Hello: Thank you so much for your prompt & informative reply! It took a long time of searching, but I finally found an answer...
Warmest Regards, Kristi B. Mpls, MN ----- Original Message ----- From: "JIM GRAHAM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paul Rohlfing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] Who Was Seward? > When the List went through the "neighborhood history" exercise earlier this > year I think a Seward "historian" sent a different answer. But I may be > wrong. Some one from Seward might be able to answer this better. Or some > energetic person could go searching through the back archives of the "List". > > Jim Graham, > Ventura Village > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Rohlfing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Who Was Seward? > > > Kristi, > > I'm pretty sure the Seward in question was William H. Seward, Lincoln's > Secretary of State. > > Some noteworthy information on Seward: > > He was Lincoln's chief rival for the Republican Party's nomination for > President in 1860. > > During the Civil War, his diplomatic efforts were credited for keeping Great > Britain from recognizing and supporting the Confederacy. > > Seward was also wounded by an assassin on the night Lincoln was killed. > > In 1867 (under then President Andrew Johnson) Seward negotiated the deal to > purchase Alaska from the Russians - a deal that was at the time derisively > referred to as "Seward's Folly." > > -Paul Rohlfing > Currently in Bethesda, Maryland (formerly Linden Hills and Lyndale) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >From: "Kristi B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [Mpls] Who Was Seward? > >Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 19:28:37 -0500 > > > >Hello: > > > >After whom was the Seward neighborhood named? What is the history of the > >the name & neighborhood? > > > >Thank you kindly, > >KLB > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
