Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician with his eye on Greenland
Intrigued by Walker’s suggestion, Seward — who was negotiating with Copenhagen to purchase the Danish West Indies — asked ...
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Seward's Attitude Toward Compromise and Secession, 1860-1861
OF the great leaders of the war period, none has been so commonly misunderstood and so frequently misrepresented as William H. Seward. This has been chiefly due to an erroneous conception of his ...
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On This Day in 1959, Alaska—One of America’s Riskiest Investments—Became the 49th State in the Union
When U.S. Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, he negotiated a price of $7.2 million—about $153 million today—for almost 600,000 square miles of territory ...
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US bought a chunk of Russia for $7,000,000 - and Kremlin is threatening to take it back
In fact, William H. Seward was ridiculed by some for ... Politicians and journalists opposed to the Alaska Purchase called it ‘Seward’s Folly’ early on in negotiations.
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STATEMENT OF THE CASE FOR THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.; MR. SEWARD TO MR. CLAY.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, May 6, 1861. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The ...
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Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
January 8, 2025 at 5:06 p.m. ·9 min read On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, ...