Cartoon satirizing the Alaska purchase of 1867. Secretary of State William Seward rubs cooling salve (Alaska) on the feverish (and embattled) president, Andrew Johnson. The cartoon was published ...
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US bought a chunk of Russia for $7,000,000 - and Kremlin is threatening to take it backWilliam Seward – rightly – receives plenty of ... So while it’s generally regarded that the Alaska Purchase was not ‘Seward’s Folly’, would it be fair to say that it was someone ...
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Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician with his eye on GreenlandPresident Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.
On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, Tsar Alexander II had ceded Alaska, ...
Sixty-four years later, when William Seward, then secretary ... “Seward’s folly”. Now the Alaska deal is seen as a masterstroke and the Louisiana purchase the greatest achievement of one ...
On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, Tsar Alexander II had ceded Alaska, ...
The U.S. bought Alaska and its significant natural resources and beautiful scenery for what amounts to a steal. AP Photo/Mark Thiessen ...
January 8, 2025 at 5:06 p.m. ·9 min read On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, ...
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