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January 3 – Check for Alaska
by Darren Cole on January 3, 2011
Cancelled check in the amount of $7.2 million, for the purchase of Alaska, issued August 1, 1868 (ARC ID 301667); Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group 217; National Archives. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=301667
On August 1, 1868, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia with this check for $7.2 million. For less than 2 cents an acre, the United States acquired nearly 600,000 square miles.
On January 3, 1959, Alaska became the 49th state.
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