POSSESSION OF ALASKA ON THIS DAY IN 1867

Alaska Purchase | United States history | Britannica.com

On October 18, 1867, the U.S. formally took possession of Alaska
after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less
than two cents an acre.

Indigenous peoples had settled the unforgiving territory thousands
of years earlier. The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square
miles, about twice the size of
Texas, and was championed by
William Henry Seward, the enthusiastically expansionist secretary
of state under President
Andrew Johnson.

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The $7.2 million check used to pay for Alaska, equivalent
to $129 million in 2023. 

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William Henry Seward (1801 – 1872)

USA

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