Russia (AT&T)
It was the purchase from Russia.
Russia
William Seward urged Congress to purchase Alaska.
No he negotiated Alaska's purchase from Russia.
United States Secretary of State William H. Seward was mocked for the purchase of Alaska, which was nicknamed Seward's Folly.
He was William Seward from New York. Lincoln made him Secretary of State and he continued in the office under President Andrew Johnson. Skeptics referred to Alaska as Seward's folly and Seward's icebox.
William Seward.
Russia
Secretary of State William Seward who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
William Seward urged Congress to purchase Alaska.
William Seward
Russia owned what is now Alaska, the 49th state of the US. Many of Seward's critics mocked the purchase. However, looking back it can be seen to have been a wise purchase by Seward.
William Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
No he negotiated Alaska's purchase from Russia.
Alaska
Russia
United States Secretary of State William H. Seward was mocked for the purchase of Alaska, which was nicknamed Seward's Folly.
Secretyary of State William Seward.
William Seward.