With this check, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" class="extiw" title="w:United States">United States</a> completed the purchase of almost 600,000 square miles of land from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Government" class="extiw" title="w:Russian Government">Russian Government</a>. 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edouard_de_Stoeckl" class="extiw" title="w:Edouard de Stoeckl">Edouard de Stoeckl</a>. The purchase price of the 49th state? Less than two cents an acre. Original located in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archives" class="extiw" title="w:National Archives">National Archives</a>, Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of Treasury.
Edouard de Stoeckl and William H. Seward
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