The Everlasting, Awe-Inspiring Power of Alaska - Smithsonian

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The Everlasting, Awe-Inspiring Power of Alaska
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At 4 in the morning on March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William Seward signed a treaty buying Russian America—that is, Alaska—for the cost of two cents per acre, a total of $7.2 million in gold bricks. After weeks of talks, a Russian diplomat had ...