on this day in 1867: the alaskan purchase

political cartoon, titled "russian america: canvassing the state ticket". frame depicts william henry seward polling a polar bear in the newly purchased alaskan territory. behind him is a tent, with signs that say "polling place snow county", "vote", "vote early", "vote often", "ursus the bear candidate"
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political cartoon, titled "russian america: canvassing the state ticket". frame depicts william henry seward polling a polar bear in the newly purchased alaskan territory. behind him is a tent, with signs that say "polling place snow county", "vote", "vote early", "vote often", "ursus the bear candidate"
on this day in 1867, the US dropped $7.2 million schmackeroos for this chunk o' land (equivalent to ~$164M in 2026)

thanks, 1867, for letting me know that all alaskan natives and russian-alaskans were, in fact, polar bears

more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...

cartoon originally appeared in "frank leslie's illustrated newspaper", may 11, 1867, p. 128.

via: https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node...

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