Thank you for the kind introduction. Thank you for being here. Its wonderful to be in washington which was my home for many years. Ive done so much of the research for the book. When i told taxi drivers what i was doing. I was writing a biography. Most of him have heard of him. He bought alaska. [laughter] and thats right. But what else did he do . What was he like . Let me take that last question first. What was he like as a person . During the civil war years, he was in his early 60s. Short, lean man with as mas of sort of disorderly gray hair. Big nose, almost always a cigar in his mouth, and if it was any time past 5 00 in the evening a glass of wine near the hand. Talking, always, always talking. One of his also lived and famous host gathering around his table diplomats, soldiers, politicians, actors, you know, the life of the party. What he ask do . He was secretary of state for eight years under lincoln and president johnson. Before that he was a federal senator for 12 years. Be
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