Tag: Secretary of State
Letter From Abraham Lincoln Nominating William Seward as Secretary of State
The one thing I have against the National Archives is that is takes up so much of my time ... I get completely engrossed...
Arrival of First Japanese Embassy at the Navy Yard (1860)
In January 1860, the Tokugawa shogunate sent a delegation to the United States with the primary objective of ratifying the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce...
President Garfield’s Assassin: Charles Guiteau’s Time in Washington
I posed a question to readers on Twitter whether a bit about Garfield's assassin, Charles Guiteau, would be of interest and a couple of...
