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Book/Printed Material Treasury Warrant in the Amount of $7.2 Million for the Purchase of Alaska. Dfl. No. 9759 on Treasury Warrant No. 927

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Title

  • Treasury Warrant in the Amount of $7.2 Million for the Purchase of Alaska.

Other Title

  • Dfl. No. 9759 on Treasury Warrant No. 927

Summary

  • On the night of March 29-30, 1867, U.S. secretary of State William H. Seward conducted the final negotiations and signed the treaty for the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire with the Russian minister in Washington, Eduard de Stoeckl. After years of advocating the expansion of the United States through the acquisition of various territories, Seward finally had acquired a major new territory in fulfillment of what he believed was the country's "Manifest Destiny." The U.S. Senate soon voted its consent to the treaty, but appropriation of the $7.2 million needed to complete the purchase was delayed in the House of Representatives. The treasury warrant for the purchase, as seen here, was not issued until August 1, 1868, a full 16 months after Seward and the Russian minister had signed the treaty. The tsarist autocracy required no substantive ratification procedure or internal political agreement, and the Russians were aggravated by the lengthy approval process on the U.S. side. Following the purchase, the United States for the most part ignored its new territory for another 30 years until the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, when Alaska's vast economic potential suddenly became apparent.

Names

  • American Bank Note Company Printer.
  • Department of the Treasury. Office of the Register of the Treasury. Notes, Coupon, Currency, and Files Division Creator.
  • Jeffries, N. L. (Noah Lemuel), 1828-1896 Signer.
  • Russia Associated Name.
  • Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890 Signer.
  • Stoeckl, Eduard de, baron Associated Name.
  • United States Associated Name.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1868-08-01.

Headings

  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  United States of America--Alaska
  • -  1868-08-01
  • -  Alaska -- Annexation to the United States
  • -  Banks and banking
  • -  Foreign relations

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource at: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021671101

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Chicago citation style:

American Bank Note Company Printer, Coupon Department Of The Treasury. Office Of The Register Of The Treasury. Notes, N. L Jeffries, Russia Associated Name, Francis Elias Spinner, Eduard De Stoeckl, and United States Associated Name. Treasury Warrant in the Amount of $7.2 Million for the Purchase of Alaska. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -08-01, 1868] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021671101/.

APA citation style:

American Bank Note Company Printer, Department Of The Treasury. Office Of The Register Of The Treasury. Notes, C., Jeffries, N. L., Russia Associated Name, Spinner, F. E., Stoeckl, E. D. & United States Associated Name. (1868) Treasury Warrant in the Amount of $7.2 Million for the Purchase of Alaska. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -08-01] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021671101/.

MLA citation style:

American Bank Note Company Printer, et al. Treasury Warrant in the Amount of $7.2 Million for the Purchase of Alaska. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -08-01, 1868] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021671101/>.