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William Seward urged Congress to purchase Alaska.

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It was quite unlikely that President Johnson or Secretary of State Seward made mention of the fact that the Russian American Company had settleted Oregon Territtory as far south as California long before Lewis and Clark had entered the area. The Mapping of the Louisiana Purchase was vague at best.The US needed a clear claim on the west coast of North America and the best way to achieve it was to purchase all North American interest that Russia had. (Call it a Quit Claim Deed) For $7.2 million Russia was out and the US was in. This is an over simplification of the process and exact longitudes and latitudes could not be deliniated at that time.Silly came as a lack of information which may not have been promoted by the press of the day. Perhaps misinformation was provided. Perhaps it WA what was termed as Yellow Journalism. (Watch the coverage sometime on a breaking new event),Mainstream will slant it one way and Fox will provide a contrary view, Johnson and Seward were never open and above board on the need to buy out Alaska from Russia.


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