william h. seward signed the treaty to purchase alaska from russia.
william h. seward signed the treaty to purchase alaska from russia.
who signed the treaty to purchase alaska from russia?
william h. seward
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the alaska purchase (, sale of alaska) was the united states' acquisition of alaska from the russian empire. alaska was formally transferred to the united states on october 18, 1867, through a treaty ratified by the united states senate and signed by president andrew johnson.
alaska purchase
sitka was the site of the transfer ceremony for the alaska purchase on october 18, 1867. russia was going through economic and political turmoil after it lost the crimean war to britain, france, and the ottoman empire in 1856 and decided it wanted to sell alaska before it was taken over by britain. russia offered to sell it to the united states. secretary of state william seward had wanted to purchase alaska for quite some time as he saw it as an integral part of manifest destiny and america's reach to the pacific ocean. while the agreement to purchase alaska was made in april 1867, the actual purchase and transfer of control took place on october 18, 1867. the cost to purchase alaska was $7.2 million, 2 cents per acre (us currency in 1897)
sitka, alaska