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Olive Risley Seward (July 15, 1844 – November 27, 1908) was a writer and the adopted daughter of William Henry Seward, United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
19 de ago. de 2013 · A travel writer and author of children's stories in her later life, the youthful Olive Risley shocked American society of the late 1860's by becoming the traveling companion of celebrated statesman William H. Seward.
Biography. Author, Editor, noted adoptee. A travel writer and author of children's stories in her later life, the youthful Olive Risley shocked American society of the late 1860's by becoming the traveling companion of celebrated statesman William H. Seward.
Unsurprisingly, tongues were set a-wagging, and Seward decided that the best way to still them was to adopt Risley. For the next couple of years, until Seward’s death in 1872, Risley accompanied Seward everywhere, and assisted in writing a book of his travels around the world. She outlived her adoptive father by some 35 years, dying in 1908.
The Civil War ended in April 1865. Action as to Mexico had to be postponed until Seward had recovered from the attempt at his assassination, but in June 1865 he instructed John Bigelow, minister to France, that there had been no change in the attitude of the United States toward France and Mexico.
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14 de abr. de 2008 · William H. Seward's travels around the world. by. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872; Seward, Olive Risley, 1844-1906. Publication date. 1873. Topics. Voyages around the world. Publisher. New York, D. Appleton.
