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William Henry Seward, Sr. (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was a Governor of New York, United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. An out...
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The role of Seward's Folly, the Purchase of Alaska in the history of the United States of America. ... had dubbed the purchase of Alaska "Seward's Folly," but the former Secretary of State was vindicated when a major gold deposit was discovered in the Yukon in 1896, and Alaska became the gateway to the Klondike gold fields.
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The term "Seward's folly" refers to the United States' Secretary of State William Seward's decision to purchase the Alaskan territory from Russia in 1867. At the time, Seward's decision to buy the land was regarded as a terrible o...
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Seward's Folly ... Critics attacked Seward for the secrecy surrounding the deal, which came to be known as "Seward's folly." The press mocked his willingness to spend so much on "Seward's icebox" and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden."
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"Seward's Folly" many called it, after Secretary of State William H. Seward. A check for $7,200,000.00 was issued on August 1, 1868 and made payable to Edouard de Stoeckl, the Russian Minister to the United States. ... Seward's Folly...
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The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. ... Clinton, Susan. The Story of Seward's Folly. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1987. [Catalog Record]
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Seward and the purchase later was termed "Seward's Folly" because of his part in the supposedly wasted purchase. He also received other ridicules as it was also called "Walrussia" and "Seward's icebox".
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Icebergia, Seward's Folly, Johnson's Polar Bear Garden, Walrussia and Polaria, were some of the satirical names applied to Alaska when Secretary William H. Seward recommended its purchase from the Russians. The prime reason for the purchase was not economic -- rather it was for reasons of fostering amicable relations...
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Seward's folly - Definition of Seward's folly at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Seward's folly. Look it up now! ... Use seward's folly in a Sentence...
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