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English: Letter from William H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United States under Abraham Lincoln, to Joseph Heco. From the book The narrative of a Japanese; what he has seen and the people he has met in the course of the last forty years., by Joseph Heco. The image was converted from a PCX bitmap format, with levels and contrast adjusted in order to improve the clarity of the image.
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Author Maruzen Publishing, Tokyo, Japan
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(continued from this page)
our nation is rescued from danger.
He has been pleased to visit
me with trials, but he has
graciously enabled me to
pass through them. Let us in
all things submit ourselves to
his will. He is omniscient and
omnipotent, we are blind and
powerless.
Faithfully your friend
William H. Seward

Joseph Heco Esquire
Kanagawa
Care of Consul

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