U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward engineered the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire for the then-princely sum ...

After leaving Alaska, Seward cruised the coast of Mexico ... In the dazzling account of his final journey, "William H. Seward's Travels Around the World," edited by his adopted daughter after ...

for the purchase of Alaska, issued August 1, 1868; Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; (National Archives) American Secretary of State William H. Seward ...

Alaska was controversially purchased by the US from Russia in 1867. Critics called the transaction "Seward's Folly" after William Seward, the US secretary of state. Alaska was officially made the ...

“As soon as I saw the year and the city, it had to refer to the Alaska purchase,” one trivia buff commented on Twitter. “Very easy final.” The answer to the final clue was William H ...