Alaska Purchase

The cheque that was used to pay for the Alaska territory: $7.2 million U.S. dollars at the time are about $121 million U.S. dollars in 2015.

Alaska was originally part of the Russian Empire. In 1867, the Russian Empire sold the territory to the United States. This is known as the Alaska Purchase.

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Alaska Purchase Media

The first page of Tsar Alexander II's ratification of the treaty. This page just contains the Tsar's full style.*Template:Commons file
Portrait of William H. Seward, 24th Secretary of State for the United States under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
The signing of the Alaska Treaty of Cessation on March 30, 1867. Left to right: Robert S. Chew, William H. Seward, William Hunter, Mr. Bodisco, Eduard de Stoeckl, Charles Sumner, and Frederick W. Seward.

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