ron Inouye in Fairbanks. This program was presented by the Alaska Library Network and funded by the Alaska Historical Commission.
Sheldon Peck Portrait of an Ordinary Man in Extraordinary Times
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Sheldon Peck, Portrait of an Ordinary Man in Extraordinary Times tells the story of Lombard, Illinois’ most famous son, 19th century primitive portrait artist, radical abolitionist, progressive temperance and public education advocate and conductor on the underground railroad, Sheldon Peck.
Sheldon Peck, Portrait of an Ordinary Man in Extraordinary Times, is a story infused with a humanity that resonates today. Largely forgotten in the century after his death in 1868, Sheldon Peck and his legacy have seen a revival and renewed appreciation that recognizes his talent, passion, courage and vision. It's a story of American western expansion in the days of manifest destiny and how one man embraced the important issues of his day and was not afraid to speak out or get personally involved when and where he saw injustice.
This documentary was a labor of love. In August, 2018 I moved my 11 year old video production business a few miles east, from Glen Ellyn to Lombard, Illinois, the town were we have lived since the early 1990's, raised our three children and actively participated in church, school and little leagues.
Julie (my spouse) and I were having dinner at a new restaurant, Babcock's Grove, in the old Lombard Hotel on the corner of St. Charles Road and Park, Avenue. It was a beautiful summer evening. The downtown was buzzing with vitality. Seated at our outdoor table we were remarking out energized Lombard's downtown had become. The new $9.7 million dollar Metra Station and pedestrian tunnel, street lighting, restaurants and creative businesses made for a place people wanted to congregate.
That's when I saw building owner Tom Smith's 2 South Park Avenue office-for-rent sign on the door next to Babcock's grove. One thing led to another and I wound up moving into Lombard's oldest commercial building (1858) in one of the coolest office spaces in DuPage County. God is good.
Being a hopeless history buff and the producer of many historical documentaries, I was looking for a way to introduce my video production business to my new/old home town. A google search revealed that the story of Sheldon Peck, had never been told in the documentary format. A phone call to the Lombard Historical Society led to an introduction with Executive Director Sarah Richardt who enthusiastically endorsed the idea and then proceeded to assist us at every turn as we told the story and tracked down experts and images.
Thanks to all those who helped put this story together. Check the credits for a listing.
Tim Frakes Productions produces documentary and image video for non-profit, faith-based, broadcast and corporate clients.
List of aquaria in the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:26 1 Alabama
00:00:42 2 Alaska
00:00:57 3 Arizona
00:01:16 4 Arkansas
00:01:34 5 California
00:02:29 6 Colorado
00:02:44 7 Connecticut
00:02:51 8 Delaware
00:03:05 9 District of Columbia
00:03:23 10 Florida
00:04:29 11 Georgia
00:04:46 12 Hawaii
00:05:07 13 Idaho
00:05:22 14 Illinois
00:05:37 15 Indiana
00:05:50 16 Iowa
00:05:57 17 Kansas
00:06:10 18 Kentucky
00:06:22 19 Louisiana
00:06:42 20 Maine
00:07:06 21 Maryland
00:07:26 22 Massachusetts
00:08:03 23 Michigan
00:08:22 24 Minnesota
00:08:45 25 Mississippi
00:09:11 26 Missouri
00:09:41 27 Montana
00:09:54 28 Nebraska
00:10:12 29 Nevada
00:10:26 30 New Hampshire
00:10:42 31 New Jersey
00:11:10 32 New Mexico
00:11:22 33 New York
00:11:36 34 North Carolina
00:11:57 35 North Dakota
00:12:11 36 Ohio
00:12:33 37 Oklahoma
00:12:49 38 Oregon
00:13:17 39 Pennsylvania
00:13:32 40 Rhode Island
00:13:49 41 South Carolina
00:14:06 42 South Dakota
00:14:15 43 Tennessee
00:14:42 44 Texas
00:15:54 45 Utah
00:16:12 46 Vermont
00:16:28 47 Virginia
00:16:33 48 Washington
00:16:51 49 West Virginia
00:17:05 50 Wisconsin
00:17:25 51 Wyoming
00:17:38 52 See also
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This is a list of existing, reputable, public aquariums in the United States. For zoos, see List of zoos in the United States.
Aquariums are facilities where animals are confined within tanks and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. Such facilities include public aquariums, oceanariums, marine mammal parks, and dolphinariums.
TIM Talk - It's Only Make Believe
Speakers from Chippenham and Johnston-Willis Hospitals discuss “Achievement is…” and what it means to them as part of the second series of TIM Talk presentations. In this clip, John Dever presents “It’s Only Make Believe” about his passion for acting on the stage and big screen.
Millard Fillmore | Wikipedia audio article
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Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th President of the United States (1850–1853), the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former U.S. Representative from New York, Fillmore was elected the nation's 12th Vice President in 1848, and was elevated to the presidency by the death of Zachary Taylor. He was instrumental in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed, a bargain that led to a brief truce in the battle over slavery. He failed to win the Whig nomination for president in 1852; he gained the endorsement of the nativist Know Nothing Party four years later, and finished third in that election.
