From PB
We purchased Alaska fair and square and we still have our receipt.
From PB but for those who may believe the fake news about returning Alaska to Russia. We purchased Alaska fair and square and we still have our receipt.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/alaska-purchase
With this check, the United States completed the purchase of almost 600,000 square miles of land from the Russian Government. This treasury warrant issued on August 1, 1868, at the Sub-Treasury Building at 26 Wall Street, New York, New York, transferred $7.2 million to Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. The purchase price of the 49th state? Less than two cents an acre. Original located in the National Archives, Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of Treasury. Here's a copy of our receipt →