New York: Picture of the Day : The bronze statue (1876) of statesman William Seward, United States Senator and Secretary of State in Madison Squrae Garden. More than 250 subscribers, among them General Ulysses S. Grant and Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt , contributed to the monument’s $25,000 cost. Seward is said to be the first New Yorker to be honored with a monument in the city.

The bronze statue (1876) of statesman William Seward, United States Senator and Secretary of State in Madison Squrae Garden. More than 250 subscribers, among them General Ulysses S. Grant and Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt , contributed to the monument’s $25,000 cost. Seward is said to be the first New Yorker to be honored with a monument in the city.

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