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presentative in the general court in 1777. lie was married to a daiigliter of Edwanl Wiggleswortli; \va.s a tellow of the Anu-rit-an Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is the autlior of: Greek and Latin poems in tlie" PieUiset Gratuhitio " (17G1); Hebrew Gramimtr (1763); Ftnieral Oration in Latin on Edirard Holyokr (1769); Funeral Ora- tion in Englisli on Prof. John Wiiithrop (1779); Latin versitm of the first book of Edward Young's •' yight TJioughts " (1780); Carniina sacra quce La- tine GnKTCOjue coutlidit America (1789) ); Scrip- ture Account of the Shechinah (1794); and TJie Scripture History Relating to the overthroio of Soiiom and Gomorrah (1796). He died in Boston, Mass.. July 2:i. 1^04.

SEWARD, Frederick William, statesman, was born in Auburn. N.Y., July 8, 1830; son of Will- iam Henry and Frances Adeline (Miller) Seward. He was graduated from Union college in 1849, and was admitted to the bar in 1851. He was married. Nov. 9, 1854. to Anna Margaret, daughter of William A. and Margaret (Isabella) Wharton of Albany. N.Y. He was editor and part owner of the Albany Evening Journal, 1851-61, and was assistant secretary of state. 1861-69. On April 14, 1865. he was severely wounded in the face and head while defending his invalid fatlier from the assassin Payne, one of the conspirators against the life of President Lincoln and the members of his cabinet. He was a member of a special mis- sion sent to the Wast Indies under Admiral Porter in 1867, and was engaged in the negotiations for the purchase of Alaska the same year. He was a member of the state assembly in 1875; was assistant secretary of state under William M. Evarts, 1877-81; was the unsuccessful candidate for secretary of state; negotiated treaty with Samoa for Pago-Pago harbor, 1878; and was state commissioner from New York at the York- town Centennial celebration in 1881. The hon- orary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Union college in 1878. He was elected presi- dent of Union College Alumni association of New York, 1900; president of the Sagaponack Realty company, 1901. and president of the Society of the Cayugas in 1902. He is the author of: Life and Letters of William H. Seward (1891); A West Indian Cruise (1894), and American Diplomacy and other lectuns.

SEWARD, George Frederick, diplomatist, was Vxjrn in Florida, N.Y., Nov. 8, 1840; son of George W. and Tempe Wicke (Leddel) Seward and nephew of William Henry Seward (q.v.). He attended Seward institute and Union college, N.Y.. and wa-s appointed U.S. consul at Shanghai, China, in 1861. serving as consul-general, 1863-76. He was married in 1870. to Kate, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Wilson) Sherman of Marj-ville, Cal. He went to Siam in 1868 on international

business; was appointed U.S. minister to Corea in 1809. but did not serve, and during a riot in 1873 in Slianghailie landed thecrewsof two U.S. men- of-war to aid in its suppression. He was appointed U.S. minister to Ciiina in 1876. but was recalled in 1880 owing to his refusal to negotiate a treaty for the restriction of Chinese immigration. He was president of the North Cliina brancli of the Royal Asiatic society. 1805-66; a member of several political and social societies; engaged in the brokerage business in New York city in 1880; was elected vice-president of the Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York in 1887, and president in 1893, and vice-president of the Willson Alum- inum Co. He is the author of: Chinese Im- migration in its Social and Economical Aspects (1881).

SEWARD, Sara Cornelia, physician, was born in Florida, N.Y., June 8, 1833; daughter of George W. and Tempe W^icke (Leddel) Seward, She was graduated from the W^oman's Medical college in Philadelphia, Pa.. 1860. She was in China with her brother, George F. Seward, U.S. minister, 1861-65. In December, 1871, she went to Allahabad, India, under the auspices of the Zenana Missions, to practise among the women, whom male physicians were prohibited from at- tending. Besides her practice in private families there, she conducted two large dispensaries. She died in Allahabad, India. June 12. 1891.

SEWARD, Theodore Frelinghausen, musi- cian, was born in Florida. N.Y., Jan. 25, 1835; son of Israel and Mary (Johnson) Seward and cousin of W^illiam H. Seward (q.v.). In 1853 he began the study of music under Lowell Mason and Thomas Hastings, and was organist of a church in New London, Conn., 1857-59, and of one in Rochester, N.Y., 1859-62. He was mar- ried, June 12, 1860, to Mary Holden, daughter of William and Sarah (A.shbey) Coggeshall of New London. Conn., and moved to New York city in 1863, where he taught music. While on a visit to England in 18G9, he was attracted by the tonic sol-fa system which lie attempted to introduce in America, but without success. He preserved more than 100 of the religious melodies of the Southern slaves in "Jubilee Songs," and in 1875- 76, he managed the company of Fisk Jubilee singers in their European concerts, by which they raised several hundred thousand dollars for the Fisk university. He studied at the Tonic Sol-fa college while in London, and upon his return in 1877 established the system in America. He founded the American Tonic Sol-fa association; the Brotherhood of Christian Unity (1891): the Don't Worry Clubs (1897): the World's Neighbor- chain in 1898, and the Golden Rule Brotherhood (1901). He edited several musical periodicals and is the author of: The Sunny-side Glee-Book (1866);