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To: elmatador who wrote (105253)3/26/2014 1:31:33 AM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 219174
 
>>Could Putin claim Alaska back too?<<

Nope, we have the cancelled check and signed receipt as proof of purchase... :o)

Teaching With Documents: Migration North to Alaska
archives.gov

The check was issued August 1, 1868, and made payable to the Russian Minister to the United States, Edouard de Stoeckl. The receipt indicates that de Stoeckel accepted full payment on behalf of the Emperor of Russia at the U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, DC.



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