Seward: Lincoln's indispensable man

Elements of a statesman: 1801 to 1830

Who is William H. Seward? 1831-1838

A higher standard of social perfection: 1839-1842

You and I can and must do it: 1843 to 1849

A higher law than the Constitution: 1849-1854

Foremost statesman of the whole north: 1854-1856

Irrepressible conflict: 1857-1859

Lincoln nominated third ballot: 1860

Save the Union in my own way: November 1860 to March 1861

I must do it: March to April 1861

Through the fires of Tophet: 1861

Remove him: 1862

Ask not whether the enemy is near: 1863

Firm and hopeful: 1864

I am not dead: 1865

Political apostasy: 1866

Let us make the treaty tonight: 1867

I'll see you damned first: 1868-69

Nothing remained... but to keep in motion: 1869-72.