This Day…

1867 – In the Alaska Purchase Treaty, concluded by American Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouord de Stoeckl, Russia transfers Alaska to the United States for $7,200,000.  However, some unhappy Congressmen with references to ‘Seward’s Folly,’ voice opposition to the treaty and its ratification is delayed.  The House of Representatives must approve the appropriation to conclude the treaty.