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 ...
In fact, William H. Seward was ridiculed by some for signing ... his decision to push for the purchase of Alaska from Russia has been vindicated a thousand times over. For just £5.8m, America ...
So, what prompted Russia to withdraw from its American beachhead ... Natives and Americans of the lower 48 – should salute Secretary of State William H. Seward, the man who eventually brought ...