'Seward's Delegation at Trenton Falls, New York'

'Seward's Delegation at Trenton Falls, New York'

A gathering of diplomats led by U.S. Sec. of State of William Seward at Trenton Falls, New York

An 1863 outing of foreign ambassadors to the Union under Secretary of State William Seward, visiting New York's Trenton Falls; Secretary Seward stands at the far right, marked (1). The British Minister, Lord Lyons, sits in the middle with a white top hat, marked (4). Accompanying the photograph is a list of those present in the scene, and their represented nation. By this point in the war, Seward had taken steps to improve U.S. relations with the British, having negotiated an agreement with Lord Lyons, the Lyons-Seward Treaty addressing the slave trade, the previous year.

William J. Baker

Digitized by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, https://lccn.loc.gov/2009633603

William J. Baker

1863

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