Fillmore was born into poverty in the Finger Lakes area of New York state—his parents were tenant farmers during his formative years. He rose from poverty through study, and became a lawyer with little formal schooling. He became prominent in the Buffalo area as an attorney and politician, was elected to the New York Assembly in 1828, and to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1832. Initially, he belonged to the Anti-Masonic Party, but became a Whig as the party formed in the mid-1830s; he was a rival for state party leadership with editor Thurlow Weed and Weed's protégé, William H. Seward. Through his career, Fillmore declared slavery an evil, but one beyond the powers of the federal government, whereas Seward was not only openly hostile to slavery, he argued that the federal government had a role to play in ending it. Fillmore was an unsuccessful candidate for Speaker of the House when the Whigs took control of the chamber in 1841, but was made Ways and Means Committee chairman. Defeated in bids for the Whig nomination for vice president in 1844, and for New York governor the same year, Fillmore was elected Comptroller of New York in 1847, the first to hold that post by direct election.
Fillmore received the Whig vice presidential nomination in 1848 as Taylor's running mate, and the two were elected. He was largely ignored by Taylor, even in the dispensing of patronage in New York, on which Taylor consulted Weed and Seward. As vice president, Fillmore presided over angry debates in the Senate as Congress decided whether to allow slavery in the Mexican Cession. Fillmore supported Henry Clay's Omnibus Bill (the basis of the 1850 Compromise) though Taylor did not. After President Taylor died in July 1850, Fillmore dismissed the cabinet and changed the administration's policy. The new president exerted pressure to gain the passage of the Compromise, which gave legislative victories to both North and South, and which was enacted by September. The Fugitive Slave Act, expediting the return of escaped slaves to those who claimed ownership, was a controversial part of the Compromise, and Fillmore felt himself duty-bound to enforce it, though it damaged his popularity and also the Whig Party, which was torn North from South. In foreign policy, Fillmore supported U.S. Navy expeditions to open trade in Japan, opposed French designs on Hawaii, and was embarrassed by Narciso López's filibuster expeditions to Cuba. He sought election to a full term in 1852, but was passed over by the Whigs in favor of Winfield Scott.
As the Whig Party broke up after Fillmore's presidency, many in Fillmore's conservative wing joined the Know Nothings, forming the American Party. In his 1856 candidacy as that party's nominee, Fillmore had little to say about immigration, focusing instead on the preservation of the Union, and won only Maryland. In retirement, Fillmore was active in many civic endeavors—he helped in founding the University of Buffalo and served as its first chancellor. During the American Civil War, Fillmore denounced secession and agreed that the Union must be maintained by force if necessary, but was critical of the war policies of Abraham Lincoln. After peace was restored, he supported the Reconstruction policies of President ...
Harriet Tubman | Wikipedia audio article
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Harriet Tubman
00:02:27 1 Birth and family
00:05:09 2 Childhood
00:06:32 2.1 Religion
00:07:10 2.2 Head injury
00:08:53 3 Family and marriage
00:10:45 4 Escape from slavery
00:14:50 5 Nicknamed Moses
00:21:27 5.1 Journeys and methods
00:26:21 6 John Brown and Harpers Ferry
00:29:01 7 Auburn and Margaret
00:32:00 8 American Civil War
00:34:28 8.1 Scouting and the Combahee River Raid
00:38:31 9 Later life
00:42:28 9.1 Suffragist activism
00:43:49 9.2 AME Zion Church, illness, and death
00:45:53 10 Legacy
00:49:50 10.1 Historiography
00:51:09 10.2 National Historic Site and Person
00:52:08 10.3 National Park designations
00:54:00 10.4 Twenty-dollar bill
00:54:46 11 See also
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Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved people, family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped abolitionist John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry. During the Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the United States Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the struggle for women's suffrage.
Born a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman was beaten and whipped by her various masters as a child. Early in life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when an irate slave owner threw a heavy metal weight intending to hit another slave but hit her instead. The injury caused dizziness, pain, and spells of hypersomnia, which occurred throughout her life. She was a devout Christian and experienced strange visions and vivid dreams, which she ascribed to premonitions from God.
In 1849, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia, then immediately returned to Maryland to rescue her family. Slowly, one group at a time, she brought relatives with her out of the state, and eventually guided dozens of other slaves to freedom. Traveling by night and in extreme secrecy, Tubman (or Moses, as she was called) never lost a passenger. After the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed, she helped guide fugitives farther north into British North America, and helped newly freed slaves find work. Tubman met the abolitionist John Brown in 1858, and helped him plan and recruit supporters for the raid on Harpers Ferry.
When the Civil War began, Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided the raid at Combahee Ferry, which liberated more than 700 slaves. After the war, she retired to the family home on property she had purchased in 1859 in Auburn, New York, where she cared for her aging parents. She was active in the women's suffrage movement until illness overtook her and she had to be admitted to a home for elderly African Americans that she had helped to establish years earlier. After she died in 1913, she became an icon of the courage and freedom of African-Americans.
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