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Draft for Payment for the Purchase of Alaska (

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Department of the Treasury. Office of the Register of the Treasury. Notes, Coupon, Currency, and Files Division. (ca. 1797 - ca. 1921)

Title

Draft for Payment for the Purchase of Alaska

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Scope and content: In 1866 the Russian government offered to sell the territory of Alaska to the United States. Secretary of State William H. Seward, enthusiastic about the prospect of American expansion, negotiated the deal for the Americans. Eduard de Stoekl, Russian Minister to the United States, negotiated for the Russians. On March 30, 1867, the two parties agrees that the United States would pay Russia $7.2 million for the territory of Alaska. For less than 2 cents an acre, the United States acquired nearly 600,000 square miles. Opponents of the Alaska Purchase persisted in calling it "Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Icebox" until 1896, when the great Klondike Gold Rush convinced even the harshest critics that Alaska was a valuable addition to the United States.
General notes: Exhibit History: "American Originals," December 1995 - December 1996, National Archives Rotunda, Washington, DC, Exhibit No. 624.0032. "Russian America: The Forgotten Frontier" (traveling exhibit organized by Anchorage Museum of History and Art), July 1990 - October 1992, Exhibit No. 1088.0011. Treasury draft 9759.

Date

1 August 1868

Collection

National Archives and Records Administration

	Native name	National Archives and Records Administration
	Parent institution	Federal Government of the United States
	Location	Washington, D.C. (headquarters), and many regional facilities and presidential libraries nationwide in the USA
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	Authority file	: Q518155 VIAF: 132254586 ISNI: 0000000121603036 ULAN: 500263780 LCCN: n84176101 NLA: 35718998 WorldCat

Archives I Reference Section, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCT1R), National Archives Building, Washington, DC

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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 301666.

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Record group: Record Group 217: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, 1775 - 1978 (National Archives Identifier: 544)
Series: Warrants, 3/1801 - 12/1921 (National Archives Identifier: 301665)

NAIL Control Number: NWCTB-217-REGPI14E48-RECEIPT

NAIL Control Number: NWDT1-217-REG-PI14E48-RECEIPT
Other Identifier: 03433

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In 1866 the Russian government offered to sell the territory of Alaska to the United States. Secretary of State William H. Seward, enthusiastic about the prospect of American expansion, negotiated the deal for the Americans. Eduard de Stoekl, Russian Minister to the United States, negotiated for the Russians. On March 30, 1867, the two parties agrees that the United States would pay Russia $7.2 million for the territory of Alaska. For less than 2 cents an acre, the United States acquired nearly 600,000 square miles. Opponents of the Alaska Purchase persisted in calling it "Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Icebox" until 1896, when the great Klondike Gold Rush convinced even the harshest critics that Alaska was a valuable addition to the United States. (English)

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reference URL: https://dp.la/item/64821ee5c2ca281042b0540eeff9e63f

publisher: Digital Public Library of America

retrieved: 19 December 2023