The two signed the Treaty of Cession on March 30, the Senate approved it on April 9 and President Andrew Johnson signed it into law on May 28. The land was officially transferred to the United ...

Alaska, a land rich in natural resources and stunning landscapes, was once part of the Russian Empire before becoming a ...

The Senate approved the treaty of purchase on April 9; President Andrew Johnson signed the treaty on May 28, and Alaska was formally transferred to the United States on October 18, 1867." ...

Unfortunately, the idea of Seward’s Folly as the actual response to the Alaska purchase is due to bad historians. The first serious history of Alaska was published in 1885, written by Hubert ...