hopefully, the viewers can look at the picture of seward post- assassination attempt. that picture was taken in roughly 1871, a couple years afterward. even before that, the scars were more marked and horrible. seward was probably wearing some sort of an increment to keep his job in place in order to heal properly. that implement probably had some wires. not terribly thick, but the wire may well have deflected the blade and helped along with growing out of bed and the darkness. >> how long did he live? >> october, 1872. for the first time, publicly, he talks about the possibility that blacks might vote or some blacks might vote. he puts it, the intelligent or those who served in the military. we do not have precise wording, but he turns to the accomplice and says, that means nigger citizenship. i will put him through. that means he will kill lincoln. >> how do we know that? >> that is from the trial testimony. there were two of them with him. >> more on the assassination attempt. lewis powell knocks on the door, a young guy, tall. how did the get access? >> this is a cl

hopefully, the viewers can look at the picture of seward post- assassination attempt. that picture was taken in roughly 1871, a couple years afterward. even before that, the scars were more marked and horrible. seward was probably wearing some sort of an increment to keep his job in place in order to heal properly. that implement probably had some wires. not terribly thick, but the wire may well have deflected the blade and helped along with growing out of bed and the darkness. >> how long did he live? >> october, 1872. >> how long was the secretary of state? >> he remains secretary of state right through the end of the johnson administration. >> how long did it take him to recover? >> he started this in two letters in the state department in a week or two and was back at his desk for two or three weeks, not for long periods of time. but he was a hard worker all his life. he felt it was important for him to be back at his desk. bear in mind his son, frederick, is the number two in the department. he takes much longer to recover. he is not back at his desk until the end